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Wisz, Thadeus E.
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Thadeus Eugene Wisz is a Professional Engineer and former Dean of the Faculty of Technology at Ryerson University. Wisz earned his BASc (1959) and MASc (1964) in Chemical Engineering and his MSc in Mathematics (1975) from the University of Toronto. He began teaching in the Mathematics and Physics department at Ryerson in 1961. He became an Instructor Supervisor in 1965, Assistant Chairman in 1966, and Chairman of the Department in 1967, maintaining the latter position until 1977. From 1977 to 1987, he was Dean of the Faculty of Technology. In the early 1980s, Wisz sat on the board of Ryerson's Centre for Advanced Technology Education (CATE). In 2003, he was named an Honorary Member of The Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) and, in 2004, was named an Officer of Professional Engineers of Ontario’s Order of Honour.