Alec Sehon

{{Short description|Canadian immunologist (1924–2018)}}

Alec Herman Sehon {{post-nominals|country=CAN|FRSC}} (1924 – 3 February 2018) was a Romanian-born Canadian immunologist.

Sehon was born in Blejoi, Prahova County, Romania and attended the Victoria University of Manchester, earning bachelor's and advanced degrees in chemistry. Sehon moved to Canada in 1952 and began teaching at McGill University.{{cite journal|title=Biographical Sketch of Dr. Alec H. Sehon|journal=Cover International Archives of Allergy and Immunology|date=1991|issue=94|pages=9–10|url=https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/235317}} In 1963, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship.{{cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/alec-sehon/|title=Alec Sehon|publisher=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|access-date=13 February 2018}} He joined the University of Manitoba in 1969, where he founded Canada's first standalone immunology department.{{cite news|title=Thirty-five Montreal scientists moving to Winnipeg|url=https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/health_sciences/medicine/units/immunology/media/WTrib1969_Montreal_scientists_move_to_Wpg.pdf|accessdate=6 February 2018|work=The Winnipeg Tribune|date=22 August 1969}} In 1977, the Royal Society of Canada presented Sehon with the Thomas W. Eadie Medal.{{cite news|title=Finding aid 1874|url=http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000446.pdf|accessdate=6 February 2018|publisher=Royal Society of Canada}} He died at the age of 93 on 3 February 2018 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.{{cite news|title=Alec H. Sehon|url=https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-252771/SEHON_ALEC|accessdate=6 February 2018|work=Winnipeg Free Press|date=6 February 2018}}