Anna McPherson

Anna Isobel McPherson
BornDecember 6th 1901
Montreal, QC, Canada
Died1979
Alma materMcGill University (B.A., M.Sc.),
University of Chicago (Ph.D)
Known forAna I. McPherson Lecture Series
Scientific career
FieldsAtomic, Nuclear and Medical Physics
InstitutionsMcGill University
ThesisDoppler effect in spectra of positive rays of uniform velocity in argon, neon, helium (1933)
Academic advisorsArthur Eve (M.Sc.), A.J. Dempster (Ph.D.)

Anna Isobel McPherson (1901–1979) was a Canadian physicist and the first female professor in the Department of Physics at McGill University.[1][2]

Early life and education

McPherson received a B.A. degree in Mathematics and Physics with First Class Honors from McGill University in 1921.[3] There she received the Anne Molson Gold Medal for excellence, awarded to the best student in physics, mathematics, and physical science at McGill.[1][4]

In 1923, McPherson received a M.Sc. from McGill, under the supervision of Arthur Eve.[3] Her master's research project attempted to develop a new method to measure the dose of X-rays received in medical applications.[5]

She then taught mathematics at a high school in Montreal, before moving to Chicago to begin a doctorate degree with A.J. Dempster at the University of Chicago. There she worked to analyze the spectrum of electrical discharges in gasses. She received a PhD 1933.[6]

Career

After finishing her graduate studies, she returned to Montreal and repeatedly applied to and was rejected for a teaching position at McGill. She was eventually hired as a part-time demonstrator at the university in 1940.[1] Shortly after, she became an instructor in a wartime program that trained radio mechanics.[3] In 1943 she became a sessional lecturer and later that year became a full-time lecturer. She was promoted to assistant professor in 1947 and an associate professor in 1954, becoming the first female professor in the Department of Physics at McGill.[1][3] While she was widely regarded as an excellent teacher, her heavy teaching load left little time for research, and her lack of publications meant she was never promoted to full professor.[1][2] She became an honorary visiting professor when she retired in 1970, a position she held until her death in November 1979.[3]

After her death, she donated a large sum of money to the university with the stipulation that it be used to support medical and physics reach at McGill. The Department of Physics continues to use the revenue from this endowment to support physics research. In 1983, a portion of the funds were used to establish the Anna I. McPherson Lectures in Physics, a lecture series that brings distinguished physicists to McGill to give a public and a technical lecture, as well as meet with staff and students.[3][7] The small observatory on the roof of the Ernest Rutherford Physics Building is also named in her honour.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Ainley, Marianne Gosztonyi, 1937- (2013). Creating complicated lives : women and science at English-Canadian universities, 1880-1980. Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey., Rayner-Canham, Marelene F., Canadian Electronic Library. Montréal [Que.]: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 9780773587953. OCLC 899221083.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Historical identities : the professoriate in Canada. Stortz, Paul James, 1960-, Panayotidis, Euthalia Lisa, 1960-. Toronto [Ontario]. ISBN 9781442628038. OCLC 903440994.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e f "McPherson Collection". www.physics.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  4. ^ "Biography – MOLSON, ANNE – Volume XII (1891-1900) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  5. ^ McPherson, Anna I. (1923). "Radiotherapeutic measurements". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ McPherson, Anna I. (1933). Doppler effect in spectra of positive rays of uniform velocity in argon, neon, helium (Thesis). New York.
  7. ^ "McGill Physics: General Information". www.physics.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  8. ^ "The Anna I. MacPherson Observatory". www.physics.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-02.

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