Vol. 26 No. 3
May-June 2004

Short Bio on Bryan Henry

Bryan Henry began his two-year term as IUPAC president elect and vice president on 1 January 2004. In 1963, Prof. Henry received his bachelor’s degree from the University of British Columbia; he later earned his doctorate at Florida State University, USA. Between 1969 and 1986, Prof. Henry was an associate professor, a professor, and Department of Chemistry head at the University of Manitoba. Currently, Bryan Henry is a professor of chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Guelph.

Bryan Henry has served as vice president and president of the Canadian Society for Chemistry, and as chair and vice chair of the Chemical Institute of Canada. A member of the Canadian Section of the Society of Chemical Industry since 1992, he has been both chair and vice chair. He was also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Canadian Journal of Chemistry (1996–1998). Additionally, he was part of the Selection Committee for the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame from 1996 to 2000.

Prof. Henry has been a member of the Canadian National Committee for IUPAC since 1995, and served as chair (1998–2003). He was the scientific program chair of the 39th IUPAC Congress, which was held concurrently with the 42nd General Assembly in Ottawa, Canada, in August 2003.