LibGuides: History of Dalhousie University: Engineering

Key Facts

Established on April 1, 1997, with the merger of the Technical University of Nova Scotia (TUNS) with Dalhousie University
Teaching of engineering at Dalhousie dates back to 1891, when courses in Applied Science were introduced and several prominent engineers in Halifax taught engineering classes every two weeks
Dalhousie's Faculty of Engineering was established in 1906-7, around the same time that the Nova Scotia Technical College was suggested
When the College opened in 1909, the Faculty was discontinued with a few engineering courses still offered under the Faculty of Arts and Science
The Diploma in Engineering was established in 1922

George Geoffrey Meyerhof
George Geoffrey Meyerhof was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (TUNS) from 1964-1970
Orest Cochkanoff
Orest Cochkanoff was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (TUNS) from 1971-
Adam Bell
Adam Bell was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (TUNS) from 1994-2000
William Caley
William Caley was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering from 2000-2005
Joshua Leon
Joshua Leon has been Dean of the Faculty of Engineering from 2005 to present (ending in June 2018)
John Newhook
John Newhook will be dean of the Faculty of Engineering beginning July 1, 2018 for a five year term

Anastasis Georgiades
Anastasis Georgiades won the Dalhousie Student Union's first award for teaching excellence in 2006 for Engineering
C. D. Howe
C. D. (Clarence Decatur) Howe was an engineering professor at Dalhousie who later became the University's first Chancellor
Frederick H. Sexton
Frederick H. Sexton was the first principal of the Nova Scotia Technical College when it opened in 1909
Roy Foran
Roy Foran was one of the founding members of the Chemical Engineering Department at the Nova Scotia Technical College. He served as the Department Head for 20 years and then as Dean of Graduate Studies. The M. Roy Foran Scholarship is named in his honor.