Pierre Raoul Gendron, CC FRSC (May 1, 1916 – February 16, 1984) was a Canadian academic who was the first dean of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the University of Ottawa from 1953 until 1962.
[1] As president of the board of directors of Dow Breweries, Gendron convinced the brewer to fund a planetarium in Montreal, overseeing the creation of the Dow Planetarium.
[2] In 1970, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada "for his scientific and administrative contribution to industry and his service to his community".
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