Howard Alper
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Howard Alper (born 1941) is a Canadian chemist. He is a Professor of Chemistry and Vice-President, Research at the University of Ottawa. He is best known for his research of catalysis in chemistry.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Science from Sir George Williams University in 1963 and a Ph.D. from McGill University in 1967. In 1968, he started teaching at the State University of New York and became an Associate Professor in 1971. He joined the University of Ottawa in 1975 as an Associate Professor and was appointed a Professor in 1978. He was appointed Vice-President, Research in 1997.
From 2001 to 2003, he was the President of the Royal Society of Canada.
He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1984. In 1998, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2000, he was awarded the first Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, Canada's highest research honour.
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- University of Ottawa's Howard Alper First Winner of New NSERC Herzberg Medal. Retrieved on January 24, 2006.
- Vice-President, Research biography. Retrieved on January 24, 2006.
- Howard Alper, O.C, Ph.D., FRSC. Retrieved on January 24, 2006.
- NATO SA Science & Society Newsletter Issue No. 51, February/March 1999. Retrieved on January 24, 2006.
