Dr. Roderick Angus Gordon

1911 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Roderick Angus Gordon
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	2 Aug 1911	near, Watrous, , Saskatchewan, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-261778
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I261778	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Ruth Anna Catharine Breithaupt,   b. 12 Apr 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F233113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  History of Canadian Anaesthesia Roderick Angus Gordon (b. 1911) After World War II, for a whole generation of anaesthetists the name of "Rod" epitomized Canadian anaesthesia. This sketch will remind them of the great contributions to our specialty made by Dr. Roderick Angus Gordon, and it will introduce him to those who never had the good fortune to work with him. Professor Emeritus R.A. Gordon, CD, LTCM, BSc, MD, FACA, FRCPC, FFARCS, FWACS, was born on August 2, 1911, near Watrous, in Saskatchewan. After learning the violin and completing high school locally at age 16, he enrolled in the Toronto Conservatory of Music, becoming a Licentiate in 1931. During the Depression a career as a concert viofinist seemed impossible, and he chose medicine instead. Playing the violin supported him in medical school, and he duly graduated from the University of Toronto (AOA) in 1937. .... ....Rod married Ruth Anne Breithaupt, a nurse, joined the anaesthetic staff at Christie Street Veterans' Hospital, and hoped to "live happily ever after." However, war soon loomed, and a phone call at 0200 on September 1, 1939 "invited" him to report, at 0900 the same day, to the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps to become an army anaesthetist. Overseas, he served first with the Fifteenth Canadian General Hospital and, from 1941 to I945, with the Basingstoke Neurological and Plastic Surgery Hospital. After the war, Rod remained in the RCAMC (Reserve), becoming a full colonel in 1949.... CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA 1994 / 4l: pp1-2 Alan W. Conn, Toronto

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Aug 1911 - near, Watrous, , Saskatchewan, Canada  = Link to Google Earth