LEONARD ARTHUR MOROZ, MD, FRCPC

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LEONARD ARTHUR MOROZ, MD, FRCPC December 9, 1935 - April 17, 2014 Len passed away quietly on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital, with his family at his side. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Brenda; his three children, Catherine (Jason), David (Angelica), and Jennifer; his sister, Joan Lonergan (Tom); and his two grandchildren, Alexandra Snowdon and Nicholas Moroz. He will also be remembered warmly by his sisters-in-law, Nancy Minhinnick and Beverly Ann Graham, and his niece and nephews. Those who knew Len well were constantly reminded of his love for family and his pride in his children and grandchildren and their accomplishments. A proud product of the North End of Winnipeg, Len received his medical degree in 1959 from the University of Manitoba, where he was the gold medallist in his graduating class. Following his internship and a year of residency at the Winnipeg General Hospital, he continued his residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, during which time he was also a research fellow at Harvard Medical School. He completed his medical training at the Toronto General Hospital, where he met Brenda. Len went on to be a guest investigator at Rockefeller University in New York before moving to Montreal in 1967 to begin a 46-year association with the Royal Victoria Hospital and McGill University, where he led a research laboratory and practiced medicine with a specialization in rheumatology, immunology and allergy. He was Professor Emeritus of Medicine and still practicing at the time of his death. Not often a man of many words, Len's mind was always quietly at work, whether he was applying it to a challenging medical case, the machinations of the stock market, his latest experiment in the kitchen, or his next corny one-liner (typically foreshadowed by a mischievous grin). He was a voracious consumer of information. His family will fondly remember him sitting in his corner of the den couch, pipe in mouth, immersed in books and newspapers. Len's gentle presence, keen mind, quirky sense of humour and genuine kindness touched all who knew him. In keeping with his wishes, there will be no visitation or funeral; the family will celebrate his life at a private scattering of his ashes at a later date. Flowers are gratefully declined.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Apr 26, 2014