Professor Emeritus of Anatomy, U. of Western Ontario
Murray Llewellyn Barr's main interest has been cytological research as it applies to sex anomalies and mental retardation, and is author of numerous publications in the field of cytology, principally the cytology of the nervous system and human cytogenetics. He discovered "sex chromatin" in 1949, which made it possible to determine the cellular sex of an individual. He has received numerous awards, including the Flavelle Medal of the Royal Society of Canada, the Ortho Medal, Am. Soc. for the Study of Sterility, Award of Merit from the Gairdner Foundation, and the Maurice Goldblatt Award, from Internat. Acad. Cytology.
BA, U of W. Ont., 1930; MD, 1933; MSc, 1938; served with Res. R.C.A.M.C., 1936-39; 2nd World War on active service with R.C.A.F. 1939-45; on Res. with rank of Wing Commdr.; main interest is cytol. research as it applies to sex anomalies and mental retardation; author of numerous publs. in field of cytol., principally cytol. of the nervous system and human cytogenetics; mem., Candn. Neurol. Soc.; Anatomical Soc. of Gt. Brit. & Ireland; Am. Assn. of Anatomists; Assn. for Research in Nervous & Mental Diseases; Candn. Assn. Anat.; awarded Flavelle Medal by Royal Soc. Can., 1959; the Charles Mickle Fellowship, 1960; rec'd from Pres. Kennedy one of the first Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation Awards 1962; Ortho Medal, Am. Soc. for the Study of Sterility (1962); Medal, Am. Coll. of Physicians, 1962; Award of Merit, Gairdner Foundation, 1963; Papanicolaou Award, Am. Soc. of Cytology, 1964; F.N.G. Starr Medal, Candn. Med. Assn., 1967; Maurice Goldblatt Award, Internat. Acad. Cytology, 1968; Alpha Omega Alpha; Order of Canada, 1968; Fellow, Roy. Soc. London; Fellow, Roy. Soc. Can.;
Sources: Canadian Who's Who, 1993
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