Jacques Genest : biography
May 29, 1919 –
Jacques Genest, (born May 29, 1919, Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian physician and scientist. He is a professor at McGill University.
Honours
- In 1963, he was awarded the Gairdner Foundation International Award.
- In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
- In 1968, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada’s Flavelle Medal.
- In 1991, he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
- In 1994, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
- In 1996, he was awarded the Quebec government’s Prix Armand-Frappier.