Nova Scotian Institute of Science - Hall of Fame
- E Gordon Young
- Born: 5 January 1897, Quebec City
- Died: 24 March 1976, Halifax
- Field: Biochemistry
Young was invited by Dalhousie University in 1924 to organize the newly created Department of Biochemistry, made possible by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. He remained Head of
Biochemistry at Dalhousie until 1950, when he resigned to undertake the planning and development of the Atlantic Regional Laboratory of the National Research Council of Canada; the
Laboratory opened in 1952. Young
served as Director of the ARL till his retirement in 1962.
Young was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and was awarded honorary degrees by Acadia (D.Sc., 1957) and Dalhousie (LL.D., 1965).
Bibliography
Howell, D.R.S., Masson, C.R. 1976. Proc. NS Inst. Sci. Vol. 27(3/4): 182