McGill University
James McGill (1744-1813) was born in Glasgow, Scotland
and like many of his countrymen he migrated to Canada in 1770
with a view to making his fortune, which he did. He was influential in
establishing the University that now bears his name, and when he died
he donated his farm as the site for the building of a University which
received its charter in 1821.
Above: Entrance to McGill University
at the foot of Mont Royal, the ‘hill’ that dominates the city
of Montreal.
James MGill (1744-1813). This statue is in the gardens just at the entrance to the University that bears his name. During his life this land used to be his farm.
The oldest buildings in the University border the garden area at the entrance. They are built of stone in Scottish style architecture of the early 19th century. On the right is the Redpath building ( a sugar company that donated money) and on the left is a concert hall.
Lord Strathcona donated money to build a medical school which was completed in 1911. This is the Stratchona building in which 3 floors were dedicated to the Museum of Maude Abbott. It is now occupied by the dental faculty.
In the corridors of the Strathcona
building there are a number of marble shields that commemorate famous
people of the University. This one is for William Osler.
A stained glass window in the Strathcona building commemorates the doctor/poet John McRea, a contemporary of Maude Abbott. His most famous poem was ‘In Flanders fields.”
Chateau Frontenac on the Heights of
Abraham, Quebec
Keynote lecturers at the Congress
Daniel H. Connor
Tuberculosis: Catal Huyuk to Present
Dan Connor and Ann Marie Nelson.
Gregory Fuller
Perspectives on the past, present and future
of Brain Tumor Diagnosis, Classification, Treatment and Laboratory Investigation
Rick Fraser presenting Greg Fuller with a copy of the Maude Abbott Atlas after his Keynote lecture.
Dillwyn Williams
Cancer, Morphologic and Molecular Diagnosis,
and Lessons from Chernobyl
Virginia LiVolsi, George Frank and Dillwyn Williams.
Michael A. Gimbrone, Jr.
Vascular Endothelium, Gene Expression and
Biomechanical Forces: New Insights into the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis.
Editors of Divisional News Letters
Quite a few divisions of the IAP have regular News Letters which keep the members informed about the activities of the Division. The Secretaries of Divisions distribute the International News Bulletin with their usual regular mailings to members. There were a number of Editors at the formal dinner held during the Congress. It was also a pleasure to have at the dinner Dan Drumheller, the owner of Mercury Publishing from Rockville, Maryland, that has printed and distributed the IAP News Bulletins since 1976. He and his staff over this 30 year period have been unfailingly helpful and cooperative, and they have done a wonderful job in printing a high quality Bulletin and distributing it world wide. In 1976 the distribution was about 6,000 and it is now 23,000.
Editors of a number of the divisional News Letters
- (L) to (R) Samir Amr (Arab Div), Deiter Schmidt (German Div), Robin
Cooke (International News Bulletin), Peter Furness (British Div), Maria
do Carmo Carvalho de Abreu e Lima ( Brazil Div) Dan Drumheller Mercury
Publishing the printer and distributor of the Int News Bulletin, Francisco
Couto (Indian Div), Osamu Matsubara (Japanese Div).
The next Congress
The next Congress will be held in Athens, Greece in 2008. The President of the Congress is George Kontogeorgos.
George Kontogeorgos (R) with Inacu
Emil Plesea, Romania in front of the desk advertising the Athens Congress.
At the conclusion of the 2006 Congress,
Rick Fraser (R) passed the IAP flag to George Kontogeorgos (L)