Thomas Wright Moir Cameron

Canadian Society of Zoologists

• Founding member and President 1961-1962. Presidential address The changing past"

• Honorary Member 1966

• Honorary Life Member Parasitology Section 1978

• Cameron Award renamed 1990

Born Glasgow April 29, 1894. Died January 2, 1980 Silver Springs, Maryland.

• Educated at Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Oxford and London,

• and the Royal Veterinary College

• Appointments at University of Edinburgh, Institute of Agricultural Parasitology London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Royal Veterinary College.

• First Director of the Institute of Parasitology, Macdonald College, McGill University 1932-1964

• Taught Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, McGill University to early 1970s

• Co-editor Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine

• Editor, Canadian Journal of Zoology 1956-1971

• Member, Fisheries Research Board of Canada 1954-1963

• President, American Society of Parasitologists 1949

• President, Royal Society of Canada 1957-1958

• President, Canadian Society of Microbiologists 1960

• President, World Federation of Parasitologists 1964-1970

• Chairman, Canadian Committee of the International Biological Program 1967-1974

Research Parasitology; five books

Honours

• Royal Society of Canada Flavelle Medal 1957

• Order of Canada 1972

• DSc University of Edinburgh 1926

• DSc University of British Columbia 1960

• Dip. Hos. University of Venezuela 1961

• Honorary Member Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

References

 Margolis, L. 1981 In Memoriam: Thomas Wright Moir Cameron (1894-1980). J. Parasitol. 67(1): 113-115

 Margolis, L. 1991 Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis award named after CSZ founding president. CSZ Bull. 22(1): 6

 Choquette, L.P.E. 1969 T. W. M. Cameron - An Appreciation. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada 26: 713-716