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Wilbert Joseph Keon, OC (born May 17, 1935) is a heart surgeon, researcher and was a Canadian Senator.〔 Born in Sheenboro, Quebec,〔 he received a Bachelor of Science from St. Patrick's College, Carleton University〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wilbert Keon )〕 and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Ottawa.〔 After a period of studying and teaching at Harvard University in Boston, he returned to Ottawa in 1969,〔 Dr. Keon founded the University of Ottawa Heart Institute at the Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1976〔 and acted as its CEO for more than thirty years until his retirement from that job in April 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Board Member Biographies )〕 In 1986, he was the first Canadian to implant an artificial heart into a human as a bridge to transplant. He retired as a working doctor and resigned from the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons in June 2010. In 1990 he was appointed to the Senate by Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, where he sat as a Conservative. In 2010, Keon retired from the Senate upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75. In 1960 he married Anne Jennings. They have three children: Claudia, Ryan (who is running for the Liberal Party of Canada in the federal riding of Nepean-Carleton) and Neil. ==Honours== * In 1984 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wilbert Joseph Keon )〕 * He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Malta by Pope John Paul II.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=101st Convocation )〕 * In 1994 he was awarded an honorary D.Sc. from Carleton University.〔 * In 2007, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Senator Dr. Wilbert Keon )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wilbert Keon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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