Philippe Panneton

Philippe Panneton was a Canadian physician, academic, diplomat and writer.
Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, he received a degree in medicine from Université Laval in 1920. In 1935, he became a professor at the Université de Montréal. In 1944, he was a founding member of L'Académie canadienne-française and served as its president from 1947 until 1953. In 1956, he was named ambassador to Portugal, and died in Lisbon in 1960.
In 1959, he was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal.