J. Wendell MacLeod : Saskatchewan's Red Dean

Type of resource
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Title
J. Wendell MacLeod : Saskatchewan's Red Dean
Abstract
The Eastern Townships-born J. Wendell MacLeod (1905-2001) was the first dean of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. He was known as the "Red Dean" for his ardent belief in the social principles of medicine, especially universal health care. MacLeod was educated at McGill University, where he was involved in the Student Christian Movement, and where he received his degree in medicine. He trained at the Royal Victoria Hospital in the early 1930s and was strongly influenced in radical politics of the day by his mentor, Dr. Norman Bethune. (In 1978, MacLeod co-wrote with Libbie Park, and Stanley Ryerson the book Bethune: The Montreal Years. An Informal Portrait.) In 1935 MacLeod was appointed a clinical assistant in medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital. After service in the Second World War, MacLeod moved to Manitoba where he worked at the Winnipeg Clinic from 1946 to 1952. He then served two terms (1952-1962) as Dean of the University of Saskatchewan's Faculty of Medicine at Saskatoon, where he worked to make the training of doctors compatible with the goals of universal medicine. From 1962 to 1970, he served as the executive secretary of the newly reorganized Association of Canadian Medical Colleges (ACMC).
Place
Montreal and Kingston
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Date
2007
# of Pages
xiv-209p.
Language
en
ISBN
978-0-7735-3231-1
Citation
Horlick, Louis. J. Wendell MacLeod : Saskatchewan’s Red Dean. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2007.
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