Otto Maass

Otto Maass, CBE, FRS, FRSC (8 July 1890 – 3 July 1961) was a Canadian academic and scientist.

Born in New York City, New York, Maass started teaching at McGill University in 1923 retiring in 1955. He was the Macdonald Professor of Chemistry and was chairman of the department of chemistry from 1937 to 1955.[1]

In 1940, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society.[2]In 1946, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[3] A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he was awarded the Society's Henry Marshall Tory Medal in 1945. McGill University's Otto Maass Chemistry Building, built between 1964 and 1966, is named in his honour.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Otto Maass". The Canadian Encyclopedia. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004824. 
  2. ^ "List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660 – 2007". http://royalsociety.org/uploadedFiles/Royal_Society_Content/about-us/fellowship/Fellows1660-2007.pdf. 
  3. ^ "Supplement". London Gazette. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37633/supplements/3335. 
  4. ^ "Otto Maass Chemistry Building". McGill University. http://cac.mcgill.ca/campus/Buildings/Otto_Maass_Chemistry.html.