Gordon Francis Whitmore

Background

Whitmore, Gordon Francis was born on June 29, 1931 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of Ernest Francis and Mary Anne (MacLean) Whitmore.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Saskatchewan, 1953; Master of Sciences, University Saskatchewan, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1957.

Career

Physicist, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, since 1956; head physics division, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, since 1980; professor, U. Toronto, since 1958; department chairman medical biophysics, U. Toronto, 1971-1981; chairman research advisory group, National Cancer Institute, Toronto member radiation study section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. member cancer special programs committee, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. member technical advising committee, Atomic Energy of Cancer, Pinawa, Manitoba.

Achievements

• Gordon Francis Whitmore has been listed as a noteworthy Medical biophysics educator, administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Society Canada. Member Canada Association Medical Physicists (president), Radiation Research Society (councillor Failla award), Biophysics Society.

Connections

Married Margaret Dawn, Sept.1, 1954. Children: Christine, Elinor, Meredith.

Father:

Ernest Francis Whitmore

Mother:

Mary Anne (MacLean) Whitmore

Spouse:

Margaret Dawn

child:

Christine Whitmore

child:

Meredith Whitmore

child:

Elinor Whitmore