| <tab>In 1948, his position was described as that of pathologist-in-charge, Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Dominion Dept. of Agriculture, at Fredericton, N. B., and he was described as having held this position since 1924. Of this laboratory he remained officer in charge until 1959. He was the author of a number of scientific papers on plant viruses. In 1956 he headed a Canadian government mission to Venezuela to advise on agricultural problems, and in 1957 he was a consultant on lily diseases to the government of Bermuda. In retirement, he acted as law librarian 1962-1977 for the Barristers Society of New Brunswick. United Church elder; Mason. He collected historical books, and was an organizer in 1926 of the Fredericton Society of St. Andrew pipe band, and was active in other Fredericton societies. In 1979 he moved to Nelson, B. C. He died in the Kootenay Lake District Hospital, Nelson, B. C., aged 95. He was married to Hazel Aldeen Parks. (one child) He was the nephew of William D. MacLeod (d.1936), and a first cousin of Johnny Archie MCRIMMON, the storekeeper at McCrimmon, and of Dr John Grant MacLeod. | <tab>In 1948, his position was described as that of pathologist-in-charge, Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Dominion Dept. of Agriculture, at Fredericton, N. B., and he was described as having held this position since 1924. Of this laboratory he remained officer in charge until 1959. He was the author of a number of scientific papers on plant viruses. In 1956 he headed a Canadian government mission to Venezuela to advise on agricultural problems, and in 1957 he was a consultant on lily diseases to the government of Bermuda. In retirement, he acted as law librarian 1962-1977 for the Barristers Society of New Brunswick. United Church elder; Mason. He collected historical books, and was an organizer in 1926 of the Fredericton Society of St. Andrew pipe band, and was active in other Fredericton societies. In 1979 he moved to Nelson, B. C. He died in the Kootenay Lake District Hospital, Nelson, B. C., aged 95. He was married to Hazel Aldeen Parks. (one child) He was the nephew of William D. MacLeod (d.1936), and a first cousin of Johnny Archie MCRIMMON, the storekeeper at McCrimmon, and of Dr John Grant MacLeod. |
