death_place death_date birth_place awards birth_date article_title name occupation
montreal , quebec 25 september 2009 shawinigan , quebec order of canada national order of quebec 4 february 1926 roger blais
 roger a. blais geological engineer and academic
roger blais

roger a. blais , -lrb- february 4 , 1926 -- september 25 , 2009 -rrb- was a canadian geological engineer and academic .
he helped develop a number of prospecting and exploration technologies .
born in shawinigan , quebec , he graduated from université laval and from the university of toronto .
in 1970 , he was appointed a professor in economic geology and the first director of research at École polytechnique de montréal .
