Thomas Brzustowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Thomas Brzustowski

Canadian engineer, academic, and civil servant

Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1937

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: engineer, civil engineer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Thomas Anthony Brzustowski, (Polish: Tomasz Antoni Brzustowski; born April 4, 1937) is a Canadian engineer, academic, and civil servant. Born in Warsaw, he came to Canada with his family when he was 11.
He received a B.A.Sc.
degree in engineering physics from the University of Toronto in 1958.
He received an M.A.
degree from Princeton University in 1960 and a Ph.D.
degree in aeronautical engineering in 1963. He then joined the University of Waterloo teaching in the department of mechanical engineering.
From 1967 to 1970 he was the chairman of the department and from 1975 to 1987 he was Vice-President, Academic.
From 1987 to 1991 he was the Ontario deputy minister of Colleges and Universities.
He was president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council from 1995 to 2005.
He was a member of the board of the Institute for Quantum Computing.
From 2010 to 2014, he was Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) for the Council of Canadian Academies.