[cmath] Hugh Morris obituary

[Alejandro Adem]

Former Chair of the PIMS Board: Hugh Morris (1932-2012)

Excerpt from the Vancouver Sun obituary:

"Hugh Clough Morris was admired and respected by all who knew him.
He was a life-long friend of the sciences in Canada. In addition to his 
memberships in the Geological Association of Canada (GAC), and numerous 
other scientific societies, he served for seventeen years as a member of 
the Canadian Geological Foundation, a charitable foundation promoting 
earth science-related activities. For his extraordinary service to the 
GAC, Hugh was honored with the Ambrose J. Willis Medal in 1993. He became 
a 'Distinguished Fellow' of the GAC in 1995, and a member of the Royal 
Society of Canada in 1997. Hugh's contributions to the sciences 
encompassed service on several committees for the National Research 
Council of Canada and the National Research Council of the United States. 
He chaired both 'Lithoprobe', a major seismic research project on the 
earth's crust, and the Canada Global Change Program, a joint initiative of 
the Royal Society of Canada and Environment Canada devoted to the study 
and mitigation of climate change. In addition, he was Chairman of the 
Board of the Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), and Chair 
of the Board of the Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex 
Systems (MITACS), a Canadian Networks of Centres of Excellence.”

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In 2011, he generously endowed a yearly lecture series at PIMS, the Hugh 
C. Morris Lecture Series, which attracts the world’s top mathematical 
scientists to deliver presentations on current research topics to PIMS 
sites in Western Canada and Washington State.

Dr. Morris served on the PIMS Board for over ten years. We are enormously
grateful to Hugh for his generosity and vision in support of the 
mathematical sciences. His contributions to PIMS and science in Canada 
are truly outstanding. In addition he is a wonderful person who has 
provided valuable advice to PIMS Directors over the years. It has been a 
real privilege to count on his friendship and counsel.


Alejandro Adem

Director, PIMS