Marvin Weintraub
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Marvin Weintraub | |
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| Born | Moszeck-Szymon Wajntrob October 17, 1924 Radom, Poland |
| Died | April 2, 2021 (age 96) Vancouver, Canada |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Education | University of Toronto, BA Honours Biology (1947) Univeristy of Toronto, PhD Botany (1950) |
| Occupation | Plant Pathologist |
| Known for | Plant Pathology, Electron Microscopy |
| Awards | New York Academy of Sciences, Elected Fellow (1960)
National Research Council of Canada – Soviet Academy of Sciences Agreement, Eminent Scientist on Exchange to USSR (1968) Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (1977) Canada-France Scientific Exchange Program, Exchange with France (1981) |
Marvin Weintraub (October 17, 1924 – April 2, 2021) was a Polish-born Jewish Canadian plant pathologist.
Early life and education
[edit]Marvin Weintraub (Moszeck-Szymon Wajntrob) was born in Radom, Poland on October 17, 1924. He emigrated to Toronto in 1930 with his father Abraham, mother Rachel, and brother Jerry. Weintraub became a Canadian citizen in 1935.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Weintraub attended the University of Toronto, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts in honours biology (1947) and a Doctor of Philosophy in botany (1950). Two years later, his thesis, "Leaf Movements in Mimosa pudica L.", was published in the New Phytologist.[2] He later joined the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology in St. Catharines, Ontario, where he was a member of the team that made the first direct isolation of the necrotic ring spot and sour cherry yellows viruses. His research focused on the role of immunity and protection in virus infection, chemotherapeutic control of viral infections, and the cytopathology of virus-infected plants using electron microscopy.[3][4]
In 1956, Weintraub spent a year as a Research Fellow at the virus laboratory at University of California, Berkeley, where he worked with Wendell Meredith Stanley and Cecil Edmund Yarwood.[5] In 1959, Weintraub was appointed as principal research scientist and head of the virus chemistry and physiology section of the newly opened Canada Department of Agriculture, Vancouver Research Station (VRS), where he established an electron microscopy facility for the study of plant viruses.[6] Weintraub served as an associate editor of Virology and reviewed manuscripts for the Canadian Journal of Botany, Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, Phytopathology, and Science between 1966 and 1969. In 1968, Weintraub was designated as the Eminent Scientist on Exchange to the USSR under the National Research Council of Canada. In 1971, upon the retirement of the previous director, Weintraub became director of the VRS[7] and served in this capacity until his retirement in 1989.[8]
Weintraub was an honourary professor at the University of British Columbia in the department of plant science[9], and was appointed by the minister of agriculture as the chief liaision officer to the BC Department of Agriculture.[8]
- 1960 – Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences
- 1977 – Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
- 2019 – The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia recognized Weintraub's 95th birthday
References
[edit]- ^ "Marvin Weintraub Obituary". The Vancouver Sun. June 5, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
- ^ Weintraub, Marvin (1952). "Leaf Movements in Mimosa Pudica L." The New Phytologist. 50 (3): 357–382. Bibcode:1952NewPh..50..357W. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1952.tb05196.x. JSTOR 2429097.
- ^ Weintraub, Marvin (2006). "Reminiscence: Marvin Weintraub". Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. 28 (4): 323–324. doi:10.1080/07060660609507395 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ^ Conners, Ibra Lockwood (1972). Plant Pathology in Canada. Winnipeg: Canadian Phytopathological Society. pp. 104–105.
- ^ Weintraub, Marvin (1984). "An Addition to the Obituary of John Daniel Gilpatrick" (PDF). The American Phytopathological Society. 74 (1): 45. Bibcode:1984PhPat..74...45W. doi:10.1094/Phyto-74-45.
- ^ Conners, Ibra Lockwood (1972). Plant Pathology in Canada. Winnipeg: Canadian Phytopathological Society. p. 209.
- ^ Conners, Ibra Lockwood (1972). Plant Pathology in Canada. Winnipeg: Canadian Phytopathological Society. p. 210.
- ^ a b Martin, Robert; Spiegel, Sara; Haber, Steve; Lewis, Robert (September 2021). "Obituary: Marvin Weintraub, 1924–2021" (PDF). The Canadian Botanical Association Bulletin. 54 (2): 11–13.
- ^ Zacharias, Yvonne (May 22, 2014). "'Eight over 80' campaign honours seniors in Vancouver's Jewish community". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
- ^ Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard), 41st Parliament, 4th Session, October 21, 2019, Afternoon Sitting. Accessed March 18, 2025. https://lims.leg.bc.ca/hdms/file/Debates/41st4th/20191021pm-Hansard-n276.html#276B:1350