Richard H. Tomlinson

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Richard H. Tomlinson, O.C., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.C.I.C. (born c. 1924) is a Canadian chemist and philanthropist. He is best known as a founding director of Gennum Corp., a Canadian manufacturer of semiconductors and semiconductor-based products, and for making one of the largest single donations to a Canadian university.

He studied at Bishop's University and received a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1948 from McGill University. In 1950, he joined the Department of Chemistry at McMaster University. He retired in 1988. In 2000, he made a donation of C$64 million to McGill University which will be used to create Fellowships.

In 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.