Hanna Newcombe, who died in April at 89, is tirelessly dedicated to world peace.
With late husband, Alan, Peace Research Institute Newcombe ran out of their homes in Dundas, collects and catalogs abstract peace associated with articles published since 1945.
The two gave up lucrative career-both of whom have Phds in chemistry – as they embark on peace research in the early 1960s they supported their work. through their sales peace research abstracts and peace research reviews to universities, Governments and international organizations. In 1974, Newcombe himself has composed around 100,000 punch cards about peace and by 1985, has compiled the writings of 160,000 peace and nuclear war.
Newcombe published a number of books about peace. He once told The audience he was involved in the study of peace because he had long been interested in international affairs. Of Jewish origin, he came to Canada with his parents from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939.
Newcombe received many awards for his work. He and Alan received honorary degrees from McMaster in 1982. He was presented with the medal Pearson, peace in 1997 and was elected a member of the Order of Canada in 2007.