Fazlollah Reza | |
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فضلالله رضا | |
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| Ambassador of Iran to Canada | |
| In office October 1974 – November 1978 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| President | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda Jamshid Amouzegar Jafar Sharif-Emami |
| Preceded by | Parviz Adl |
| Succeeded by | Abulhassan Bakhtiar |
| Chancellor of Tehran University | |
| In office 1967–1970 | |
| Preceded by | Jahanshah Saleh |
| Succeeded by | Alinaghi Alikhani |
| Chancellor of Aryamehr University | |
| In office 1967–1968 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Reza Amin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1915 Rasht, Iran |
| Died | 19 November 2019 (aged 104) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran Columbia University Polytechnic University of New York Syracuse University |
| Known for | Network and Information Theory Ambassador of Iran to the Canada (1975–1979) |
Fazlollah Reza (Persian: فضلالله رضا; January 1, 1915 – November 19, 2019) was an Iranian university professor.
Reza graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tehran in 1938, receiving a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He received a master's and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Columbia University in 1946 and Polytechnic University of New York (now New York University Tandon School of Engineering) in 1950 respectively. He was a Fellow of the IEEE and AAAS for his contribution to network and information theory. He was an honorary member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature and wrote and spoke extensively on classical Persian poetry.
Reza served as the head of Aryamehr University of Industry (Sharif University of Technology), University of Tehran, Iran's ambassador to Canada and Iran's ambassador to UNESCO. As a professor, he taught at MIT, McGill University, Concordia University, and the University of Tehran.
