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William (Mac) Evans - Vice-President (Operations) [textual record]

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Date:

1979-1992.

Reference:

R13875-8-2-E

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Item ID number:

4877244

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Canadian Space Agency fonds

Agency leadership and operations

Vice-President - Operations

William (Mac) Evans - Vice-President (Operations)
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Sub-sub-series includes:

6 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1979-1992.

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

2.6 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French, Russian

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The records in this section were created and/or maintained in the Office of William Mac Evans in his role as Vice-President of Operations at the Canadian Space Agency.

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Associated name: Evans, William (Mac)

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Evans, William (Mac) : Mr. William (Mac) Evans was a key member of the Canadian Space Program team. Mr. Evans started at the Defence Research Establishment in 1967, becoming the Mission Director for the Communications Technology Satellite which launched in 1976. In 1979, he transferred to the Ministry of State for Science and Technology. Mr. Evans participated in the negotiations with the United States for the participation of Canada in the new space station that the United States was developing, which would later become the International Space Station.

During the late 1980's, Mr. Evans was a member of the team responsible for the creation of the Canadian Space Agency, and on the creation of the Agency acted in the role of Vice-President of Operations.

In November of 1994, he was selected to be the new President of the Agency. Having held the role for six years, Mr. Evans is the longest serving President of the Canadian Space Agency (as of 2016).

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid is a verified file listing which consists of: volume, part, file number, outside dates, and folder title. 13875-16 (99: Closed pending processing)

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Material is in English, French and Russian.

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2002/003
2014-01077-3
R13875-0-8-E
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[Consultation32 Restricted by law]

Volume [R13875] 1--13

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

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