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GEORGE W. GOVIER
GEORGE W. GOVIER
Pages 127-132
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He grew up in Nanton, a small town about 60 miles south of Calgary; Penticton, another small town about 260 miles east of Vancouver; and Vancouver. After graduating from the University of British Columbia with a degree in chemical engineering he moved to Edmonton and started his long and distinguished academic career at the University of Alberta as an instructor.
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Govier pushed research to enhance recovery of oil from Alberta's vast oil sands and conventional fields. He was instrumental in establishing the Petroleum Recovery Research Institute and the Computer Modelling Group (1978)
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In addition to his election as an NAE foreign associate in 1979, he was inducted into the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame in 1999, received the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2013, and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1982. He received the University of Michigan Sesquicentennial Award for his contributions as a "resource conservationist educator" in 1967, and was awarded honorary degrees from the Universities of Calgary, Waterloo, and McGill.
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Strong bonds form when the chemistry is mixed just so. The exchange of ideas, the debates, the hours of work and camaraderie can lead to a lifetime of collaboration and friendship" (University of Alberta Engineer Magazine, spring 2016)
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