Background

Atwood, Harold Leslie was born on February 15, 1937 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Carl Edmond and Margaret (Killam) Atwood.

Education

Bachelor, U. Toronto, 1959; Master of Arts, University of California-Berkeley, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Glasgow U., 1963; Doctor of Science, Glasgow U., 1978.

Career

Research associate, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1962-1964; research fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1964-1965; assistant professor, U. Toronto, 1965-1968; associate professor, U. Toronto, 1968-1972; professor zoology, U. Toronto, since 1972; department chairman physiology, U. Toronto, 1981-1991. Visiting Forchheimer professor Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1987-1988. Director Medical Research.Coun. of Canada Group in Nerve Cells and Synapses, since 1991.

Achievements

• Harold Leslie Atwood has been listed as a noteworthy Physiology and zoology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Society Canada. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Neurosci., Canada Society Zoologists, American Physiological Society, Canada Physiological Society (editor journal 1987-1991), Can.Assn. Neurosci. (president 1993-1995).

Connections

Married Lenore Gertrude Mendelson, December 23, 1959. Children: David, Robert, Evan.

Father:

Carl Edmond Atwood

Mother:

Margaret (Killam) Atwood

Spouse:

Lenore Gertrude Mendelson

child:

Robert Atwood

child:

Evan Atwood

child:

David Atwood