Emőke Szathmáry

Canadian academic and university administrator

Emőke J.E. Szathmáry, CM OM FRSC (born January 25, 1944, in Hungary) is a physical anthropologist, specializing in the study of human genetics. Dr. Szathmáry served as the 10th President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manitoba, 1996–2008.

Dr. Szathmáry's first administrative post was as chairman of the department of anthropology at McMaster University, a position she left to become Dean of the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Western Ontario.^{[citation needed]} She left this position to serve as provost and vice-president (academic) at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, before going to her position at the University of Manitoba. Szathmáry was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 2003.^{[citation needed]} In 2004, she was named one of Canada's top 100 most powerful women by the Women's Executive Network and the Richard Ivey School of Business.^{[citation needed]} In 2005, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She was named also as a Distinguished Lecturer by the American Anthropological Association, which is the highest recognition given by the anthropological discipline for a lifetime of exemplary scholarship.^{[citation needed]}

Publications (partial list)

• Prehistoric Mongoloid Dispersals, Takeru Akazawa (Editor), Emoke J. E. Szathmáry (Editor)
• Out of Asia: peopling the Americas and the Pacific, Journal of Pacific History, 1985, Robert Kirk, Emöke J. E. Szathmary, editors
• Szathmáry, Emőke J. E. (1993). "INVITED EDITORIAL – mtDNA and the Peopling of the Americas". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 53 (4): 793–799. PMC 1682381. PMID 7692724.
• Szathmáry (1981). "Genetic markers in Siberian and northern North American populations". Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. 24: 37–73. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330240503.
• Szathmáry (1984). "Human biology of the arctic". Handbook of North American Indians: 64–71.
• Szathmáry, Emőke (1979). "Blood groups of Siberians, Eskimos, and subarctic and northwest coast indians: the problem of first origins and genetic relations". The First Americans: Origins, Affinities, and Adaptations.
• Szathmáry, Emöke J.E. (2011). "David Damas (1926–2010)". Arctic. 64 (1). Arctic Institute of North America: 125. doi:10.14430/arctic4091. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-07. (obituary)
• Szathmáry, Emőke J. E. (22 October 2006). "Address to the Commemoration in Winnipeg of the 50th Anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising". Canada-Hungary Educational Foundation / Fondation éducative Canada-Hongrie (CHEF). Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
• Little, Michael A.; Kennedy, Kenneth A. R. (eds.). Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century. contributor
• Szathmary, J.E. (1986). "Diabetes in arctic and subarctic populations undergoing acculturation". Collegium Antropologium. 10: 145–158.
• Szathmary, J.E. (1990). "Diabetes in Amerindian populations: The Dogrib studies". In Swedlund, A.C.; Armelagos, G.J. (eds.). Disease in populations in transition. New York: Bergin & Garvey. pp. 75–103.
• Szathmary, J.E. (1994). "Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus among aboriginal North Americans". Annual Review of Anthropology. 23: 457–482. doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.23.1.457.
• Szathmary, J.E. (1994). "Factors that influence the onset of diabetes in Dogrib Indians of the Canadian Northwest Territories". In Joe, J.R.; Young, R.S. (eds.). Diabetes as a disease of civilization. Berlin: Moutoun de Gruyter. pp. 229–267.

Directorships (partial)

• International Institute for Sustainable Development^[2]
• Power Corporation of Canada, since 1999, Director, Member of Audit Committee and Member of Related Party & Conduct Review Committee ^[3][4][5]
• Power Financial, since 1999^[3]
• Great-West Lifeco since 2006^[3][6]
• Can Credit Manag Found 2001-^[3]
• Univ Arctic 2007-^[3]
• St Boniface Gen Hosp, Manitoba 1996–2008^[3]
• Advanced Foods and Materials Network^[4]
• Canada Life Financial Corporation^[4]
• Great-West Life Capital Trust^[4]
• The Canada Life Assurance Company^[4]

References

1. "AHSC – NTF Emöke Szathmáry". Canada's Academic health sciences centres (AHSCs). Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
2. "Emőke J.E. Szathmáry biography". International Institute for Sustainable Development. Archived from the original on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-12-07. mőke J.E. Szathmáry served 12 years as the president of the University of Manitoba (1996-2008). As president emeritus and professor, she is continuing her academic appointments in the Department of Anthropology as well as in the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics. Szathmáry has published over 80 articles and reviews, and she has co-edited three books. She is an elected Fellow of the Arctic Institute of North America (1989), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1995) and the Royal Society of Canada (2005). She was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 2003.
3. "Emoke Szathmary" (fee, via Fairfax County Public Library). American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences. Detroit: Gale. 2008. Gale Document Number: GALE|K3099143771. Retrieved 2011-12-07. Gale Biography In Context.
4. "University of Manitoba: Private Company Information". Business Week. Bloomberg. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
5. "Power Corporation of Canada – Board of Directors". Power Corporation of Canada. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
6. "Annual Report, 2010" (PDF). Great-West Lifeco, Inc. p. 118. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-07. Directors and Officers as of December 31, 2010

External links

• Order of Canada Citation