Robert Fulford Ruttan

Robert Fulford Ruttan, FRSC (July 15, 1856 – February 19, 1930) was a Canadian chemist and university professor.

Robert Fulford Ruttan
Born(1856-07-15)July 15, 1856
Newburgh, Upper Canada
DiedFebruary 19, 1930(1930-02-19) (aged 73)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationProfessor of organic and biological chemistry; Administrator
Known forContributions to medical chemistry

Biography

Born in Newburgh, Upper Canada, the son of Dr. Allan Ruttan, a physician, and Caroline Smith, Ruttan's family moved to Napanee around 1863. He received a Bachelor of Arts in natural science degree in 1881 from the University of Toronto. He received his M.D. in 1884 from McGill University, where he also participated in the establishment of the zeta psi fraternity. He never practiced medicine, but rather did postgraduate studies in organic chemistry with August Wilhelm von Hofmann at the University of Berlin.

Returning to Canada in 1886, he was appointed a lecturer in chemistry in the faculty of medicine at McGill. In 1891, he became professor. In 1912, he became director of McGill's newly unified chemistry program, a position he occupied until 1928. He was dean of graduate studies and research from 1924 to 1928.

In 1896, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and served as its president from 1919 to 1920. In 1920, he helped found the Canadian Institute of Chemistry.

A cricketer, yachtsman, and golfer, Ruttan was president of the Royal Canadian Golf Association in 1907. In 1906, he served on Canada’s first national Olympic organization, the Central Olympic Committee.

In 1914, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University of Toronto.

He died in Montreal in 1930.

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    References
    • "Robert Fulford Ruttan". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
    • Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Ruttan, Robert Fulford" . Encyclopedia Americana.
    Professional and academic associations
    Preceded by
    Rodolphe Lemieux    		 President of the Royal Society of Canada
    1919-1920    		 Succeeded by
    Arthur Philemon Coleman
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