Background
He was born in London, England to Eric Graham Saunders and Rose Kate Gasson, and received his early education at Launceston College, Cornwall.
He was born in London, England to Eric Graham Saunders and Rose Kate Gasson, and received his early education at Launceston College, Cornwall.
Student Launceston College, 1927-1938. Bachelor of Science, Victoria University, Manchester, England, 1941, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 1944, Master of Science, 1944, Doctor of Medicine 1964.
11 June 1920 - 3 April 1975) was a Neurophysiologist, Medical Doctor, and Medical Researcher who was fundamental in the development of the Electroencephalography, as well as a strong advocate for the advancement of computer use in medicine. In 1940 in anatomy and physiology. Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery 1944; Master of Science
1944 in physiology (medical electronics) and Doctor of Medicine (by published papers) in 1964.
Doctor and Mistress Saunders left England and came to Winnipeg, Manitoba in April 1949. He held executive positions in several organizations.
He was also Procedural Counselor, delegate-at-large, and Chairman of the Rules Committee for the Vienna meeting of the International Federation of Societies for Encephalography and Clinical Physiology (IFECN). He died on April 4, 1975.
Michael Graham Saunders has been listed as a noteworthy educator by Marquis Who's Who.
He was an honorary member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association. The Canadian Association of Electroencephalogram Technicians. A member of the University of Manitoba Committee for Safety in Experimental Deprivation.
A member of the Council and an examiner for the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalogram technologists.
Examiner for the Board of Qualification, American Electroencephalogram Society. Secretary and later president, Canadian Society of Electroencephalographers.
President and member of Council of the Central Electroencephalogram Society (United States). President (Manitoba Chapter) and delegate (National Society) of the Computer Society of Canada.
Saunders was also a founding member of the Canadian Board of Registration of Electroencephalograph Technologists, founded in 1972.
Married Leonore M. Gladwell, April. Children: Christopher, Gail, Jennifer, Deborah, Erica.
