Marc-Adélard Tremblay
Marc-Adélard Tremblay | |
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| Born | April 24, 1922 |
| Died | March 20, 2014 (aged 91) |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Title | President of the Royal Society of Canada |
| Term | 1981-1984 |
| Predecessor | Robert Edward Bell |
| Successor | Alexander Gordon McKay |
| Awards | Order of Canada National Order of Quebec |
Marc-Adélard Tremblay, OC GOQ MSRC (24 April 1922 – 20 March 2014) was a Canadian anthropologist.[1][2]
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.
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".[3] In 1995, he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
References
[edit]- ^ Kidd, Dave (23 March 2014). "Charlevoix perd un de ses grands" (in French). CIHO-FM. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "Le Québec perd un pionnier de l'anthropologie" (in French). Ordre National du Québec. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Order of Canada citation
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Categories:
- 1922 births
- 2014 deaths
- Canadian anthropologists
- Canadian university and college faculty deans
- Cornell University alumni
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Grand Officers of the National Order of Quebec
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- Academic staff of Université Laval
- Canadian expatriates in the United States