Bandler, John William

1941 - 2023  (81 years)

• Name	Bandler, John William  [1]
  Born	9 Nov 1941	Jerusalem, Israel   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Sep 2023  [4]
  Buried	Stanley Sobel Beth Jacob Cemetery, Burlington, , Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I16155	Our Family
  Last Modified	2 May 2025

  
  

  Family	Budd, Beth Marilyn
  Children	1. Bandler, Zoe   2. Bandler, Lydia
  Last Modified	2 May 2025
  Family ID	F5930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Nov 1941 - Jerusalem, Israel  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  With profound sadness the family of John William Bandler announces his passing on September 28, 2023. Beloved husband for over 32 years of Beth Budd Bandler, and devoted son-in-law of Sybil Cohos. Loving father of Lydia Bandler Martin (Graham) and Zoe Bandler Belvedere (Dan), and proud granddad of Eric, Matthew and Colin Martin, and Una and Sam Belvedere. John was an engineer; internationally renowned teacher, researcher, and inventor; a world traveller; art and opera enthusiast; accomplished playwright; avid photographer; Ping-Pong and chess playing granddad, happy to lose a game to the younger generation; and dedicated colleague, friend and mentor to the many people whose lives he touched. Born in Jerusalem during World War II to Jewish refugees from Vienna, John grew up in Cyprus and completed his schooling and university in London, England. He came to Canada in 1967 as a Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Manitoba, joined McMaster University as an Associate Professor two years later, and then went on to become Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. He published over 500 technical papers and is known internationally for having invented space mapping technology and making significant contributions to device modeling, computer-aided design, microwave engineering, mathematical optimization, and yield-driven design. John received many Canadian and international awards for his scientific work. A Fellow of several engineering societies and the Royal Society of Canada, he was awarded the Professional Engineers Ontario Gold Medal. In 2016 he was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada after having been honoured with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Even during his later years, as Professor Emeritus in McMaster's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, he continued to mentor students and attend international academic conferences. He also continued to actively write, produce, and direct plays for the Hamilton Fringe Festival.

  
  

• Sources

  [S239] Original Import into Legacy. [S2777] Canadian Who's Who, Vol. 2002. [S6415] Canadian Who's Who, Vol. 2002 (Reliability: 2). [S15] Obituary, for David. [S15] Obituary, for John (Reliability: 3).