Patrick Lucey McGeer, OC, OBC, FRSC, a Canadian physician, professor and medical researcher has died. He died at his home in Vancouver on August 29, 2022 at the age of 95.
What was Pat McGeer cause of death? A cause of death was not announced.
McGeer was born in Vancouver In 1927. His father was a lawyer and judge, while his mother worked as a producer at CBC.
His uncle, Gerry McGeer, was the mayor of Vancouver in the 1930s and was later a member of Parliament and a senator.
McGeer was regarded as a leading authority on the causes and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease and was the principal author of the inflammatory hypothesis of the disease, which postulated that Alzheimer’s is an inflammation of the cortex.
McGeer was also;
- A basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics,
- A politician who represented the constituency of Vancouver-Point Grey in the British Columbia legislature from 1962 to 1986, and
- A member of the British Columbia cabinet from 1976 to 1986.
After leaving politics in 1986, McGeer focused on science, spending decades researching Alzheimer’s disease alongside his wife, Edith.
McGeer and his wife were awarded/honored for their research into Alzheimer’s disease;
- In 1995, they were inducted as Officers of the Order of Canada.
- In 2002 they were jointly inducted as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, and
- In 2005 they were jointly inducted into the Order of British Columbia.