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Thompson, Dixon
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Dates of existence
1942-2006
History
Dixon A.R. Thompson was born in Pincher Creek Alberta in 1942. He received a BSc (Chemistry) from the University of Alberta in 1964 and a PhD (Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry) from the University of Illinois, Urbana, in 1970. He was a Science Advisor for the Science Council of Canada from 1971-1973 and a member of the Symons Commission on Canadian Studies from 1973-1974. He also worked extensively as a consultant on environmental management and design matters for the Alberta Wheat Pool, Alberta Natural Gas, as a member of the Oldman River Basin Management Panel for the Environment Council of Alberta (1978-1980) and as Chair of the City of Calgary’s Scientific Review Panel on Water Fluoridation (1997-1998)
He was a member of the Faculty of Environmental Design from 1973 until his death, starting first as a Senior Demonstrator and becoming full professor in 1981. Following from his work with the Symons Commission, Thompson was appointed as a member of the General Faculties Council ad hoc Committee on Canadian Studies. The committee reported back to GFC in 1977. Thompson also served as Program Director of Environmental Science (1979-1983), Program Director, Industrial Design (1988-1990), and as Associate Dean (Academic) (1997-1998).
Thompson had extensive international experience as a visiting fellow for the Centre of Environmental Studies at the University of Melbourne (1980) and as Calgary Coordinator of the exchange project with Huaraz, Peru (1988-1995). He taught courses in environmental chemistry and environmental management to the OLADE program in Quito, Ecuador (1997-2006) and was a guest lecturer in Mexico, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Nepal. Thompson was also project leader and lecturer in Colombia for a four month training program on resource and environment management at a post-graduate level.
Thompson died in Victoria, B.C. in 2006.