Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
NameClayton Oscar PERSON
Birth16 May 1922, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Death1990, Buried Aug. 31, 1990, in Vancouver, BC.
OccupationRenowned scientist in genetics (plant parasitology).
EducationBA/MA-U. of Saskatchewan, PhD-U. Alberta. Post-doc in Lund, Sweden. Served in Canadian navy.
FatherOscar Valfrid (Walfrid) PERSON (1883-)
MotherAlma Elna ERIKSSON
Misc. Notes
“Dr. Clayton Person was called "one of the world's authorities on the genetics of plant parasites." Person joined the Canadian navy at age 18 and served 6 years during the war, was wounded in action and returned to the Prairies to attend The University in Saskatchewan. Later he earned his doctorate at the Univ. of Alberta and eventually became chair of Genetics there. Later he moved to the Univ. of British Columbia, where in 1981 he won a gold medal from the Science Council of British Columbia. That same year he was made a fellow of the American Phytopathological Association and was invited by the RockefellerFoundation to stay at its Advanced Study Institute in Italy.”
. . . . . Vancouver Sun, Oct. 22, 1981
1951--Univ. of Saskatchewan: BA/MA in Genetics
1953--Univ. of Alberta: PhD in Cytogenetics
1954--Post-doc at Univ. of Lund, Sweden
1955--Post-doc at John Innes Institute, England
1956-61--with Canadian Dept. of Agriculture
1961-66--chair of Genetics at Univ. of Alberta
1966--Prof. of Botany at Univ. of British Columbia
1971-72--visiting Prof. at Punjab Agricultural Univ, India and the University of Adelaide, Australia. Active in organizing the Genetics Society of Canada
Since 1978--on Canadian Nat. Comm. for the International Union of Bio. Sciences
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada--1970
In May of 1990, Clayton recalled when he visited his Aunt Maria in Sweden in the summer of 1955. He recalls things she told him and things he read in the Windh family Bible she showed him. Apparently the Bible was destroyed when the Windh farmhouse burned following Maria’s death in 1957. Clayton says there were no records of Olander Windh’s parents in the Norra Rorum church records because they were born in another parish.
MAY 2014 from WIKIPEDIA
Clayton Oscar Person (May 16, 1922 – September 1, 1990)
a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, was recognized internationally as an authority on the genetics of host-parasite relations. He was born and raised in Aylesbury, Saskatchewan, Canada and died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His writings have made a major contribution to the development of a rigorous theoretical basis for our understanding of how the genetic structure of parasitic populations interacts with that of their host populations. This was known as the gene-for-gene relationship. His theoretical methods have been applied widely in the practical management of parasitic diseases in agriculture and forestry.
Education
After service overseas in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1941-1945, he returned to enroll at the University of Saskatchewan where he was awarded Honours in Biology in 1950 and the MA in 1951. He studied for the Ph.D. at the University of Alberta, then spent two post-doctoral years abroad — one at the University of Lund, Sweden and another at the John Innes Institute in England.
Career
Dr. Person was employed for several years (1956-1961) as Research Officer with Agriculture Canada in its Dominion Rust Research Laboratory, Winnipeg. He was then appointed as the first Head of the Department of Genetics at the University of Alberta. In 1966 he joined the Department of Botany of the University of British Columbia. Dr. Person has served the Canadian scientific community in various capacities, including participation in the establishment of the Genetics Society of Canada and later as its president; as Chairman of the NSERC Committee for Plant Biology, and as a member of the Canadian National Committee for the International Union of Biological Science. His scholarly achievements have received wide recognition.
He has been an Invited participant in numerous international symposia. In 1971 he was a visiting professor at Punjab Agricultural University. In 1975 he served as consultant to the FAO (United Nations) on coffee diseases in Ethiopia. He was an invited scholar at the Rockefeller Study and Conference Centre in Italy in 1982. Dr. Person is an acknowledged authority on the genetics of plant parasites. His major research contribution has been to clarify the genetic basis of microevolutionary change in host-parasite systems. His work constitutes a major contribution to modern theory of host-parasite interaction in plant populations. It has found important applications in plant breeding throughout the world.
Awards and recognitions
He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1970, and was designated Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society in 1981. He was awarded the British Columbia Science Secretariat Medal in 1981, the Flavelle Medal by the Royal Society of Canada and the Medal of the Genetics Society of Canada, both in 1982. He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1986.
. . . . . Vancouver Sun, Oct. 22, 1981
1951--Univ. of Saskatchewan: BA/MA in Genetics
1953--Univ. of Alberta: PhD in Cytogenetics
1954--Post-doc at Univ. of Lund, Sweden
1955--Post-doc at John Innes Institute, England
1956-61--with Canadian Dept. of Agriculture
1961-66--chair of Genetics at Univ. of Alberta
1966--Prof. of Botany at Univ. of British Columbia
1971-72--visiting Prof. at Punjab Agricultural Univ, India and the University of Adelaide, Australia. Active in organizing the Genetics Society of Canada
Since 1978--on Canadian Nat. Comm. for the International Union of Bio. Sciences
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada--1970
In May of 1990, Clayton recalled when he visited his Aunt Maria in Sweden in the summer of 1955. He recalls things she told him and things he read in the Windh family Bible she showed him. Apparently the Bible was destroyed when the Windh farmhouse burned following Maria’s death in 1957. Clayton says there were no records of Olander Windh’s parents in the Norra Rorum church records because they were born in another parish.
MAY 2014 from WIKIPEDIA
Clayton Oscar Person (May 16, 1922 – September 1, 1990)
a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, was recognized internationally as an authority on the genetics of host-parasite relations. He was born and raised in Aylesbury, Saskatchewan, Canada and died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His writings have made a major contribution to the development of a rigorous theoretical basis for our understanding of how the genetic structure of parasitic populations interacts with that of their host populations. This was known as the gene-for-gene relationship. His theoretical methods have been applied widely in the practical management of parasitic diseases in agriculture and forestry.
Education
After service overseas in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1941-1945, he returned to enroll at the University of Saskatchewan where he was awarded Honours in Biology in 1950 and the MA in 1951. He studied for the Ph.D. at the University of Alberta, then spent two post-doctoral years abroad — one at the University of Lund, Sweden and another at the John Innes Institute in England.
Career
Dr. Person was employed for several years (1956-1961) as Research Officer with Agriculture Canada in its Dominion Rust Research Laboratory, Winnipeg. He was then appointed as the first Head of the Department of Genetics at the University of Alberta. In 1966 he joined the Department of Botany of the University of British Columbia. Dr. Person has served the Canadian scientific community in various capacities, including participation in the establishment of the Genetics Society of Canada and later as its president; as Chairman of the NSERC Committee for Plant Biology, and as a member of the Canadian National Committee for the International Union of Biological Science. His scholarly achievements have received wide recognition.
He has been an Invited participant in numerous international symposia. In 1971 he was a visiting professor at Punjab Agricultural University. In 1975 he served as consultant to the FAO (United Nations) on coffee diseases in Ethiopia. He was an invited scholar at the Rockefeller Study and Conference Centre in Italy in 1982. Dr. Person is an acknowledged authority on the genetics of plant parasites. His major research contribution has been to clarify the genetic basis of microevolutionary change in host-parasite systems. His work constitutes a major contribution to modern theory of host-parasite interaction in plant populations. It has found important applications in plant breeding throughout the world.
Awards and recognitions
He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1970, and was designated Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society in 1981. He was awarded the British Columbia Science Secretariat Medal in 1981, the Flavelle Medal by the Royal Society of Canada and the Medal of the Genetics Society of Canada, both in 1982. He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1986.
