Marc-Adélard Tremblay

Marc-Adélard Tremblay
Born (1922-04-24)April 24, 1922
Les Éboulements, Quebec
Died March 20, 2014(2014-03-20) (aged 91)
Quebec, Quebec
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.

He was Dean, Grad. School, Laval Univ. 1971–79, and Professor of Anthropology.

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

  1. Kidd, Dave (23 March 2014). "Charlevoix perd un de ses grands" (in French). CIHO-FM. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. "Le Québec perd un pionnier de l'anthropologie" (in French). Ordre National du Québec. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. Order of Canada citation

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