Head and shoulders image of Dr. Lloyd Woodbury Trevoy, Department of Chemistry, 1948-1957.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Lloyd Woodbury Trevoy was born 6 April 1920 and grew up in Saskatoon. He completed a PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Chicago. In 1948 Dr. Trevoy began a nine-year career with the Department of Chemistry at the University of Saskatchewan. He also spent a post-doctoral year at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. He moved to Edmonton in 1957 to continue his career in research at Chemcell (Celanese) and later Syncrude. Dr. Trevoy (with others) received Canadian patents for three inventions relating to the Alberta Tar Sands; two in 1979 and one in 1983. Dr. Trevoy died on 27 December 2015 in Edmonton at age 95.