Morley Gray Whillans

1911 - 2002  (90 years)

• Name	Morley Gray Whillans
  Birth	22 August 1911	Manitoba, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 March 2002	Victoria, B.C., Canada
  Notes	Source - Eileen Whillans June 2009: Morley Gray WHILLANS (James William, Aaron) was born on 22 Aug 1911 in Manitoba. He died on 2 Mar 2002 in Victoria, B.C.. Morley was educated at the University of Liverpool in England and the University of Toronto. He interned at Hamilton General Hospital 1935-1937. Fellowships, Banting Inst., Univ. of Toronto - Pathology, 1937-38; Neuropathology, 1938-39; Harvard Univ. Neurology 1939-40; Consultant Neurology, Ont. Dept. of Health 1940-41; Head, Dept. of Pharmacol., Dalhousie Univ. 1945-48; Dir., Biol. & Med. Rsch, Defence Rsch Bd., 1948-50; Supt. Defence Rsch, Med. Labs 1950-55; Prof. Banting & Best Dept. of Med. Rsch, Univ. of Toronto 1954-55; Asst. Chief Scientist & Director of Biosciences Rsch, Defence Rsch. Bd., 1955-63; Vice Chrmn., Aerospace Med. Panel AGARD (NATO) 1952-55; Chief, Cdn. Defence Rsch Staff, London (Eng.) 1963- 68; Adv. Career Devel., DRB 1968-72 when he retired. He served in World War II with the RCAF 1941-1945 and engaged in aviation medical research. He published papers on pathology, aviation medicine, pharmacology, physiology, survival techniques, colour vision and safety. He was an honourable member of Phi Rho Sigma. Founder and Executive Secretary of the Colour Blind Committee. His recreations were photography, sketching and woodwork. Taken from his obituary which was in the Victoria Times Colonist, March 6, 2002 and sent to me by his daughter. Morley married Olive Mina NOBLE in Jul 1939 in Hart House Chapel, Toronto, Ontario. Olive was born in 1909 in England. She died in 1995 in Victoria, B.C.. Mina was an occupational therapist. Source: Julie Cotterell GR July 2007 First name: Morley Known as: Middle name: Occupation: Surname: Whillans Date of birth: Year of birth: Date of baptism: Gender: Female Year of death: Place of birth: Place of baptism: Place of death: Notes:
  Person ID	I9516	Houliston Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 June 2009

  
  

  Father	James William Whillans,   b. 6 May 1880, Smailholm, Roxburgh, Scotland d. 29 June 1954, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Olive Dryden,   b. 1888, Manitoba, Canada d. 22 July 1942 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	8 November 1910	MacDonald, Manitoba, Canada
  Family ID	F822	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Olive Mina Noble,   b. 1909, England d. 1995, Victoria, B.C., Canada (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	July 1939	Hart House Chapel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Children	+ 1. Ian Morley Whillans,   b. 25 February 1944, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 9 May 2001, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Age 57 years)   2. Living + 3. Living
  Family ID	F3223	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart