Gads, Leonard Eustace
Civil engineer, Administrator
1907-1974

Leonard Gads was born in Russia in 1907; in 1926 he emigrated to 
Canada via Manchuria, China and Japan.  He received his BSc in 
civil engineering from the University of Alberta in 1939 and 
joined the University staff that year.  From 1942 to 1945 he 
served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and as interpreter for 
the British governors on the Control Commission for Germany, 
returning to the University in 1946 as an assistant professor. He 
was named full professor in 1956 and acted as Associate Dean of 
Engineering from 1959 until his retirement in 1971.  He was 
appointed Professor Emeritus in 1972.  Dr. Gads made several 
return visits to the Soviet Union after his retirement.  

Multiple media, 1504-1899, 1905-1974,  7.74 m    

Family records, 1504-1974
Includes Dorothy (Pallot) Gads and her family; socialist and 
Social Credit publications; typescripts of two short stories by 
W.O. Mitchell; Gads family in Russia, 1905-1926; Pallot family 
charters, Island of Jersey, 1504-1899.

Maps and plans, 1936-1964
Relate to campus, Faculty of Engineering buildings, student 
housing (14 items).

Memorabilia, 1905-1972
Includes postcards; posters; newspapers; clippings.

Military records, 1942-1959
Royal Canadian Air Force; Canadian Officers’ Training Corps; 
United Nations Control Commission for Germany.  

Personal records, 1935-[1970]
Relate to University career from student to professor; 
Engineering Students’ Society; subject files.  Includes personal 
correspondence; interviews (sound tape recordings).

Photographs, 1905-1972
Includes Gads family in pre-Revolution and post-1970 Russia; 
Pallot family in Jersey; Canada; University of Alberta; Germany; 
Berlin (4481 images).

Publications, 1952-1973
Includes a contribution to the Engineers’ Handbook, 1969/70.

Access: Open
See also: Faculty of Engineering