Robert Clark Dickson

Background

Dickson, Robert Clark was born on September 24, 1908 in St. Marys, Ontario, Canada. Son of William M. and Mabel Earl (Clark) Dickson.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. Toronto, Ontario, 1934; Doctor of Laws, U. Toronto, Ontario, 1983; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dalhousie U., 1978.

Career

Junior assistant physician department medicine, U. Toronto, 1939-1956; from associate professor to professor, head department medicine, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1956-1978; professor emeritus, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, from 1979.

Achievements

• Robert Clark Dickson has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Canada Armed Forces Medical Council, 1971-1983. Lieutenant colonel Medical Corps, Canada Army, 1939-1945, European Theatre of Operations, North African Theatre of Operations. Fellow Royal College Physicians and Surgeons Canada (council 1960-1968, president 1968-1970).

Member Canada Medical Association, Medical Society Nova Scoti.

Connections

Married Constance Fraser Grant, September 16, 1939 (divorced 1983). Children: William Fraser, Shelagh Margaret, Jane Alice Constance.

Father:

William M. Dickson

Mother:

Mabel Earl (Clark) Dickson

Spouse:

Constance Fraser Grant

child:

Jane Alice Constance Dickson

child:

William Fraser Dickson

child:

Shelagh Margaret Dickson