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Annie Louise Macleod
Annie Louise Macleod, from the 1904 yearbook of McGill University
BornFebruary 7, 1883
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
DiedSeptember 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.

Early life and education

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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

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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]

Publications

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  • Text Book of Chemistry for Nurses and Students of Home Economics (1920, 1928)[16]
  • "The Dinitro Derivatives of Para-Dichlorobenzene" (1922, with Marion C. Pfund and Mary L. Kilpatrick)[17]
  • "Euthenics at Vassar" (1926, with Mary A. Griggs)[18]
  • "Euthenics" (1927)[19]
  • Chemistry and Cookery (1930, with Edith H. Nason)[20]
  • "Home Economics: A Liberal Education" (1945, with Mary A. Griggs)[21]

Personal life

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Macleod lived with her Syracuse colleague Edith H. Nason.[22][23] Macleod and Nason planned a move to Michigan together in 1949, and retired to Florida in 1952.[24][25] Nason died in 1970,[26] and Macleod died in 1971, in Sarasota, Florida, at the age of 88.

References

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  1. ^ McGill University's 1904 yearbook, page 62.
  2. ^ 1901 Census of Canada, via Ancestry.
  3. ^ "1881 - 1930". Highlights from McGill theses and dissertations. Archived from the original on 2025-02-07. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  4. ^ a b c Butler, Ian S. (February 2022). "An overview of the history of the Department of Chemistry at McGill University, 1965–2019". Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 100 (2): 63–71. doi:10.1139/cjc-2021-0060. ISSN 0008-4042.
  5. ^ "Department history". Department of Chemistry. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  6. ^ a b "Miss Macleod to be Syracuse Dean". Vassar Miscellany News. April 25, 1928. p. 1 – via Hudson River Valley Heritage Historical Newspapers.
  7. ^ "Vassar Woman Chosen as New Syracuse Dean; Annie Louise MacLeod Named Successor to Mrs. Knapp". Poughkeepsie Eagle-News. 1928-04-23. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Syracuse Upholds Women Educators; Majority of Faculty Approves Feminine Teachers, but There Is Strong Dissension". The New York Times. 1935-12-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  9. ^ "Dean Hilton Acting Head of College of Home Ec". The Post-Standard. 1948-09-25. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2025-06-06. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Dean Macleod Fractures Hip". Syracuse Herald-Journal. 1948-02-05. p. 20. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ a b Harris, Phil (1957-08-25). "Portrait Honors Former SU Dean". The Post-Standard. p. 22. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "College to Get Portrait". Syracuse Herald-Journal. 1958-05-06. p. 15. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Home Economics Expert Lectures; Dean Annie Louise Macleod of Syracuse University Speaks". The Morning News. 1930-02-12. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Housewives Need Interest Outside Home, Says Expert". The Brooklyn Daily Times. 1928-12-28. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "On the Air: College of Home Economics". The Buffalo News. 1930-03-03. p. 10. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Macleod, Annie Louise (1928). Text Book of Chemistry for Nurses and Students of Home Economics. McGraw-Hill Book Company.
  17. ^ Macleod, Annie Louise; Pfund, Marion C.; Kilpatrick, Mary L. (1922-10-01). "The Dinitro Derivatives of Para-Dichlorobenzene". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 44 (10): 2260–2271. doi:10.1021/ja01431a023. ISSN 0002-7863.
  18. ^ MacLeod, Annie Louise, and Mary A. Griggs. "Euthenics at Vassar." Journal of Home Economics 18 (1926): 119-122.
  19. ^ Macleod, Annie Louise (1927). "Euthenics". The Home Management House: 80–82.
  20. ^ Macleod, Annie Louise; Nason, Edith Holloway (1937). Chemistry and Cookery: Some Theories of Chemistry and Applications to Cookery Processes. McGraw-Hill book Company, Incorporated.
  21. ^ MacLeod, Annie Louise, and Mary A. Griggs. "Home Economics: A Liberal Education" Journal of Home Economics 37 (1945).
  22. ^ 1930 and 1940 United States censuses, via Ancestry. Nason is described as Macleod's "lodger" in the 1930 census, and as her "partner" in the 1940 census.
  23. ^ "Dr. Nason Takes Post in Michigan". The Post-Standard. 1949-05-16. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2025-06-06. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ Macleod and Nason lived at the same address in the Sarasota, Florida, City Directory, 1958; via Ancestry.
  25. ^ "Have You Heard? Mrs. Bryant Sees Former SU Dean". The Post-Standard. 1959-01-26. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ "Miss Edith Nason". The Tampa Tribune. 1970-01-12. p. 17. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
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