List of presidents of the National Research Council of Canada

The National Research Council of Canada is a major federal research institution in Canada, founded in 1916 as the Honorary Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Originally a loose federation of scientific experts advising the government, it was given an executive body in 1928 (when the first President was appointed) and received funds to establish a laboratory in the same year, which opened in 1932.

Presidents
Name Term Scientific background
Henry Marshall Tory 1928-1935 mathematics
A.G.L. McNaughton 1935-1939 civil engineering
C.J. Mackenzie 1939-1952 civil engineering
E.W.R. Steacie 1952-1962 physical chemistry
Bristow Guy Ballard[1] 1962-1967 electrical engineering
W.G. Schneider[2] 1967-1980 pure chemistry
J. Larkin Kerwin 1980-1989 physics
Pierre O. Perron[3] 1989-1994 metallurgy
Arthur Carty 1994-2004 inorganic chemistry
Michael Raymont[4] 2004-2005 (acting) chemistry
Pierre Coulombe[5] 2005-2010 medicine
John R. McDougall[6] 2010-2016 petroleum engineering
Iain Stewart[7] 2016-2020 political science and marine policy
Mitch Davies[8] 2021-Present

References
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  7. "Announcing the new president of the National Research Council of Canada". Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  8. "Government of Canada announces new National Research Council President". Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Retrieved 20 Jan 2021.
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