# Frederick Lowy

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{{Short description|Canadian medical educator}}
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| occupation       = Psychiatrist, medical researcher
| office           = President and vice-chancellor of [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University)
| term_start       = August 15, 1995
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| predecessor      = Charles Bertrand (interim)
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'''Frederick Hans Lowy''', {{post-nominals|OC}} (born 1933) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) medical educator and former [President](/source/President_(corporate_title)) and [Vice-Chancellor](/source/Vice-Chancellor) of [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University_(Montreal)).<ref name="ferguson">[http://www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca/bin/bulletin/july26_99/art7.htm The Bulletin, University of Toronto, July 26, 1999 - Five U of T Community Members Appointed to Order of Canada. by Ailsa Ferguson] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070811212225/http://www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca/bin/bulletin/july26_99/art7.htm |date=August 11, 2007 }}</ref>

==Life and career==
Born in [Großpetersdorf](/source/Gro%C3%9Fpetersdorf), [Austria](/source/Austria), in 1933, Lowy moved to [Montreal](/source/Montreal) at age 13. After graduating from [Baron Byng High School](/source/Baron_Byng_High_School), Lowy studied medicine at [McGill University](/source/McGill_University), graduating in 1959.  While at McGill University, he assisted [Donald Ewan Cameron](/source/Donald_Ewan_Cameron) on [Human subject research](/source/Human_subject_research) as part of Cameron's [Project MKULTRA](/source/Project_MKULTRA) research for "''[KUBARK](/source/KUBARK)''" manuals. As an undergraduate, he was managing editor of the ''[McGill Daily](/source/McGill_Daily)'' student newspaper. He was a [psychiatric consultant](/source/psychiatrist) at the [Royal Victoria Hospital and Neurological Institute](/source/McGill_University_Health_Centre) in the late 1960s.

Lowy moved to [Toronto](/source/Toronto) in 1974 to become psychiatrist-in-chief and director of the [Clarke Institute of Psychiatry](/source/Clarke_Institute_of_Psychiatry) and [professor](/source/professor) at, and chair of, the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto)'s Department of Psychiatry, succeeding [Robin C.A. Hunter](/source/Robin_Hunter_(psychiatrist)). He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1980 to 1987. He was the founder and first director of the University's Centre for Bioethics (now [University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics](/source/University_of_Toronto_Joint_Centre_for_Bioethics)). In 1995 he returned to Montreal to become the 4th [rector](/source/Rector_(academia)) and [vice-chancellor](/source/vice-chancellor) of [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University_(Montreal)). (In 2004 the English title of the position was changed to "President and Vice-Chancellor".) He held this post until August 1, 2005.

Lowy was the first chair of Canada's Tri-Council (Medical Research Council, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) Working Group on Ethics of Research on Human subjects (1994–1995) and vice-chair, Hospital Restructuring Committee, Metro Toronto District Health Council (1994–1995). He is a Fellow of the [Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada](/source/Royal_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons_of_Canada), a Life Member of the [Canadian](/source/Canadian_Psychiatric_Association) and [American](/source/American_Psychiatric_Association) Psychiatric Associations and the [American College of Psychiatrists](/source/American_College_of_Psychiatrists). He is also a member of the [Canadian Medical Association](/source/Canadian_Medical_Association) and the [International Psychoanalytical Association](/source/International_Psychoanalytical_Association). Lowy's previous medical appointments include positions at the [Cincinnati General Hospital](/source/Cincinnati_General_Hospital), the [Ottawa Civic Hospital](/source/Ottawa_Civic_Hospital) and the [Toronto Hospital](/source/Toronto_General_Hospital). He has also served as a consultant to numerous research foundations and hospitals.<ref name="lowy">[https://archive.today/20130101024926/http://mediarelations.concordia.ca/mediaroom/pressreleases/2004/11/003191.shtml Concordia University - Biographical Notes, November 23, 2004 - Frederick Lowy, OC, MD, LLD]</ref>

Lowy has lectured and published widely. His most recent publications examine ethical issues that face modern physicians and health science researchers. Lowy was a member of the Board of Directors of the [Montreal Board of Trade](/source/Montreal_Board_of_Trade) and of [Centraide](/source/Centraide) (Montreal); Vice-President of the Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec; and a former board member of the [National Ballet of Canada](/source/National_Ballet_of_Canada). Lowy has been a trustee at Ontario's [Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre](/source/Sunnybrook_Health_Sciences_Centre), the [Mount Sinai](/source/Mount_Sinai_Hospital_(Toronto)), [St. Michael's](/source/St._Michael's_Hospital_(Toronto)), and [Toronto](/source/University_Health_Network) Hospitals, and the [Ontario Cancer Institute](/source/Ontario_Cancer_Institute). He chaired an Ontario Government inquiry into the pharmaceutical industry (1988–1990) and held numerous professional editorial posts, including Editor of the ''[Canadian Journal of Psychiatry](/source/Canadian_Journal_of_Psychiatry)''.

Lowy sits on the board of directors of [Dundee Corporation](/source/Dundee_Corporation), [Montreal Museum of Fine Arts](/source/Montreal_Museum_of_Fine_Arts), and Montreal's [Jewish General Hospital](/source/Jewish_General_Hospital), [Canadian Centre for Architecture](/source/Canadian_Centre_for_Architecture), and the [Sauve Scholars Foundation](/source/Sauv%C3%A9_Foundation).

In 2000 he was named an Officer of the [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada). He has received [honorary degree](/source/honorary_degree)s from the University of Toronto (1998), McGill University (2001), and Concordia University (2008). Lowy is married to Mary Kay Lowy (Dr. M.K. O'Neil). He has four children, David, Eric, Adam, and Sarah, and nine grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://magazine.concordia.ca/2005/june/features/Lowy.shtml|title=Frederick H. Lowry: Portrait of a Leader|website=Concordia University Magazine|access-date=2016-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206011229/http://magazine.concordia.ca/2005/june/features/Lowy.shtml|archive-date=2012-02-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Lowy served as [President](/source/President_(corporate_title)) and [Vice-Chancellor](/source/Vice-Chancellor) of [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University_(Montreal)) from 1995 to 2005.

He served as Interim Executive Director of the [Sauve Scholars Foundation](/source/Sauv%C3%A9_Foundation) (2007–2008) and was elected to the Board of Directors of the Sauvé_Foundation in May 2008. He is Senior Advisor to the President of the [Trudeau Foundation](/source/Trudeau_Foundation).

On January 21, 2011 he returned to the position of President of Concordia University on an interim basis, following the controversial departure of [Judith Woodsworth](/source/Judith_Woodsworth).<ref name="Now">{{Cite web |url=http://now.concordia.ca/university-affairs/governance/20110121/concordia-appoints-dr-frederick-h-lowy-president-for-an-interim-period.php |title=Now, Concordia University, January 21, 2011 - Concordia appoints Dr. Frederick H. Lowy President for an interim period |access-date=January 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125221949/http://now.concordia.ca/university-affairs/governance/20110121/concordia-appoints-dr-frederick-h-lowy-president-for-an-interim-period.php |archive-date=January 25, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [Allan Memorial Institute](/source/Allan_Memorial_Institute)
* [Donald Ewen Cameron](/source/Donald_Ewen_Cameron)
* [Lysergic acid diethylamide](/source/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide)
* [Mind control](/source/Brainwashing)
* [Project MKDELTA](/source/Project_MKDELTA)
* [Project MKULTRA](/source/Project_MKULTRA)
* [U.S. Army and CIA interrogation manuals](/source/U.S._Army_and_CIA_interrogation_manuals)

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