Background
Grant, William Frederick was born on October 20, 1924 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Son of William Aitken and Myrtle Irene (Taylor) Grant.
Grant, William Frederick was born on October 20, 1924 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Son of William Aitken and Myrtle Irene (Taylor) Grant.
Bachelor, McMaster U., Hamilton, 1947; Master of Arts, McMaster U., Hamilton, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1953.
Botanist, geneticist under, Colombo Plan to Department Agriculture, Malaysia, 1953-1955;
assistant professor, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1955-1961;
associate professor, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1961-1966;
professor departments plant science and biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1967-1990;
professor emeritus, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, since 1990. Member joint World Health Organization and International Program on Chemical Safety Collaborative Study on Short Term Tests for Genotoxicity and Carcinogenicity, 1984-1994. Environmental contaminants advising committee Ministers of Environmental and National Health and Welfare, Ottawa, Ontario, 1978-1986.
Co-director workshop on higher plant mutagen bioassays, United Nations Environmental Program Quingao (China) Ocean U., 1995.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Linnean Society London, Royal Society Canada. Member International Organisation Plant Biosystematists (life, president 1981-1986), Genetics Society Canada (life, president 1975, archivist since 1984, Presidential citation 1991), Environmental Mutagen Society, Canada Botanical Association (George Lawson medal 1989), American Society Plant Taxonomists, Society for Study Evolution (vice president 1972), Biological Council Canada (treasurer 1974-1978), Sigma Xi (chapter president 1975).
Married Phyllis Kemp Harshaw, July 23, 1949. 1 son, William Taylor.