Head and shoulders image of Dr. Jack MacFadyen, lecturer in Neuropathology, College of Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Donald J. MacFadyen was born in Eden, Manitoba, and attended school in Kerrobert and Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. He began his career as a very young cowboy in place of the many men from Maple Creek who were lost in World War II. In 1949 he earned his undergraduate degree in Biology and Chemistry with distinction from the University of Saskatchewan and went on to graduate in Medicine in 1953 from the University of Toronto. For three years after graduation Dr. MacFadyen chose to practice as the only doctor in the northern Saskatchewan community of Loon Lake. While beginning his specialty in Neurology at University Hospital, he received an MSc in Pathology in 1961 from the U of S. Dr. MacFadyen continued his neurological training with Harvard University at Boston City Hospital and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1963, as well as the American Academy of Neurology. In the 1970s and 1980s he taught at the U of S and UBC where he eventually headed both Departments of Neurology. Dr. MacFadyen remained dedicated to medical education and public access to medicine throughout his career of almost 50 years. In 1988 he moved to Chilliwack, British Columbia, where he practiced as the sole neurologist in the Eastern Fraser Valley until his retirement in 2000. Jack MacFadyen died in 2013 in Chilliwack.