Obituary of Allan Godfrey Gornall

GORNALL, Allan G. Peacefully on March 15, 2006, in Toronto at age 91. He leaves his loving wife Sheila, sons William, Douglas, Thomas, daughter Catherine, and their families.Allan was born in River Hebert, NS in 1914. He obtained a B.A. with honours in chemistry from Mount Allison University in 1936, and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1941. The next year he enlisted and served as a clinical chemist at the Royal Canadian Naval Hospital in Halifax. After the war he returned to an academic career of teaching and research at the Banting Institute in Toronto. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1966, and from 1966-76 was Chairman of the Department of Pathological Chemistry in the Faculty of Medicine. In 1978 Mount Allison University conferred on him the honourary degree of Doctor of Science. Dr. Gornall retired in 1980, but continued an active role in the formation of the Canadian Academy of Clinical Biochemistry as a founding fellow in 1986. He has authored many papers and edited a textbook in the professional field of clinical biochemistry. He traveled as an invited lecturer in the USA, New Zealand and Australia, and has received several national and international awards for his work. In his later years he turned to a study of the meaning of life, the nature of spiritual evolution and the destiny of the human race.A memorial service will be held at the HUMPHREY FUNERAL HOME - A.W. MILES CHAPEL, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East) at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 25, with a reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations in Allan�s memory can be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association, 522 University Avenue, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2R5.