Annie Louise Macleod
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Annie Louise Macleod | |
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 Annie Louise Macleod, from the 1904 yearbook of McGill University | |
| Born | February 7, 1883 Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | September 29, 1971 Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Home economist, chemist, college dean |
Annie Louise Macleod (February 7, 1883 – September 29, 1971) was a Canadian home economist, college dean, and chemist. She was the first student to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry at McGill University, and the first woman to complete a Ph.D. at McGill. She was dean of the School of Home Economics at Syracuse University from 1928 to 1948.
Macleod was from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia; she was raised in the household of her stepfather and mother, James Forbes and Margaret A. Forbes.[1][2] She earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees at McGill University. In 1910 she completed doctoral studies in chemistry at McGill, and was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. from McGill,[3] and the first student to complete a Ph.D. in chemistry there.[4][5]
Career
Macleod worked at Barnard College and Bryn Mawr College in her early career. At Vassar College from 1914 to 1928, she was a chemistry professor, chaired the school's Division of Euthenics, and directed its Summer Institute.[6] In 1928 she succeeded Florence E. S. Knapp[7] as dean of the College of Home Economics at Syracuse University.[6][8] She retired from Syracuse in 1948,[9] after she fractured her hip in a fall.[4][10] Syracuse commissioned a portrait painting of Macleod in 1957.[11][12]
Macleod was a consulting editor for the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company.[11] She also lectured to community and conference audiences about home economics and women's education.[13][14] She organized a series of radio lectures on WGR in 1930.[15] She was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1934.[4]
