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Pat McGeer Children: Did Pat McGeer Have Kids?

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Patrick Lucey McGeer, OC, OBC, FRSC, was a Canadian physician, professor and medical researcher. He was born on June 29, 1927 and died Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 at age 95.

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McGeer was married to Edith “Edie” Graef McGeer. Did Pat McGeer have kids? There is no information pertaining to their children. It is not known if McGeer had children.

Greg Dickson, a writer and former CBC journalist, described McGeer as the consummate polymath involved in a “lifelong pursuit of knowledge.”

Pat Mcgeer, image via: CBC

“His enthusiasm was infectious,” Dickson said. “He loved the discovery of science, the thrill of discovery.”

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McGeer was a perfect “master of all trades”. He was;

  • A basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics,
  • A politician who represented the constituency of Vancouver-Point Grey in the British Columbia legislature from 1962 to 1986, and
  • A member of the British Columbia cabinet from 1976 to 1986.

After leaving politics in 1986, McGeer focused on science, spending decades researching Alzheimer’s disease alongside his wife, Edith.

 


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