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Thiessen, Victor
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Dates of existence
1941-2016
History
Victor Thiessen was born in Western Ukraine in 1941 and as young child fled with his sister and mother, Meta, to Germany and later Manitoba. He joined the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University in 1972, serving as Chair of his department, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (1998-1999), and Academic Director of the Atlantic Research Data Centre. Thiessen died at the age of 74 on the evening of February 6th, 2016.
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Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (1988 -)
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associative
Dates of relationship
1998-1999
Description of relationship
Victor Thiessen was the interim Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences from 1998-1999
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Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology (1966-)
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associative
Dates of relationship
1972-
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Victor Thiessen became a professor in the department of Sociology and Social Anthropology in 1972, also serving as Chair of the department.