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Léo Marion

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Léo Edmond Marion
Born(1899-03-22)March 22, 1899
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
DiedJuly 16, 1979(1979-07-16) (aged 80)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupationorganic chemist
TitlePresident of the Royal Society of Canada
Term1964-1965
PredecessorMaurice Lebel
SuccessorWilliam Kaye Lamb
AwardsOrder of Canada
Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the Royal Society[1]

Léo Edmond Marion, CC MBE FRSC FRS[1] (March 22, 1899 – July 16, 1979) was a Canadian organic chemist and academic administrator.

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.

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  1. ^ a b Lemieux, R. U.; Edwards, O. E. (1980). "Leo Edmond Marion. 22 March 1899-16 July 1979". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 26: 357–370. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1980.0011. S2CID 57444358.
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Preceded by President of the Royal Society of Canada
1964–1965
Succeeded by