René Pomerleau
René Pomerleau, OC (27 April 1904 in Saint-Ferdinand, Quebec – 11 October 1993 in Quebec City) was a mycologist and plant pathologist[1] whose specialty was fungi and lichens.[2] He received a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from Laval University before an MS at the McGill University and later study at the Sorbonne. In 1972, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Sir George Williams University, which later became Concordia University.[3] He has been called the "Father of mycology in Canada" and seen as a pioneering plant pathologist. The film La mycolade also had him as the main character.[4]
In 2016, following a major legacy gift, the Acfas created the René-Pomerleau Fund, dedicated to initiatives from the next generation of scientists.[5]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 1955 Léo-Pariseau Prize[6]
- 1981 Prix Marie-Victorin[7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries
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- Canadian mycologists
- Canadian phytopathologists
- People from Centre-du-Québec
- McGill University alumni
- Université Laval alumni
- Academic staff of Université Laval
- 1904 births
- 1993 deaths
- 20th-century Canadian botanists
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- 20th-century agronomists
- Botanist stubs
- Mycologist stubs
- People from Quebec stubs