LibGuides: History of Dalhousie University: Science

Key Facts

Started as the Department of Science in 1877, became the Faculty of Science in 1880/81, became the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science in 1891/92, and the Faculty of Arts and Science in 1906
The first Master of Science degree was awarded in 1904 to W.H. Ross
Today’s Faculty of Science founded was in 1987
In its first full year (1988), today’s Faculty of Science had 233 regular staff, with at least fifty percent working full time
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney visited the Faculty of Science on March 6, 1990, touring the Marine Gene Probe Laboratory

Charles (C.L.) Bennet
Charles (C.L.) Bennet was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science from
C.B. Nickerson
C.B. Nickerson was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science from 1936-1940
George Wilson
George Wilson was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science from 1945-1955
William J. Archibald
William J. Archibald was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science from 1955-1960
Henry Hicks
Henry Hicks was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science from 1960-
H.B.S. Cooke
H.B.S. Cooke was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science from 1963-1968
Henry James
Henry James was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science from 1968 -1969
Guy Maclean
Guy Maclean was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science from 1969-1975
James Gray
James Gray was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science from 1975-1980
Donald D. Betts
Donald D. Betts was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science from 1980-1988, and the first Dean of the Faculty of Science from 1988-1990
Warwick Kimmins
Warwick Kimmins was Dean of the Faculty of Science from 1990-2000
Keith Taylor
Keith Taylor was Dean of the Faculty of Science from 2003-2008
Ian Hill
Ian Hill was acting Dean of the Faculty of Science from 2015-2016, during Chris Moore's administrative leave
Chris Moore
Chris Moore has been Dean of the Faculty of Science from 2009 to present. He was previously the acting Dean from 2001-2003.

Dixie Pelluet
Dixie Pelluet was a professor of Zoology at Dalhousie and an outspoken advocate for equal gender treatment in academics
Ernest Wilmot Guptill
Ernest Wilmot Guptill was a professor and head of the Physics Department at Dalhousie who co-created the slotted waveguide antenna
George Lawson
George Lawson was the first dedicated professor of chemistry at Dalhousie, appointed in 1863. He was one of the first two chemistry professors in Canada
George C. Laurence
George C. Laurence was a nuclear physicist who worked with the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
Ransom A Myers
Ransom A Myers was a renowned marine biologist and conservationist. He was the first Dalhousie Killam Chair in Ocean Studies, and ran a research laboratory focusing on the effects of industrialized fishing
Kathryn D. Sullivan
Kathryn D. Sullivan is a geologist and the first American women to walk in space.
Murray Macneill
Murray Macneill was a mathematics professor at Dalhousie who later became Arts and Science registrar, and in 1920, university registrar
Stephen Beame
Stephen Beame won the Dalhousie Student Union's first award for teaching excellence in 2006 for Science

Faculty of Science (UA-3, Box 304, Folder 1)
Documents regarding the creation of The Dalhousie University Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1990, including nominations and correspondence, as well as some general documents and newsletters about the department in 1990.
Faculty of Science (UA-3, Box 304, Folder 2)
Documents include correspondence and meeting minutes for the Faculty in 1990.
Dalhousie University Faculty of Science Biennial Report, 1988-1990 / Donald D. Betts (e MS-1-Ref, Box 118, Folder 23)
The first biennial report from the new Faculty of Science, describes how the Faculty separated from the Faculty of Arts and Science - 1988-1990
List of Deans (1877-1906) - Faculty of Science (MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 39)
Murray, E.M. - 'A Brief History of Dalhousie University...' (MS-1-Ref, Box 26, Folder 16)