Events

“Toronto Four” Symposium and Celebration of the Co-discoverers of Insulin in Aberdeen

With JJR Macleod Memorial Statue, Duthie Park, Aberdeen [Photo: Aberdeen Photo]

It was a great honour to be part of a delegation from Canada and Sweden to Aberdeen, Scotland to participate in a symposium and celebration of the co-discoverers of insulin: Frederick Banting, Charles Best, James Bertram Collip and John James Rickard Macleod. On September 6, our party helped to unveil a set of plaques honouring the “Toronto Four” at the site of the JJR Macleod Memorial Statue in Duthie Park, Aberdeen.

(standing) John Otto, John Dirks, Ken McHardy, James Wright, Gary Goldberg, Christopher Rutty, Erling Norrby, Peter Kopplin (seated) Alison Li, Kimberlie Hamilton with statue of JJR Macleod, Duthie Park, Aberdeen [Photo: Aberdeen Photo]

Special highlights included having dinner at Bieldside, the former home of JJR Macleod and visits to sites along the “Insulin Trail” that were important in Macleod’s life.