- A-7122
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- [1938?]
Lorne Gray, member of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies hockey and soccer teams.
Bio/Historical Note: James Lorne Gray was born in 1913 in Brandon, Manitoba, He received a BEng in 1935 and an MSc (Mech. Eng.) in 1938 from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1939, he was a lecturer in Engineering at the U of S. During World War II he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, achieving the rank of Wing Commander. After the war from 1945 to 1946, he was associate director-general in the research and development division of the department of Reconstruction and Supply in Ottawa. From 1946-1948 Gray was with Montreal Armature Works Limited. In 1948, he was the scientific assistant to the president of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). From 1949-1952 Gray was the Chief of Administration for the NRC Chalk River project. In 1952 he joined AECL as a general manager, became a Vice-president in 1954, and became president in 1958, retiring in 1974. In 1969 Gray was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. He was awarded honourary Doctor of Laws degrees from the University of British Columbia and the U of S in 1961. Gray died in Deep River, Ontario, in 1987.