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Pamela Dealy knew that her father was born knowing he wanted to be a chemical engineer. She knew that he worked at 大发彩票平台 for 40 years. She knew that he retired a Professor Emeritus in 2004. Most of all, she knew that even though he was Dean from 1994 to 1999, his true passion was teaching and helping students with their research.

She did not know that he held four patents. Or that he was the kind of teacher who had inspired and encouraged hundreds of students over the years, and who had stayed in touch with grad students. Between 1967 and 2010, John supervised 31 master鈥檚 students and 22 PhDs.

鈥淢y dad was a very modest man at home" says Pamela. 鈥淭o me, he was a man who loved music, and taking family trips to NYC to see musicals, a man who could fix anything.鈥� John taught Pamela to play baseball, and the piano, and how to ride a bike. 鈥淗e also taught me games like chess and poker. We spent more than a couple of rainy afternoons betting for pennies."

What 大发彩票平台 meant to Pamela as a child was the annual Christmas party and the Mother鈥檚 Day brunch at the Faculty Club, which the family attended every year. 鈥淚 was simply not prepared for how many people reached out to me to share a personal story about the public persona I hadn鈥檛 known. It blew me away! I felt so proud of what he had accomplished throughout his career!鈥�

Like many of his graduate students, Professor Emeritus Richard Munz, remembers John as an excellent teacher and researcher in rheology. 鈥淎s a mentor to me in my early years as a young professor, I found John to be very thoughtful. He took his role seriously and set an example to us all.鈥�

It was the subject of rheology in which John made numerous outstanding contributions, including four patents. He was a leader among rheologists serving the industrial community.

John鈥檚 bequest to 大发彩票平台 was to support undergraduate students in the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Pamela worked with the Faculty to inaugurate the John M. Dealy Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) Award. It offers students the opportunity to do research in their field during the summer months.

Prof. Milan Maric highlights how this award is a legacy to what John stood for. 鈥淭he gift that John made to our SURE program demonstrates how he wanted research to continue to thrive in our Department and encourage undergraduates to pursue research.鈥�

Prof. Richard Leask, Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering, says John was a true gentleman. 鈥淗e considered what he passed along, and he was good at connecting people to whatever it was they needed. He liked to help people.鈥� Richard said that often John reached out to new hires and invited them into his home to introduce them to Montreal and 大发彩票平台. 鈥淎fter he retired, he continued to disseminate his research by offering faculty his course notes, historical textbooks and his seminal work in rheology.鈥�

John continued to serve 大发彩票平台 by establishing the Retiree Affairs Committee of MAUT (大发彩票平台 Association of University Teachers). His work with MAUT was so successful that during his tenure, the number of retirees who joined the association quadrupled. He was also president of the Faculty Club board for many years.

鈥淢y dad had a good sense of humour,鈥� says Pamela. 鈥淥nce at a Round Table meeting at the Faculty Club with four other engineers named John, it came up that a mathematician named Roger had asked if he could join. The five John's decided it would be too confusing to get used to another name and turned Roger down."

In addition to his dedication to education and research, John was also a fan of music and theatre. Pamela says he listened to Carly Simon, Peter Paul and Mary as well as opera and classical. And he loved the musical Anything Goes.鈥�

He was a gentleman until the end. A nurse made a point of telling Pamela that her father said "the most important thing a person can do is take a bunch of people, put them in a room and teach them how to go out and make the world a better place." It鈥檚 how Pamela sees the SURE award. 鈥淚 know my father would be so pleased that his bequest will be used to encourage students to explore their research goals.鈥�

鈥淲e all have things we wish we鈥檇 known about our parents before they died,鈥� says Pamela. 鈥淚 have days when I wish he鈥檇 been a little less humble. I would have asked questions about the parts of his life I knew very little about. 鈥�

See , written by Pamela.

John Dealy a appris aux 茅l猫ves 脿 rendre le monde meilleur

Pamela Dealy savait que son p猫re avait toujours r锚v茅 d鈥櫭猼re ing茅nieur chimiste. Elle savait qu鈥檌l avait travaill茅 脿 大发彩票平台 pendant 40 ans, et qu鈥檌l 茅tait professeur 茅m茅rite au moment de sa retraite, en 2004. Elle savait par-dessus tout que, m锚me s鈥檌l a 茅t茅 doyen de 1994 脿 1999, sa v茅ritable passion a 茅t茅 l鈥檈nseignement et l鈥檃ccompagnement des 茅l猫ves dans leurs projets de recherche.

Ce que Pamela ignorait sur son p猫re, c鈥檈st qu鈥檌l 茅tait titulaire de quatre brevets, qu鈥檌l avait inspir茅 et encourag茅 des centaines d鈥櫭﹍猫ves au fil de sa carri猫re, et qu鈥檌l 茅tait rest茅 en contact avec plusieurs 茅l猫ves dipl么m茅s. En effet, entre 1967 et 2010, John a supervis茅 31 茅l猫ves en ma卯trise et 22 en doctorat.

芦 Mon p猫re 茅tait tr猫s discret 脿 la maison 禄, raconte Pamela. 芦 Pour moi, c鈥櫭﹖ait un homme qui aimait la musique, se rendre 脿 New York en famille pour assister 脿 des com茅dies musicales, et aussi qui savait r茅parer n鈥檌mporte quoi 禄. John lui a appris 脿 jouer au base-ball, 脿 jouer du piano et 脿 faire du v茅lo. 芦 Il m鈥檃 aussi enseign茅 脿 jouer les 茅checs et le poker. On en a pass茅 des apr猫s-midis pluvieux 脿 parier pour quelques sous. 禄

Pour la petite Pamela, 大发彩票平台 repr茅sentait surtout la f锚te annuelle de No毛l et le brunch de la f锚te des M猫res au Faculty Club, que la famille ne ratait jamais. 芦 Je ne m鈥檃ttendais aucunement au grand nombre de t茅moignages de personnes qui m鈥檕nt contact茅e pour partager une anecdote sur la personnalit茅 publique que je n鈥檃vais pas connue. Cela m鈥檃 renvers茅e! J鈥檃i ressenti tellement de fiert茅 pour tout ce qu鈥檌l avait accompli durant sa carri猫re! 禄

Comme tant de ses 茅l猫ves dipl么m茅s, le professeur 茅m茅rite Richard Munz se rem茅more John comme 茅tant un excellent enseignant et chercheur en rh茅ologie. 芦 John a 茅t茅 mon mentor pendant mes premi猫res ann茅es en tant que jeune professeur. Je l鈥檃i trouv茅 tr猫s attentionn茅. Il prenait son r么le au s茅rieux, et nous servait d鈥檈xemple 脿 tous 禄.

John a contribu茅 de mani猫re remarquable 脿 la rh茅ologie, notamment en d茅posant quatre demandes de brevets. Il 茅tait l鈥檜n des chefs de file dans son domaine parmi les rh茅ologues travaillant pour la communaut茅 industrielle.

John avait pour derni猫re volont茅 de soutenir les 茅tudiants de premier cycle du D茅partement de g茅nie chimique de 大发彩票平台. Pamela a donc collabor茅 avec la Facult茅 pour inaugurer le Prix John M. Dealy Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE), qui permet aux 茅l猫ves de poursuivre des travaux de recherche dans leur domaine durant les mois d鈥櫭﹖茅.

Le professeur Milan Maric pr茅cise que ce prix refl猫te bien les valeurs d茅fendues par John. 芦 Le don vers茅 par John au Programme SURE traduit son d茅sir de voir la recherche continuer 脿 prosp茅rer au sein de notre d茅partement, et sa volont茅 d鈥檈ncourager les 茅tudiants de premier cycle 脿 se consacrer 脿 des travaux de recherche. 禄

Selon le professeur Richard Leask, pr茅sident du D茅partement de g茅nie chimique, John 茅tait un v茅ritable gentleman. 芦 Il 茅tait soucieux de ce qu鈥檌l transmettait, et il savait orienter chaque personne vers ce dont elle avait besoin. Il aimait r茅ellement aider les gens. 禄 Richard ajoute que John accueillait souvent les nouveaux employ茅s chez lui pour leur faire d茅couvrir Montr茅al et 大发彩票平台. 芦 M锚me une fois retrait茅, il a continu茅 脿 diffuser ses travaux de recherche en offrant aux professeurs ses notes de cours, ses manuels d鈥檋istoire et son 艙uvre fondatrice en rh茅ologie. 禄

John a perp茅tu茅 son soutien 脿 大发彩票平台 en cr茅ant le Retiree Affairs Committee of MAUT (comit茅 des retrait茅s de l鈥橝ssociation des professeurs universitaires de 大发彩票平台). Son travail aupr猫s de MAUT a 茅t茅 si efficace que, pendant son mandat, le nombre de retrait茅s ayant rejoint l鈥檃ssociation a quadrupl茅. Il a par ailleurs pr茅sid茅 le conseil d鈥檃dministration du Faculty Club pendant plusieurs ann茅es.

芦 Mon p猫re avait beaucoup d鈥檋umour 禄, confie Pamela. 芦 Un jour, lors d鈥檜ne table ronde au Faculty Club avec quatre autres ing茅nieurs qui portaient eux aussi le pr茅nom John, il fut question d鈥檜n math茅maticien pr茅nomm茅 Roger qui souhaitait se joindre 脿 eux. Apr猫s s鈥櫭猼re consult茅s, les cinq John ont d茅cr茅t茅 qu鈥檌l serait trop compliqu茅 de s鈥檋abituer 脿 un nouveau nom et ont d茅clin茅 l鈥檕ffre de Roger 禄.

Outre son d茅vouement envers l鈥櫭ヾucation et la recherche, John 茅tait un passionn茅 de musique et de th茅芒tre. Pamela rapporte qu鈥檌l aimait 茅couter Carly Simon, Peter Paul and Mary, mais aussi de l鈥檕p茅ra et de la musique classique. 芦 Et il adorait la com茅die musicale Anything Goes 禄.

John Dealy a 茅t茅 un homme exemplaire jusqu鈥櫭� la fin. Une infirmi猫re a tenu 脿 raconter 脿 Pamela que son p猫re avait d茅clar茅 que 芦 la chose la plus importante qu鈥檜ne personne puisse faire est de rassembler un groupe de personnes dans une pi猫ce, et de leur apprendre 脿 travailler pour rendre le monde meilleur 禄. C鈥檈st ainsi que Pamela envisage le prix SURE. 芦 Je sais que mon p猫re serait ravi que son legs serve 脿 encourager les 茅tudiants 脿 atteindre leurs objectifs de recherche. 禄

芦 Tous les enfants ignorent des choses sur leurs parents qu鈥檌ls pr茅f茅reraient savoir avant leur mort 禄, confie Pamela. 芦 Il m鈥檃rrive parfois de regretter qu鈥檌l ait 茅t茅 si modeste. Je l鈥檃urais interrog茅 sur des aspects de sa vie que je connaissais tr猫s peu. 禄

Voir la , r茅dig茅e par Pamela.