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Tomas Jan Frantisek Pavlasek Fonds
Fonds
1.5 m of textual records.
Tomas Pavlasek was born in London, England. He earned his B.Eng. (1944), M.Eng. (1948) and Ph.D. (1958) from McGill, and was a research associate in the Department of Electrical Engineering from 1948 to 1952. He was appointed Assistant Professor in 1953, Associate Professor in 1957 and Professor in 1962. He served as Secretary of the Faculty in 1966-1967, and Associate Dean for Planning and Development from 1967 to 1970. From 1967 to 1970 he was also a member of the Commission on Higher Education of the Québec Superior Council of Education. Pavlasek's major research interests are microwave measurement, automatic control, antennas and electromagnetic wave propagation.
Fonds consists of original files and printed materials falling into two themes. The larger of the two concerns Pavlasek’s work on the Superior Council of Education (1967-1972). Correspondence, notes and minutes deal with the establishment of the Université du Québec, the organization of a Council of universities, and legislation regarding capital funding of universities. The McGill Senate is the subject of the second group, comprising correspondence, minutes, reports and submissions from 1963 to 1971.