Annie Louise Macleod

For the Scottish biochemist with a similar name, see Anna Macleod.
Annie Louise Macleod
Annie Louise Macleod, from the 1904 yearbook of McGill University
Born(1883-02-07)February 7, 1883
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
DiedSeptember 29, 1971(1971-09-29) (aged 88)
Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
OccupationsHome economist, chemist, college dean

Annie Louise Macleod (February 7, 1883 – September 29, 1971) was a Canadian home economist, college dean, and chemist. She was the first student to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry at McGill University, and the first woman to complete a Ph.D. at McGill. She was dean of the School of Home Economics at Syracuse University from 1928 to 1948.

Early life and education

Macleod was from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia; she was raised in the household of her stepfather and mother, James Forbes and Margaret A. Forbes.[1][2] She earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees at McGill University. In 1910 she completed doctoral studies in chemistry at McGill, and was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. from McGill,[3] and the first student to complete a Ph.D. in chemistry there.[4][5]

Career

Macleod worked at Barnard College and Bryn Mawr College in her early career. At Vassar College from 1914 to 1928, she was a chemistry professor, chaired the school's Division of Euthenics, and directed its Summer Institute.[6] In 1928 she succeeded Florence E. S. Knapp[7] as dean of the College of Home Economics at Syracuse University.[6][8] She retired from Syracuse in 1948,[9] after she fractured her hip in a fall.[4][10] Syracuse commissioned a portrait painting of Macleod in 1957.[11][12]

Macleod was a consulting editor for the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company.[11] She also lectured to community and conference audiences about home economics and women's education.[13][14] She organized a series of radio lectures on WGR in 1930.[15] She was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1934.[4]

Publications

  • Text Book of Chemistry for Nurses and Students of Home Economics (1920, 1928)[16]
  • "The Dinitro Derivatives of Para-Dichlorobenzene" (1922, with Marion C. Pfund and Mary L. Kilpatrick)[17]
  • "Euthenics at Vassar" (1926, with Mary A. Griggs)[18]
  • "Euthenics" (1927)[19]
  • Chemistry and Cookery (1930, with Edith H. Nason)[20]
  • "Home Economics: A Liberal Education" (1945, with Mary A. Griggs)[21]

Personal life

Macleod lived with her Syracuse colleague Edith H. Nason.[22][23] Macleod and Nason planned a move to Michigan together in 1949, and retired to Florida in 1952.[24][25] Nason died in 1970,[26] and Macleod died in 1971, in Sarasota, Florida, at the age of 88.

References

  1. ^ McGill University's 1904 yearbook, page 62.
  2. ^ 1901 Census of Canada, via Ancestry.
  3. ^ "1881 - 1930". Highlights from McGill theses and dissertations. Archived from the original on 2025-02-07. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  4. ^ a b c Butler, Ian S. (February 2022). "An overview of the history of the Department of Chemistry at McGill University, 1965–2019". Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 100 (2): 63–71. Bibcode:2022CaJCh.100...63B. doi:10.1139/cjc-2021-0060. ISSN 0008-4042.
  5. ^ "Department history". Department of Chemistry. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  6. ^ a b "Miss Macleod to be Syracuse Dean". Vassar Miscellany News. April 25, 1928. p. 1 – via Hudson River Valley Heritage Historical Newspapers.
  7. ^ "Vassar Woman Chosen as New Syracuse Dean; Annie Louise MacLeod Named Successor to Mrs. Knapp". Poughkeepsie Eagle-News. 1928-04-23. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Syracuse Upholds Women Educators; Majority of Faculty Approves Feminine Teachers, but There Is Strong Dissension". The New York Times. 1935-12-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  9. ^ "Dean Hilton Acting Head of College of Home Ec". The Post-Standard. 1948-09-25. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2025-06-06. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Dean Macleod Fractures Hip". Syracuse Herald-Journal. 1948-02-05. p. 20. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ a b Harris, Phil (1957-08-25). "Portrait Honors Former SU Dean". The Post-Standard. p. 22. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "College to Get Portrait". Syracuse Herald-Journal. 1958-05-06. p. 15. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Home Economics Expert Lectures; Dean Annie Louise Macleod of Syracuse University Speaks". The Morning News. 1930-02-12. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Housewives Need Interest Outside Home, Says Expert". The Brooklyn Daily Times. 1928-12-28. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "On the Air: College of Home Economics". The Buffalo News. 1930-03-03. p. 10. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Macleod, Annie Louise (1928). Text Book of Chemistry for Nurses and Students of Home Economics. McGraw-Hill Book Company.
  17. ^ Macleod, Annie Louise; Pfund, Marion C.; Kilpatrick, Mary L. (1922-10-01). "The Dinitro Derivatives of Para-Dichlorobenzene". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 44 (10): 2260–2271. Bibcode:1922JAChS..44.2260M. doi:10.1021/ja01431a023. ISSN 0002-7863.
  18. ^ MacLeod, Annie Louise, and Mary A. Griggs. "Euthenics at Vassar." Journal of Home Economics 18 (1926): 119-122.
  19. ^ Macleod, Annie Louise (1927). "Euthenics". The Home Management House: 80–82.
  20. ^ Macleod, Annie Louise; Nason, Edith Holloway (1937). Chemistry and Cookery: Some Theories of Chemistry and Applications to Cookery Processes. McGraw-Hill book Company, Incorporated.
  21. ^ MacLeod, Annie Louise, and Mary A. Griggs. "Home Economics: A Liberal Education" Journal of Home Economics 37 (1945).
  22. ^ 1930 and 1940 United States censuses, via Ancestry. Nason is described as Macleod's "lodger" in the 1930 census, and as her "partner" in the 1940 census.
  23. ^ "Dr. Nason Takes Post in Michigan". The Post-Standard. 1949-05-16. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2025-06-06. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ Macleod and Nason lived at the same address in the Sarasota, Florida, City Directory, 1958; via Ancestry.
  25. ^ "Have You Heard? Mrs. Bryant Sees Former SU Dean". The Post-Standard. 1959-01-26. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ "Miss Edith Nason". The Tampa Tribune. 1970-01-12. p. 17. Retrieved 2025-06-06 – via Newspapers.com.
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