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Léo Marion

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Occupation
  
organic chemist

Successor
  
William Kaye Lamb

Role
  
Scientist


Name
  
Leo Marion

Term
  
1964-1965

Predecessor
  
Maurice Lebel

Born
  
March 22, 1899 (
1899-03-22
)
Ottawa, Ontario

Title
  
President of the Royal Society of Canada

Died
  
July 16, 1979, Ottawa, Canada

Awards
  
Order of Canada, Order of the British Empire, Royal Society

Léo Edmond Marion, CC MBE FRSC FRS (March 22, 1899 – July 16, 1979) was a Canadian scientist.

He was Vice-President of the National Research Council of Canada. From 1964 until 1965 he was President of the Royal Society of Canada. From 1965 until 1969, he was Dean of Faculty of Pure and Applied Science at the University of Ottawa.

Honours

  • In 1963 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of British Columbia.
  • In 1965 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from Carleton University.
  • In 1967 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
  • In 1968 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan.

    • References

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