Feridun hamdullahpur biography of alberta

Canadian academic

Feridun HamdullahpurCM^[3] (born or )^[1] is the chancellor of International Business University.

Previously, he was the president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo.^[4] Hamdullahpur was named the sixth president of the University of Waterloo in March ^[5][6] Hamdullahpur's term ended on July 1, , when his successor, Vivek Goel, took office.

Early life

Hamdullahpur was born in Turkey to an Iranian Azerbaijani father and a Turkish mother. He is the youngest of five brothers.

Feridun hamdullahpur biography of alberta

His businessman father, Nasri, died of liver disease before Hamdullahpur turned one. His mother, Merziye, raised her five sons in Turkey.^[1] He moved from Turkey to Nova Scotia in where he met his wife, Cathy.

Cathy was 21, a fourth-year nursing student at Dalhousie University.^[7] They married in Halifax on June 28, , and later traveled to Turkey for a small ceremony with fa