RCIScience would like to pay tribute to one of its Lifetime Members, Professor John Y.H. Chau, who passed away in 2019.

Born in Hong Kong in 1932, Dr. Chau’s family fled to other parts of southeast Asia after Japan's occupation of China in 1941, and settled in Sydney Australia shortly after the end of the war. Dr. Chau attained a First Class Honours BSc and an MSc, both from the University of Sydney, before completing his PhD in 1961 at the University of Wales in the UK. Over the years his teaching and research in chemistry brought him to New York, Halifax, Sudbury and Thailand.

John shared a great interest in music and travel with Vera, his wife of 51 years. But John always maintained a keen interest in science. In his retirement, he became a lifetime member of RCIScience and was a regular attendee of its meetings and lectures, usually with Vera by his side.

We are deeply grateful to Vera Chau for her gift to RCIScience in her late husband John's memory. The gift will support all our work connecting Canadians to science - and will be fittingly recognized at RCIScience’s upcoming events to memorialize their decades of learning about science together.

An in memoriam gift to RCIScience is a powerful way to celebrate your loved one’s passion for science, all while supporting our vital work. To find out more, contact croddick@rciscience.ca.