What key details about howard petch can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: howard earle petch , -lrb- born 12 may 1925 -rrb- is a canadian academic administrator . he was the president of the university of waterloo and the university of victoria . he received a bachelor of science , honours in physics and chemistry from mcmaster university in 1949 . he received his ph.d. in physics from the university of british columbia in 1952 . he joined the department of physics at mcmaster university in 1954 . from 1958 to 1961 he was the chairman of the department of metallurgical engineering and was the director of research from 1961 to 1963 . from 1963 to 1967 , he was the principal of hamilton college . in 1967 , he became the vice-president -lrb- academic -rrb- and a professor of physics at the university of waterloo . from 1969 to 1970 , he was the president pro tem of the university of waterloo . in 1975 , he became president and vice-chancellor of the university of victoria . he also was a professor of physics . he retired in 1990 . in 1990 , he was awarded the order of british columbia . he is a fellow of the royal society of canada . the petch building at the university of victoria , which houses the department of biochemistry and microbiology , was named in his honour .
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- awards is order of british columbia- birth date is 12 may 1925- name is howard earle petch- birth place is agincourt , ontario