Dr. Hugh C. Morris was an exploration geologist who later become the Director of Exploration, Worldwide for the Cominco mineral extraction company. He later joined the Eldorado Gold Coroporation, where he served as president and CEO between 1998-1999. Dr. Morris also made many contributions to the sciences where he served on many committees and boards for the National Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the National Research Council (NRC) of the united states.
Dr. Morris was a staunch advocate for Mathematics and was one of the founding board members for PIMS and spent just under a decade as the chairman of our board. Additionally, he also served on the Boards of MITACS and MSRI.
Through a generous endowment from Dr. Morris, the Hugh Morris Lecture Series continues to operate in his memory.
Dr. Morris was a member of the PIMS Board of Directors between 1997 and 2009 and served as the chair for much of that time.
