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Dreimanis was born in Latvia. He first studied geology at the Institute of Palaeontology at the University of Latvia in Riga. In 1939, he worked as a lecturer at the University. As World War II was being fought, he also took on the responsibility of consulting in Quaternary mapping in the Latvian Institute of Mineral Resources. After the war Dreimanis was appointed Associate Professor in the Baltic University at Hamburg and Pinneberg in Germany. University of Latvia is the oldest university in Latvia. ... Map of Latvia Coordinates: Founded 1201 Mayor Aivars Aksenoks Area    - City 307. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000,000 Civilian dead: 4,000,000 Total dead 12,000,000 World War II (abbreviated WWII), or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict... Hamburg from above Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... Pinneberg is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, capital of the district Pinneberg in Germany. ...

In 1948, Dreimani immigrated to Canada to assume a lecturer position at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Several Canadian institutions called on him for his Quaternary expertise, including the Geological Survey of Canada, the Ontario Department of Mines, and the Ontario Department of Planning and Development for the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, the Thames River Conservation Authority and various private companies. The university promoted him to Associate Professor in 1956, then to Professor in 1964. In 1980 the university gave made him an Emeritus Professor. In the over 40 years with the university, he has produced over 200 papers, notes and abstracts in the field of Quaternary research. The University of Western Ontario (popularly known as Western or UWO) is a coeducational, non-denominational, research-intensive university located in London, Ontario, Canada. ... Nickname: The Forest City Location of London in relation to Middlesex County and the Province of Ontario Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Middlesex County Settled 1826 as a village Incorporated 1855 as a city  - City Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best  - Governing Body London City Council  - MPs Sue Barnes (LPC... The Geological Survey of Canada or GSC is part of the Earth Sciences Sector of Natural Resources Canada. ... The Saint Lawrence River (In French: fleuve Saint-Laurent) is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ... The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority is a body based in London, Ontario, Canada. ... Emeritus (IPA pronunciation: or ) is an adjective that is used in the title of a retired professor, bishop or other professional. ...

Between 1974 and 1982, Dreimani acted as an international advisor for several groups including; the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Geological Survey of Finland, and the Ministry of Education in Finland. Categories: PAN | PAU | Scientific societies | Polish scientific societies | Stub | Education in Poland | Polish institutions | National academies ...

Dreimanis maintained his link with Latvia. He made numerous visits as an invited lecturer to Riga, and to Tallinn in Estonia. He was a correspondent with the Dictionary of Latvian Technical Terminology from 1970 to 1986. He has been an associate editor of the Technical Review Journal (for Geology) from 1979. He served as s Chairman of the Commission on Technical and Natural Sciences at the Latvian Cultural Foundation from 1973 to 1976. County Harju County Mayor Jüri Ratas Area 159. ...

Roles and duties

• 1960, Delegate to the International Geological Congress
• 1965, 1969, 1973, 1977 and 1982, Canadian delegate to the International Quaternary Association (INQUA) Congresses
• 1965, Co-organised the INQUA Field Excursion in the Great Lakes-Ohio River Valley *1972, Co-organised the INQUA Field Excursion with the Montreal lGC
• President of the INQUA Commission on genesis and lithology of Quaternary deposits
• President of the INQUA Working Group on tills
• 1974-1984, Leader of the Canadian Working Group of the UNESCO-IUGS International Geological Correlation Project on Quaternary Glaciations of the Northern Hemisphere
• 1974-1980, Councillor for the American Quaternary Association
• 1975, helped organize the Royal Society of Canada's Conference on Glacial Till
• 1976-1978, Associate Editor for Geoscience Canada
• 1980-1982, President of the American Quaternary Association
• 1981-1987, Associate Editor for Quaternary Science Reviews
• 1987, made Honorary Member of INQUA

Awards

• 1967, awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal
• 1969, bestowed an honourary D.Sc. from the University of Waterloo
• 1978, awarded the Logan Medal by the Geological Association of Canada
• 1979, appointed to the Royal Society of Canada
• 1980, bestowed an honourary D.Sc. from the University of Western Ontario
• 1987, awarded the Distinguished Career Award by the Geological Society of America
• 1987, awarded the Centennial Medal by the Geological Survey of Finland
• 1988, awarded the Albrecht Penck Medal of the German Quaternary Association
• 1989, recipient of the W. A. Johnston Medal from the Canadian Quaternary Association
• 1990, made an Honorary Member of the Geographical Society of Latvia
• 1990, made a Foreign Member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences
• 1990, awarded the University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Medal

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References

• W. A. Johnston Medal
• Aleksis Dreimanis: a legacy in Quaternary science
• UWO Professor Emeritus Dreimanis
• The Aleksis Dreimanis Prize