death_date birth_place birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
13 october 1987 burritts rapids , ontario 30 july 1906 president of the university of guelph john douglas maclachlan
 john douglas maclachlan botanist
john douglas maclachlan

john douglas maclachlan -lrb- july 30 , 1906 -- october 13 , 1987 -rrb- was a canadian botanist and the first president of the university of guelph .
born on a farm near burritts rapids , ontario , he received a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry and biology at queen 's university in 1931 .
he received a master of arts degree in 1933 and ph.d. in plant pathology in 1935 from harvard university .
in 1939 , he was appointed assistant professor of botany at the ontario agricultural college .
he became head of the department of biology in 1948 and president in 1950 .
he was the first president of the university of guelph serving from 1964 to 1967 .
the j.d. maclachlan building at the university of guelph is named in his honour .
he died of pneumonia in 1987 .
