Pierre Raoul Gendron, was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 academic who was the first dean of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...

 from 1953 until 1962.

As president of the board of directors of Dow Breweries

Dow Breweries

Dow Breweries was a brewing company based in Quebec, Canada. It was formed in 1952 in the facilities formerly used by the Boswell Brewery in Quebec City. It was acquired by Carling O'Keefe and stopped its activities on March 31, 1966...

, Gendron convinced the brewer to fund a planetarium in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, overseeing the creation of the Dow Planetarium.

In 1970, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...

"for his scientific and administrative contribution to industry and his service to his community".