Frederick Hans Lowy, (born 1933) is a

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medical educator and former

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and

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of Concordia University.The Bulletin, University of Toronto, July 26, 1999 - Five U of T Community Members Appointed to Order of Canada. by Ailsa Ferguson

Life and career

Born in Großpetersdorf,

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in 1933, Lowy moved to

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at age 13. After graduating from

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, Lowy studied medicine at

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, graduating in 1959. While at McGill University, he assisted Donald Ewan Cameron on Human subject research as part of Cameron's

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research for "'' KUBARK''" manuals. As an undergraduate, he was managing editor of the ''

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'' student newspaper. He was a psychiatric consultant at the Royal Victoria Hospital and Neurological Institute in the late 1960s. Lowy moved to

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in 1974 to become Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Director of the

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and

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at, and chair of, the

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's Department of Psychiatry, succeeding Robin C.A. Hunter. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1980 to 1987. He was the founder and first Director of the University's Centre for Bioethics (now

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). In 1995 he returned to Montreal to become the 4th

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and

of Concordia University. (In 2004 the English title of the position was changed to "President and Vice-Chancellor".) He held this post until August 1, 2005. Lowy was the first Chair of Canada's Tri-Council (Medical Research Council, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) Working Group on Ethics of Research on Human subjects (1994–1995) and Vice-Chair, Hospital Restructuring Committee, Metro Toronto District Health Council (1994–1995). He is a Fellow of the

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, a Life Member of the

and

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Psychiatric Associations and the

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. He is also a member of the Canadian Medical Association and the

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. Lowy's previous medical appointments include positions at the Cincinnati General Hospital, the

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and the Toronto Hospital. He has also served as a consultant to numerous research foundations and hospitals.Concordia University - Biographical Notes, November 23, 2004 - Frederick Lowy, OC, MD, LLD
/ref> Lowy has lectured and published widely. His most recent publications examine ethical issues that face modern physicians and health science researchers. Lowy was a member of the Board of Directors of the

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and of

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(Montreal); Vice-President of the Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec; and a former board member of the

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. Lowy has been a trustee at Ontario's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, the

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, St. Michael's, and

Hospitals, and the

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. He chaired an Ontario Government inquiry into the pharmaceutical industry (1988–1990) and held numerous professional editorial posts, including Editor of the ''

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''. Lowy sits on the board of directors of

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, and Montreal's

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, and the Sauve Scholars Foundation. In 2000 he was named an Officer of the

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. He has received

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s from the University of Toronto (1998), McGill University (2001), and Concordia University (2008). Lowy is married to Mary Kay Lowy (Dr. M.K. O'Neil). He has four children, David, Eric, Adam, and Sarah, and nine grandchildren. Lowy served as

and

of Concordia University from 1995 to 2005. He served as Interim Executive Director of the Sauve Scholars Foundation (2007–2008) and was elected to the Board of Directors of the Sauvé_Foundation in May 2008. He is Senior Advisor to the President of the

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. On January 21, 2011 he returned to the position of President of Concordia University on an interim basis, following the controversial departure of Judith Woodsworth.

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Life and career

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