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Name
  
Gilles Cloutier

Role
  
Physicist


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Born
  
June 27, 1928 (
1928-06-27
)
Quebec City, Quebec

Died
  
May 13, 2014, Laval, Canada

Awards
  
Order of Canada, National Order of Quebec

Occupation
  
Engineer and physicist

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Gilles George Cloutier, (June 27, 1928 – May 13, 2014) was a Canadian physicist and former director of the Alberta Research Council.

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Born in Quebec City, he was educated at Université Laval and McGill University. He was the Rector of the Université de Montréal from 1985 to 1993. He died in 2014 at the age of 85.

Honours

  • In 1976, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
  • In 1981, he made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
  • In 1983, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Alberta.
  • In 1989, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
  • In 1993, he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada.
  • He was appointed to the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

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