Adrien Pouliot

Adrien Pouliot, was a Canadian mathematician and educator.
Born in Île d'Orléans, Quebec. He married Laure Clark and was cousin of André Hudon. He obtained a B.A. in applied sciences from the École Polytechnique [de Montréal] in 1919. He helped to create the department of mathematics at Université Laval where he began teaching in 1922. He was president of the Canadian [Mathematical Society] from 1949 to 1953. He was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1972. He was head of the Faculty of Science at Laval from 1940 to 1956. A building on the Laval campus has been named in his honour.
The Canadian Mathematical Society's Adrien Pouliot Award is named in his honour.