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Ken Money | |
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 Money in 1991 | |
| Born | Kenneth Eric Money (1935-01-04)January 4, 1935 |
| Died | March 6, 2023(2023-03-06) (aged 88) |
| Occupation | Scientist |
| Space career | |
| NRC/CSA astronaut | |
| Selection | 1983 NRC Group |
| Missions | None |
Kenneth Eric MoneyMSC (January 4, 1935 – March 6, 2023) was a Canadian scientist specializing in the human ear and an Olympichigh jumper. He worked at theDefence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine in Toronto. He published over one hundred science articles and authored six different topics in theWorld Book Encyclopedia.
Money attendedNorth Toronto Collegiate Institute for high school. He then enrolled at theUniversity of Toronto and earned aBachelor of Science inphysiology andchemistry in 1958, aMaster of Science in physiology in 1959, and aPh.D. in physiology in 1961.
In 1956, Money competed in theOlympic Games and placed fifth in the high jump.[1] His personal best in this event was 2.03 m.[2]
Some of his contributions in the scientific field include knowledge of the inner ear,motion sickness,disorientation, and biological effects of space flight. Other of Money's interests includedbadminton,skiing,acrobatic flying,skydiving,fishing, and reading.
Money was selected by theNational Research Council of Canada as an astronaut candidate in December 1983, but left theCanadian Astronaut Corps in 1992 without having flown in space. He acted asSpacelab Payload Operations Controller for a Spacelab mission in 1992. During the same mission, Money served as the alternate astronaut, having the capability to fly if needed.
Money is credited with the invention of an experimental surgical operation calledsemicircular canal plugging,[3] which is now being used in North America and Europe to treat particular types of dizzy spells. He also worked part-time as a professor of physiology for theUniversity of Toronto and regularly lectured to undergraduate classes.
Ken Money had a brother Bill, who predeceased him. Ken died at the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre in Toronto, on March 6, 2023. He was 88, and he was survived by his wife Sheila Money (née Donnelly). They married around 1958 and had a daughter Laura and three grandchildren.[4]
In 1994, he was awarded theMeritorious Service Cross by theGovernor General of Canada for his many contributions to science and technology.[5]
Money was also a member of the volunteerBoard of Governors of theNational Space Society, anon-profitspace advocacy group founded byWernher von Braun.
Money also developed a surgical procedure, known as semicircular canal plugging, that can be used to treat a particular form of dizziness.
