James Milton Ham
James Milton Ham | |
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10th President of the University of Toronto | |
In office 1978–1983 | |
Preceded by | John Robert Evans |
Succeeded by | David Strangway |
Personal details | |
Born | September 21, 1920 Coboconk, Ontario |
Died | September 16, 1997 | (aged 76)
Alma mater | University of Toronto Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Profession | Engineer |
James Milton Ham, OC OOnt (September 21, 1920 – September 16, 1997)[1] was a Canadian engineer, university administrator and President of the University of Toronto.
He chaired the Royal Commission on the Health and Safety of Workers in Mines, and was described as the father of occupational health and safety in Canada.[2]
Early life and education
Born in
Career
After graduation, Ham joined the
In 1953, he returned to the University of Toronto as associate professor of electrical engineering, becoming professor in 1959. He headed the Department of Electrical Engineering in 1964,[3] before becoming the dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering in 1966 and the Dean of Graduate Studies in 1976. He served as president of the University of Toronto from 1978 to 1983. In 1983, he received the Sir John Kennedy Medal. He was appointed president emeritus in 1988.
Ham was a Canadian pioneer in the teaching and promotion of research in the field of
He was also an enthusiastic teacher of the fundamental principles of electrical engineering and was the author, with Gordon Slemon, of a textbook on that topic.[4]
Professional affiliations
Ham was a member of the
He was chairman, Committee on Education and Training, of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations from 1971 to 1974.
From 1974 to 1976, he was the chairman of the
He was chairman, Advisory Committee on Safety and Training, Royal Commission on the Ocean Ranger Marine Disaster from 1982 to 1985.
From 1986 to 1988 he was chairman, Industrial Disease Standards Panel, Ministry of Labour, Ontario. The Panel had been created by statutory amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. Its purpose was to investigate issues of occupational disease in the province; and to make policy recommendations to the Workers' Compensation Board for possible compensation. Among the issues tackled by the Panel during his two years as Chairman can be included lung diseases in gold and uranium mining, various cancers from PCB exposures, and other contentious occupational disease issues.
In 1987, he was a founding fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, serving as its vice president from 1988 to 1989 and president from 1990 to 1991.
He was advisor to the president of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research from 1988 to 1990.
Honours and awards
In 1980, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition as a "scientist, engineer and scholar who has had a distinguished academic and administrative career".*[7]
He was posthumously selected as a 2014 inductee into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame. The induction took place in Ottawa on January 20, 2015.
In 1989, he was awarded the Order of Ontario.
He was made a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1967.
He received the Sir John Kennedy medal from the Engineering Institute of Canada in 1983.
He was awarded honorary doctoral degrees by 13 universities in Canada and Korea.
References
- ^ "Ham, James Milton". The Canadian Who's Who. Vol. 8, 1973–1975. 1975. p. 433.
- ^ Lopez-Pacheco, Alexandra (June–July 2014). "The strike that saved lives". CIM Magazine. Montreal, Canada. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Department History". Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Toronto.
- ^ James M. Ham and Gordon R. Slemon, Scientific Basis of Electrical Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1961
- ^ "Elliot Lake wildcat strike led to key law". thesudburystar. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- ^ "The History of the Occupational Health and Safety Act". Windsor Occupational Health Information Service. Windsor, Ontario. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "James Milton Ham, O.C., D.Sc., LL.D." Honours. Ottawa, Canada: Governor General of Canada. 30 March 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
Sources
- "History of Employment Standards in Ontario". Archived from the original on March 26, 2005. Retrieved February 17, 2006.
- "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". Retrieved February 17, 2006.[permanent dead link]
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