Colin MacLeod
Colin Munro MacLeod (born January 28, 1909 in Port Hastings, Nova Scotia , Canada , † February 11, 1972 ) was a Canadian-American geneticist. He studied medicine at McGill University from 1925 to 1932 . After a stay at Montreal General Hospital , he went to Rockefeller University in 1934 , where he conducted research on the transformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae under Oswald Avery and Rufus Cole . He was involved in the elucidation of DNA as the carrier of genetic information.
In 1941 he became head of the Department of Microbiology at New York University . During World War II , MacLeod served as a government advisor on health issues. From 1947 to 1955 he was director of the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board . He also served as President of the American Association of Immunologists in 1951/1952 .
In 1955 he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences , in 1965 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 1966 to the American Philosophical Society .
From 1956 to 1960 he was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania , then he returned as a professor at New York University. In 1961 he became chairman of the Life Sciences Panel of John F. Kennedy's Science Advisory Committee. Kennedy appointed him Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology (OST) in 1963, which he remained until 1966. In addition to epidemiological work, MacLeod made outstanding contributions to the cooperation between American and Japanese scientists within the framework of the Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program.
Web links
- Personal profile ( memento from March 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) in the United States – Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program 40th Anniversary Report (PDF; 894 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Colin M. MacLeod. American Philosophical Society, accessed November 23, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | MacLeod, Colin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | MacLeod, Colin Munro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian-American geneticist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Port Hastings , Nova Scotia , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1972 |