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Young, J.C.

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Title Sub-Lieutenant (RCN(R))
Official Number U-81529; O-80504;
 
Birth 01/04/1940 Death 29/01/2018
Place Charlottetown Place Guelph
Area PE Area ON
Country Canada Country Canada
 
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Qualifications MSc; PhD;
 
Biography
He attended Mt. Alison University. He earned a PhD in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1971). Post doctoral studies followed at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse (1972) and Mass Spectrometry Research Unit, University College of Swansea, Wales UK (1992). In 1972, he joined the Research Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa ON. He worked on methods for removing mycotoxins (toxic chemicals produced by fungi) from contaminated wheat and corn. After 25 years in Ottawa, Chris was transferred to Guelph to help establish the Guelph Food Research Centre.
 
Military Service
He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 02/01/1957). He served in HMCS Scotian for UNTD 1956-1959. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/05/1959). In 1959 he served in HMCS Brunswicker. (He was released.)
 
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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); https://canadianobituaries.com/waterloo/85241-james-young-january-29-2018.html;
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2018-02-04 00:00:00

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