Background
Genest, Jacques was born on May 29, 1919 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Rosario and Annette (Girouard) Genest.
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Genest, Jacques was born on May 29, 1919 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Rosario and Annette (Girouard) Genest.
Bachelor, College Jean de Brebeuf, Montreal, 1937; Doctor of Medicine, U. Montreal, 1942; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Queen's U., 1966; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Toronto, Canada, 1970; Doctor of Science (honorary), Laval (Canada) U., 1973; Doctor of Science (honorary), Sherbrooke U., 1974; Doctor of Science (honorary), Memorial U. Newfoundland, 1978; Doctor of Science (honorary), McGill (Canada) U., 1979; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Ottawa, 1980; Doctor of Science (honorary), St. Francis Xavier U., 1983; Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York, Buffalo, 1984; Doctor of Science (honorary), Rockefeller U., 1986; Doctor of Science (honorary), Concordia U., Montreal, 1986; Doctor of Science (honorary), Chinese Academy Medical Sciences, 1987; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Montpellier, France, 1989.
Summer student, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1938, 39; resident medicine and pathology, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Montreal, 1942-1945; consultant physician specializing in nephrology and hypertension,, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Montreal, 1952-1991; research fellow, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1945-1948; research fellow, Harvard School Chemistry, Boston, 1948; research fellow, Rockefeller Hospital Medical Research, New York City, 1948-1951; professor medicine, U. Montreal, 1965-1996; professor experimental medicine, McGill University, Montreal, since 1960; director, Clinical Research Institute Montreal, 1965-1984; adviser, Clinical Research Institute Montreal, 1984-1994. Board directors Merck & Company, Rahway, New Jersey, Montreal Trust.
Master American College of Physicians. Fellow Royal College Physicians and Surgeons Canada (James H.Graham award of merit 1993), Royal Society Canada (Flavelle medal and award 1968). Member Association American Physicians, American Clinical and Climatological Association, American Heart Association (Srouffer prize 1969), Peripatetic Club.
Married Estelle Deschamps, October 3, 1953. Children: Paul, Suzanne, Jacques, Marie, Helene.