Administrative Service
He served as Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo from 1980 to 1986. From 1986 to 1988 he held the position of Distinguished Scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He held the position of Vice-President, Academic & Provost from 1988 until June 30, 1993. He again served as Dean of Mathematics from December 3, 1997 to June 30, 2005. He served as interim Vice-President, Academic & Provost at the University from January through August 2001, and interim Vice-President, University Research from January 2006 through June 2007. He is currently Associate Provost, Information Systems & Technology at UW, a position he has held since July, 2003, and also has been serving as interim Dean of Graduate Studies since October, 2007.
His name has been given to an award, the J. Alan George Award, given by Waterloo's undergraduate Mathematics Society to an undergraduate completing studies in the Faculty of Mathematics who has shown exemplary service to student life during in the duration of his or her studies.
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