Keys, D. A. (David Arnold), 1890-
David Arnold Keys fonds, 1900-1977.
Fonds consists of the following series of textual records: correspondence, the bulk of which is between Dr. Keys and his sisters Jean and Erskine, (n.d., 1906-1977); reports and msicellaneous files concerning Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (1947-1974); popular addresses and papers on the topics of atomic energy and scientific advances (n.d., 1913-1968); subject files on such topics as the Order of Canada, Deep River Village and biographical sketches (n.d., 1923, 1945-1974); printed material, including university magazines, school yearbooks and conference programmes (n.d., 1919-1974); personal files, including drafts of Keys' biography, diaries, guest books, academic records, awards and financial material (n.d., 1900-1977); scrapbooks and clippings that document Keys' career (n.d., 1915-1977); four notebooks of correspondence to Keys' mother (1918-1919), research notes (n.d., 1913-1916) and diaries that document Keys' time as director of the Chalk River nuclear plant and his retirement in Deep River (1948-1975). Fonds also consists of photographs of David A. Keys' professional and professional life, 1911-1973. The fonds also includes a portrait of Dr. David Arnold Keys by Frederick Bourchier Taylor.
David A. Keys. BA (1915), MA (1916) University of Toronto; MA (1916), PhD (1920), Harvard University; PhD (1922) Cambridge University. During WW I he did research on anti-submarine warfare for the British Admiralty. Keys began teaching physics at McGill in 1922, eventually becoming Macdonald Professor of Physics 1941-1947. In 1947 he was chosen by C.J. Mackenzie to become the National Research Council Vice-President in charge of the Atomic Energy Project at Chalk River, Ontario. Considerable atomic research was done here as well as the building of Canada's earliest nuclear reactors. From 1955 to 1965 he was Scientific Advisor to the President of Atomic Energy of Canada. After his retirement Keys remained in Deep River until his death on 28 October 1977. Keys was the author of popular physics textbooks which went through numerous editions: Applied geophysics, College physics and An elementary course in physics as well as lab manuals. He was also the author of numerous scientific and popular articles on geophysics and nuclear research. Keys received many awards and honorary degrees for his scientific contributions.
Keys, D. A. (David Arnold), 1890-
McGill University -- Faculty.
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