Occupation Anthropologist Education Cornell University Term 1981-1984 Successor Alexander Gordon McKay | Name Marc-Adelard Tremblay Predecessor Robert Edward Bell Role Anthropologist | |
Born April 24, 1922 ( 1922-04-24 ) Les Eboulements, Quebec Title President of the Royal Society of Canada Died March 20, 2014, Quebec, Canada Books Quebec social science and Canadian indigenous peoples Awards Order of Canada, National Order of Quebec |
Marc-Adélard Tremblay, OC GOQ MSRC (24 April 1922 – 20 March 2014) was a Canadian anthropologist.
Born in Les Éboulements, Quebec, he was educated at Université de Montréal, Université Laval, and Cornell University.
He was a Professor of Anthropology at the Université Laval and was Dean of the Graduate School from 1971 to 1979. From 1981 to 1984, he was the President of the Royal Society of Canada.
He was Dean, Grad. School, Laval Univ. 1971–79, and Professor of Anthropology.
In 1980, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "in recognition of his important contribution to social anthropology through his research, his many writings and his commitment to community enterprises, to which he has lent his considerable expertise". In 1995, he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec.