Semih Tezcan (sah-MEEH TEZ-jahn; born May 3, 1932) is a Turkish academic. He graduated from Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Civil engineering in 1954. In 1962, he went to Canada, and joined University of British Columbia as an assistant professor. Tezcan became Associate Professor in 1964, and Professor in 1966 at UBC. He received the Gzowski Gold Medal, Best Civil Engineering Paper Award from Engineering Institute of Canada. He was the founding president of the from 1963 to 1968. Semih Tezcan has been married to Özlem Tezcan since August 15, 1984, and they have two sons.