Name Richard Tomlinson | Role Chemist | |
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Education McGill University, Bishop's University, McMaster University | ||
Richard H. Tomlinson, OC (born c. 1924) is a Canadian chemist and philanthropist. He is best known as a founding director of Gennum Corp., a Canadian manufacturer of semiconductors and semiconductor-based products, and for making one of the largest single donations to a Canadian university.
He studied at Bishop's University and received a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1948 from McGill University. In 1950, he joined the Department of Chemistry at McMaster University. He retired in 1988. In 2000, he made a donation of C$64 million to McGill University which will be used to create Fellowships.
In 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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