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Len Gads
Born in
Russia, Len came to Canada as an agricultural immigrant,
bluffing his way past immigration authorities by bringing two
cream separators with him from Russia although his real goal was
to attend university. He worked in the Wetaskiwin area until
1935
saving enough money to meet the cost of his engineering
education, graduating from the U of A with Bachelor of Science
Degree in civil engineering in
1939.
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Always a
patriot, Len served with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a
navigator instructor during World War II, being discharged in
1945
with the rank of Wing Commander. Immediately following the war,
he served as a conference interpreter for the Control Commission
for Germany in Berlin, a year later returning to the U of A as a
professor and assistant to the Dean of Engineering. He was
appointed Associate Dean in
1959.
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As well
as his many contributions to his new country in time of war and
his chosen career as a professor of engineering, Len Gads gave
signal service to the Association, serving on many committees,
and as a much sought after entertaining and educational after-dinner speaker.
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Probably one of the most remembered, and liked, University of
Alberta, Faculty of Engineering instructors, Len Gads has for
many many years dispensed wisdom, advice, encouragement and
criticism to struggling undergraduates, always with that one
magic ingredient - friendship.
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Len Gads
received an honorary membership in the Alberta Land Surveyors'
Association in
1962.
He received an honorary life membership in APEGGA in
1970
and that Association's highest honor "The Centennial Award" in
1972.
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Professor Leonard Gads will be well remembered as a patriot, a
dedicated professor, a distinguished engineer and - a friend.
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Professor Leonard Eustace Gads passed away in
1974.
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- Source unknown, April
1974
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