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.
ReligionCLICK HIS NAME FOR EXTENSIVE NOTES
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 that 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 was distroyed 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.
From the Vancouver SUN - October 22, 1981 - by Moira Farrow
Genetics and nuclear physics are the specialities of three B.C. scientists who have been awarded gold medals by the Science Council of B.C.
Dr. Clayton Person fights plant disease… Of the department of botany at the University of B.C., he is one of the world’s authorities on the genetics of plant parasites… In an interview Wednesday in his Point Grey home, Person described how he turned from a sailor into a geneticist as a result of one university course.
“When I came out of the navy after six years of war, one of the options for veterans was to go to university so I went but, at that time, I had little idea of what it was all about,” he said. He grew up in rural Saskatchewan, joined the navy at age 18, was wounded in action and returned to the Prairies to go to university. “I enrolled for a general degree in arts but in my third year I took a course in genetics and that was it,” he said. “Genetics was precise, analytical and satisfying.” After obtaining two degrees in Saskatchewan, Person did his doctorate at the University of Alberta and eventually became head of the newly created department of genetics at that university. He moved to UBC in 1966.
Person’s work in gene research has been both theoretical and practical and took him to many different parts of the world. On the practical side, he developed a new system of analysis involving gene interactions which is now widely used and known as the “Person analysis.” “My general interest is the management of problems involving disease and pests in agricultural crops,” he said. “I firmly believe the most economical and ecologically sound way to manage diseases and pests is through the use of varieties that are genetically resistant. It is cheaper than chemicals and non-polluting. “
Person’s analysis method has been applied to many plant problems such as a rust disease that attacks coffee plants. “This disease is partly responsible for the spiralling cost of coffee,” he said. “But very good research on the disease is now being done under the authority of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.”
Person said studies have shown that between 30 and 50 per cent of all potential food production is lost because of disease and pests so the control of these problems could result in enornous increases in food production particularly in the Third World. “Plant diseases will always be with us so our goal is really to minimize the losses,” he explained.
Person also expressed concern about the role of multi-national corporations in food production and the increasing trend to monoculture (single rather than diverse crop production) in developing countries. “Multi-nationals are interested in selling chemicals and fertilizers so it is not in their interests to breed varieties of plants which are resistant to disease,” he said. “It is more in their interest to breed varieties which need chemicals and fertilizers.” Commenting on monoculture, Person said the worst scenario he can imagine is that it would create a devastating epidemic of disease which would wipe out “gene banks” of crops. “It would be in the enlightened self-interest of developed countries to subsidize farmers in some of the developing countries to continue growing various crops in their old ways,” he said. Person said that his future work will concentrate on the parasite rather than the host side of plant genetics, “because that’s where the big information gap is.”
He has received several honors this year as well as today’s gold medal, which he described as ”a great event for me.” He was made a fellow of the American Phytopathological Association and has been invited by the Rockefeller Foundation to stay at its Advanced Study Institute in Italy next year.
From the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society - in about 1980
… born in 1922 in Aylesbury, Saskatchewan … BA and MA degrees (genetics) from University of Saskatchewan in 1950 and 1951 .. PhD (cytogenetics) in 1953 from the University of Alberta .. two NRC (Canada) fellowships for posdoctoral studies at the University of Lund, Sweden, in 1954 and the John Innes Institute, Norwich, England in 1955 .. first job was with Canada Department of Agriculture at the Dominican Rust Research Lab in Winnipeg .. then head of the newly formed Dept of Genetics at the U. of Alberta in 1961 .. then to the U. of British Columbia (botany) in 1966 .. visiting professor at the Punjab Agricultural University in India and the Univ. of Adelaide in Australia .. one of the founding members of the Genetics Society of Canada, a directror (1961-63) and chair (1968-69).
Dr. Person has had much to contribute by way of help, advice and suggestions to those who have sought his guidance. His lively mind and constructive criticism are widely acknowledged. He is an outstanding teacher, and many of his students are well established in research and teaching in plant pathology and genetics.
. . . . . 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 that 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 was distroyed 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.
From the Vancouver SUN - October 22, 1981 - by Moira Farrow
Genetics and nuclear physics are the specialities of three B.C. scientists who have been awarded gold medals by the Science Council of B.C.
Dr. Clayton Person fights plant disease… Of the department of botany at the University of B.C., he is one of the world’s authorities on the genetics of plant parasites… In an interview Wednesday in his Point Grey home, Person described how he turned from a sailor into a geneticist as a result of one university course.
“When I came out of the navy after six years of war, one of the options for veterans was to go to university so I went but, at that time, I had little idea of what it was all about,” he said. He grew up in rural Saskatchewan, joined the navy at age 18, was wounded in action and returned to the Prairies to go to university. “I enrolled for a general degree in arts but in my third year I took a course in genetics and that was it,” he said. “Genetics was precise, analytical and satisfying.” After obtaining two degrees in Saskatchewan, Person did his doctorate at the University of Alberta and eventually became head of the newly created department of genetics at that university. He moved to UBC in 1966.
Person’s work in gene research has been both theoretical and practical and took him to many different parts of the world. On the practical side, he developed a new system of analysis involving gene interactions which is now widely used and known as the “Person analysis.” “My general interest is the management of problems involving disease and pests in agricultural crops,” he said. “I firmly believe the most economical and ecologically sound way to manage diseases and pests is through the use of varieties that are genetically resistant. It is cheaper than chemicals and non-polluting. “
Person’s analysis method has been applied to many plant problems such as a rust disease that attacks coffee plants. “This disease is partly responsible for the spiralling cost of coffee,” he said. “But very good research on the disease is now being done under the authority of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.”
Person said studies have shown that between 30 and 50 per cent of all potential food production is lost because of disease and pests so the control of these problems could result in enornous increases in food production particularly in the Third World. “Plant diseases will always be with us so our goal is really to minimize the losses,” he explained.
Person also expressed concern about the role of multi-national corporations in food production and the increasing trend to monoculture (single rather than diverse crop production) in developing countries. “Multi-nationals are interested in selling chemicals and fertilizers so it is not in their interests to breed varieties of plants which are resistant to disease,” he said. “It is more in their interest to breed varieties which need chemicals and fertilizers.” Commenting on monoculture, Person said the worst scenario he can imagine is that it would create a devastating epidemic of disease which would wipe out “gene banks” of crops. “It would be in the enlightened self-interest of developed countries to subsidize farmers in some of the developing countries to continue growing various crops in their old ways,” he said. Person said that his future work will concentrate on the parasite rather than the host side of plant genetics, “because that’s where the big information gap is.”
He has received several honors this year as well as today’s gold medal, which he described as ”a great event for me.” He was made a fellow of the American Phytopathological Association and has been invited by the Rockefeller Foundation to stay at its Advanced Study Institute in Italy next year.
From the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society - in about 1980
… born in 1922 in Aylesbury, Saskatchewan … BA and MA degrees (genetics) from University of Saskatchewan in 1950 and 1951 .. PhD (cytogenetics) in 1953 from the University of Alberta .. two NRC (Canada) fellowships for posdoctoral studies at the University of Lund, Sweden, in 1954 and the John Innes Institute, Norwich, England in 1955 .. first job was with Canada Department of Agriculture at the Dominican Rust Research Lab in Winnipeg .. then head of the newly formed Dept of Genetics at the U. of Alberta in 1961 .. then to the U. of British Columbia (botany) in 1966 .. visiting professor at the Punjab Agricultural University in India and the Univ. of Adelaide in Australia .. one of the founding members of the Genetics Society of Canada, a directror (1961-63) and chair (1968-69).
Dr. Person has had much to contribute by way of help, advice and suggestions to those who have sought his guidance. His lively mind and constructive criticism are widely acknowledged. He is an outstanding teacher, and many of his students are well established in research and teaching in plant pathology and genetics.
