Robert Angus MacLeod

Background

MacLeod, Robert Angus was born on July 13, 1921 in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada. Son of Norman John and Eleonora Pauline Bertha (Westerhoff) MacLachlan.

Education

Bachelor of Arts with honors in Chemistry, U. B.C., Vancouver, Canada, 1943; Master of Arts in Chemistry and Biology, U. B.C., Vancouver, Canada, 1945; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1949.

Career

Assistant professor, Queen's U., Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1949-1952; senior biochemist, Fisheries Research Board Canada, Vancouver, B.C., 1952-1960; associate professor to professor, department chairman microbiology, Macdonald College, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, 1960-1986; professor emeritus, Macdonald College, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, since 1986.

Cons. Defense Research Board, Ottawa, Ontario, 1965-1975. Associate editor Canada Journal Microbiology, Ottawa, 1965-1970.

Achievements

• Robert Angus MacLeod has been listed as a noteworthy Microbiology educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Society Canada. Member Canada Society Microbiologists (president 1976-1977, honorary member 1993), American Society Microbiology (honorary member 1992).

Connections

Married Patricia Rosemarie Robertson, September 1, 1948. Children— Douglas John, Alexander Robert, Kathleen Mary, David Gordon, Michael Norman, Susan Joan.

Father:

Norman John MacLachlan

Mother:

Eleonora Pauline Bertha (Westerhoff) MacLachlan

Spouse:

Patricia Rosemarie Robertson