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Cott, Bill
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Dates of existence
?-2009
History
William J. Cott (d. October 20, 2009) was a Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Ryerson University. Cott earned his BSc (1955) and MSc (1956) from the University of Western Ontario. After graduation, he worked for Dupont Canada Ltd. before joining the faculty at Ryerson in 1968. He was the Assistant Chair of the Department from 1977 to 1980 and again from 1986 until 1997. His research focused on reactions of fluoroalkyl magnesium halides. He retired to Emeritus status in 1997.