Roger Blais (geological engineer)
{{Short description|Canadian geological engineer and academic}}
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|2|4}}
|birth_place = Shawinigan, Quebec
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|9|25|1926|2|4}}
|death_place = Montreal, Quebec
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|occupation = geological engineer and academic
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National Order of Quebec
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Roger A. Blais, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|OQ|MSRC}} (February 4, 1926 – September 25, 2009) was a Canadian geological engineer and academic. He helped develop a number of prospecting and exploration technologies.
Born in Shawinigan, Quebec, he graduated from Université Laval and from the University of Toronto. In 1970, he was appointed a professor in economic geology and the first director of research at École Polytechnique de Montréal. He was the father of two children.
Honours
In 1975 he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Bancroft Award. In 1984 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2002. In 1995 he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. In 1997, he was awarded the Government of Quebec's Prix Armand-Frappier. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Engineering Institute of Canada.
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927052804/http://www.uottawa.ca/services/markcom/gazette/030530/030530-artc01c-e.html University of Ottawa Gazette feature]
- {{Canadian honour|Type=orc|ID=157|accessdate=24 May 2010}}
- [http://www.rsc.ca/documents/BlaisRogerAEluen197919262009.pdf Royal Society of Canada obituary]
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Category:20th-century Canadian geologists
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Category:Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada
Category:Officers of the National Order of Quebec
Category:Companions of the Order of Canada
Category:Academics from Quebec
Category:People from Shawinigan