Tom Schur

Background

Schur, Tom was born on November 28, 1920 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Jan and Margaret (Wolf) Schur.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, London University, 1949.

Career

Contract engineer, Sulzer Brothers, London, 1946-1961; vice president diesel locomotive department, Sulzer Brothers, London, 1961-1964; vice president traction department, Sulzer, Winterthur, Switzerland, 1965-1968; vice president papermaking machinery, Escher-Wyss, Zurich, Switzerland, 1968-1971; president, Sulzer Canada Inc., Montreal, Quebec., Canada, 1971-1984; vice president innovation group, Sulzer, Winterthur, Switzerland, 1984-1987; president, Schurpark International, Samedan, Switzerland, since 1989. Chairman Dominion Bridge Sulzer, Montreal, 1980-1984.

Achievements

• Tom Schur has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institution Mechanical Engineers. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Connections

Married Joan Bird, January 27, 1943. Children: Andrew, Helen Parris.

Father:

Jan Schur

Mother:

Margaret (Wolf) Schur

Spouse:

Joan Bird

child:

Andrew Schur

child:

Helen Parris Schur