Yves Fortier (geologist)


Yves Oscar Fortier was a Canadian geologist.

Early life

Fortier was born on August 17, 1914 in Quebec City.
He was educated at the Jesuit Séminaire de Québec. He went on to Laval University, obtaining a BA in 1936. One of his teachers, Fr. J.W. Laverdière, introduced Yves to geology. He entered Queen’s University in 1936 and chose the geology option in mining engineering area of study where he obtained a BSc in 1940. He obtained a MSc from McGill University in 1941. His PhD degree was conferred by Stanford University in 1946.

Career

He was the director of the Geological Survey of Canada from 1964 to 1973. He led expeditions to the Canadian Arctic in the 1950s and 1960s which identified significant potential oil and gas resources.

Personal life and death

Fortier had a wife Trudy, and had 2 sons, Georges and Marc, and 2 daughters Mimi and Claire.
He died at the age of 100 on August 19, 2014.

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