Chemistry and computers – a personal recollection

Employment as a senior chemical research engineer with a US oil company led me to a two year loan assignment to its refinery in Dart-mouth, Nova Scotia, in 1967-69. During this period, I came to like living in Nova Scotia, so in January, 1970, I resigned and became a computerization advisor to then President of Saint Mary’s University (SMU), Dr. Henry Labelle, S.J. Subsequently in 1972, I was offered the position at SMU as an associate professor of physical chemistry with a particular research interest in computerization of analytical chemistry procedures.