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The University of Manitoba will unveil a bust of Dr. Henry Bruce Chown on its Innovation Plaza on May 20 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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Giving a special honour to Henry Bruce Chown
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The University of Manitoba will unveil a bust of Dr. Henry Bruce Chown [MD/22] on its Innovation Plaza on May 20. Dr. Chown, who developed the vaccine against Rh disease, will be the second great alumnus to receive this honour – the inaugural inductee was Dr. Baldur “Father of Canola” Stefansson. The Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation, Inc. is the generous sponsor of the Dr. H. Bruce Chown bust. Dr. Chown is well known for his research on Rh Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn and the development of the Rh immune globulin, which has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of babies worldwide. |
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What: Unveiling ceremony honouring Dr. H. Bruce Chown |
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Archival images of Dr. Chown are available for download from dropbox. |
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Dr. Henry Bruce Chown, an inductee into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, was a prominent Winnipeg physician who is best known for his work on the prevention of sensitization of Rh-negative women. He was born and raised in Winnipeg, received his B.A. from McGill University and then served in the military for four years before in enrolling in medicine at the University of Manitoba. Shortly after graduating in 1922, he joined the Children's Hospital as a pathologist and assumed a number of teaching and administrative posts, which included Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Manitoba. |
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