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Arthur Porter Born: 8 December, 1910 – Ulverton, England Died: 26 February, 2010 – Winston-Salem, NC, USA Significant Achievements Known for his considerable work in various aspects of engineering including control theory, servo mechanisms, and industrial engineering Responsible for the creation of Canada’s first two university biomedical programs, the first being at the University of Saskatchewan (formed with the input of Dr. William Feindel and Norman Moody) and the second at the University of Toronto (with E. Llewellyn-Thomas and Norman Moody) His papers on time-lag in a control system had significant impact in the field of automatic control systems and were essential to the advancement in mechanization and automation of processes and equipment in the 20th century Built one of the first analog computers in the world, the first built outside of the United States— the original is currently on display at the National Science Museum in London, UK During his time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Porter was part of the team that created the Rockefeller Differential Analyzer, which would ultimately contribute to the Manhattan Project Developed the Porter-Stoneman converter system, which remains in use today in air traffic control and space exploration technology During the 1960s, Porter played an important part in the design of a satellite communications system in Northern Ontario Wrote Cybernetics Simplified, one of the first books to give an overview on how computers work Education B. Sc. (Physics), University of Manchester, 1933 PhD., University of Manchester, 1936 Commonwealth Fund Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1937-39 Career Admiralty Research Laboratories, pre-1939 Designer, Malvern Research Laboratories, c. 1942 Designer, Servo Panel, London, c. 1943 MIT servo Laboratory and Bell Telephone Laboratories, c. 1945 Metrology Division, National Physical Laboratory (UK) Professor of Instrument Technology, Royal Military College of Science (UK) Head, Research Department, Ferranti Electric, Toronto, c. 1955 Chair of Light Electrical Engineering, Imperial College, c. 1955 Dean of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 1958 Chair, Industrial Engineering Department, University of Toronto, 1962 Director, Centre for Culture and Technology, University of Toronto, 1967-68 Scientific Advisor to the Board of Directors for what became the Ontario Science Centre Chair of the Science and Technology Advisory Committee for the Montreal 1967 World Exhibition Chairman of the Canadian Environmental Advisory Council, created by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Chair, Ontario Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning, 1975 Awards and Honours Order of Canada, 1988 Honorary D.Sc., University of Manchester, 2004 Canadian Centenary Medal, 1967 Canadian Confederation Medal Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, 1977 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002