The National Research Council of Canada is a major federal research institution in Canada, founded in 1916 as the Honorary Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Originally a loose federation of scientific experts advising the government, it was given an executive body in 1928 (when the first President was appointed) and received funds to establish a laboratory in the same year, which opened in 1932.
Presidents Name Term Scientific background Henry Marshall Tory 1928-1935 mathematics A.G.L. McNaughton 1935-1939 civil engineering C.J. Mackenzie 1939-1952 civil engineering E.W.R. Steacie 1952-1962 physical chemistry Bristow Guy Ballard 1962-1967 electrical engineering W.G. Schneider 1967-1980 pure chemistry J. Larkin Kerwin 1980-1989 physics Pierre O. Perron 1989-1994 metallurgy Arthur Carty 1994-2004 inorganic chemistry Michael Raymont 2004-2005 (acting) chemistry Pierre Coulombe 2005-2010 medicine John R. McDougall 2010-2016 petroleum engineering Iain Stewart 2016-2020 political science and marine policy Mitch Davies 2021–Present commerce
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