Charles Vandyke Corless died on 7th February, 1953, at his home in Tillsonburg, Ontario, at the age of 84.
He was born in Ontario and trained for the teaching profession, holding the post of principal of the Norwich School (Canada) for seven and a half years. In 1898, at the age of 30, he entered McGill University and graduated in 1902 with the B.Sc. degree in mining engineering, winning the British Association Medal and the Dawson Fellowship in Mining. He remained at McGill for another year as a graduate student and obtained the M.Sc. degree.
In 1904 Dr. Corless joined the Mond Nickel Co., beginning an association which lasted until his retirement in 1928. He held the position of superintendent of the company’s mines in the Sudbury District until 1908, when he was promoted manager of the Mond Nickel Co., and in 1918 he was made a director. His services were retained as a consultant after his retirement and he continued in that capacity for some time after the company was merged with the International Nickel Co.
His outstanding abilities in engineering, mine management, educational matters and industrial relations were recognized by both McGill and Queen’s Universities, who conferred on him the degree of D.LL.
Dr. Corless became a Member of the Institution in 1916. He served as President of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy from 1921 to 1922 and for the period 1923-1925, and was a past-president and director of the Ontario Mining Association, and a member of the Dominion and Ontario Research Councils and of the Royal Canadian Institute.
Vol. 62, Trans I.M.M. 1952-53, p. 502
