Gordon A. Gross
Biography
Following service in the RCAF (1943-45) that included operational
flights with RAF Bomber Command, Gordon Gross received a B.A. (1950) and an
M.A. (1952) in Geology at Queen's University, Kingston and a Ph.D. (1955) at
the University of Wisconsin. He was Assistant Professor of Mineralogy and
Petrology at the University of Cincinnati (1955-56) and joined the Geology of
Mineral Deposits Section of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1956. In 1957 he
was assigned to what became a career long project on the Geology of Iron
Deposits in Canada until his retirement in 1989 and as an Emeritus Scientist
since 1993. During his career, he carried out scientific exchange work on
ferrous metal resources in many parts of the world, including USSR, China,
India, Europe, Africa, and North and South America, and completed a number of
assignments for the United Nations, including member of the panel for the
United Nations Survey of World Iron Ore Resources, 1966-67. He was Head,
Geology of Mineral Deposits Section, GSC from
1967-1972, and was appointed Commonwealth Geological Liaison Officer and
Executive Secretary, Commonwealth Committee for Mineral Resources and Geology
in London, UK, 1972- 74. He is the author of more than 100 books and papers on
the geology of ferrous metal resources, and his awards include the Leonard
Medal from the Engineering Institute of Canada (1965), Public Service of Canada
Merit Award (1971), and the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal (2002).
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