- George Connell
George Edward Connell, OC, B.A., Ph.D., D.Sc., LL.D., F.C.I.C., FRSC, (born 1930) is a Canadian
academic .Born in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan , Connell studied atUpper Canada College inToronto and gradutated in 1947. He then attended theUniversity of Toronto , earning an Honours B.A. inbiochemistry in 1951 and a Ph.D in 1955.Connell worked at the University of Toronto for the next 22 years, first as a professor of biochemistry and then as the chairman of the department of biochemistry. His research included the study of plasma
cholinesterase . He left to serve as President of theUniversity of Western Ontario from 1977 to 1984, before returning to the University of Toronto to become its twelfth President from 1984 to 1990.In 1987, Connel was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada . He served as a principal advisor to theRoyal Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada (known as the Krever Inquiry) established in 1993.References
* [http://www.empireclubfoundation.com/details.asp?SpeechID=758&FT=yes| From the Ivory Tower to the Corporate Tower] , speech at the
Empire Club of Canada , October 17, 1985 by Harry T. Seymour
* [http://www.bibac.org/itsMembers.html Bayer International Bioethics Advisory Council] , short biography
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