Background
EVANS, John was born on October 1, 1929. Son of William Watson (deceased) and Mary Evelyn Lucille (nee Thompson) Evans (deceased).
EVANS, John was born on October 1, 1929. Son of William Watson (deceased) and Mary Evelyn Lucille (nee Thompson) Evans (deceased).
University of Toronto and University College, Oxford.
Assistant Resident in medicine, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto 1956-1957. Assistant Resident in medicine, Toronto General Hospital 1957-1958, Chief Resident in medicine 1959-1960. Ontario Heart Foundation Fellow, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto 1958-1959.
Research Fellow, Baker Clinic Research Laboratory, Harvard Medical School 1960-1961. Markle Scholar in Academic Medicine, University of Toronto 1960-1965, Association Department, of Medicine 1961-1965, President University of Toronto 1972-1978. Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Professor Department Medicine McMaster University 1965-1972, Vice-President (Health Sciences) 1967-1972.
Chairman National Health Grants, Department, of National Health and Welfare 1969-1974. Director Population, Health and Nutrition Department, World Bank 1979-1983, WHO Adviser, Committee Medical Research 1976-1980. Chair, and Chief Executive Officer Allelix Inc.
(Biotechnology), Mississauga, Ontario since 1983. President Association, of Canadian Medical Colleges 1971. Director Alcan Aluminium Ltd., Dofasco Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, Southam Inc., Torstar Ltd.
Trustee Rockefeller Foundation since 1982, Chairman since 1987. Fellow, Royal College, of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Royal College, of Physicians (London), Institute of Medicine, N.A.S. 1972-1980, American Council on Clinical Cardiology. Master, American College, of Physicians.
Numerous medical committees and societies.
Married Jean Gay (nee Glassco) in 1954.