Excited by the possibilities of interdisciplinary work, Tom Calvert collaborated with legendary U.S. choreographer Merce Cunningham and led key educational initiatives at Simon Fraser University
When Merce Cunningham, known as the father of modern American dance, battled arthritis in the late 1980s, he sought software to help him choreograph his productions.
Always a consensus builder, Dr. Calvert became a digital media pioneer by listening to and bringing together people with widely varying views. According to Ms. Mah, Ms. Matsui and others, Dr. Calvert shaped careers, communities, companies, institutions and industries while serving as an educator, researcher, administrator, entrepreneur and mentor during his 49-year association with SFU.
Thomas William Gillies Calvert was born April 12, 1936, in the small village of Dunaskin, Scotland, where he lived briefly. He was the elder of two children of Rev. Thomas Calvert and Vara Rosemary Holmes Calvert. His father served as a Church of Scotland and Scottish Presbyterian minister, and military chaplain during and after the Second World War.
After five years as a professor of biomedical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, Dr. Calvert applied for a similar position at SFU without realizing Burnaby was in the Vancouver area. Upon arriving for an interview, he became smitten by the North Shore mountains, in which he would later hike, and Burrard Inlet, where he would sail his beloved boat. He became a rare fully appointed professor in three faculties: computing science; kinesiology; and engineering science, which he co-founded.
SFU took over TechBC when British Columbia’s NDP government of the time discontinued the body’s funding. TechBC became SIAT, located on the university’s Surrey campus. Ms. Gunter strives to deploy the same collaborative leadership approach as her former boss, who “knew how to move people” regardless of what views they held.
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