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Event

Jarrett Rudy - An Ocean of Noise: H. E. Reilley, and the Fight against Noise in Montreal

Monday, September 26, 2016 17:00to19:00
Faculty Club Dining room, 3450 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E5, CA

James ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Society and Sigma Xi ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Chapter present

The Annual Stanley Frost Lecture

An Ocean of Noise: H. E. Reilley, and the Fight against Noise in Montreal

By Jarrett Rudy

Professor Herschel Edward Reilley (1879-1945) taught in ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï’s Physics Department, pioneered the study of noise pollution, and was Chairman of the Noise Abatement Committee of the City Improvement League.

Professor Jarrett Rudy is President of the James ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Society, and teaches Quebec social history in ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï’s Department. of History and Classical Studies. Among his publications is: The Freedom to Smoke: Tobacco Consumption and Identity (ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï-Queen’s Press).


James ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Society: One-Hundred and Seventy-Fourth Meeting

Presidential Address

Monday, September 26, 2016

ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Faculty Club Dining Room
3450 McTavish Street

Reception: 5:00 p.m.
Presentation: 5:45 p.m.

All are welcome!

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