Early Life, Education, Professional Career
He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1925, and was a contemporary and friend of Canadian Grandmaster and lawyer Daniel Yanofsky. Divinsky received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Manitoba in 1946. He received a Master of Science in 1947, and a PhD in Mathematics in 1950 from the University of Chicago. Divinsky served as a mathematics professor, and also as an assistant dean of science, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he spent the entirety of his professional career.
He was featured in many segments relating to mathematics and chess on the Discovery Channel Canada program @discovery.ca, now called Daily Planet. During the first two seasons of the show, he presented a weekly contest segment emphasizing math puzzles.
Divinsky served on the Vancouver School Board, from 1974–80, and was the Chair from 1978-80. He served as an alderman on Vancouver's city council from 1981-82.
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