Volume 22, No. 2
2001

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In Memoriam

Andrés Petrasovits
February 11, 1937 - July 24, 2001

We mourn the untimely passing of our friend and colleague, Dr. Andrés Petrasovits. His 30-year career in Health Canada spanned the history of thinking and methods for health promotion. Since 1990 he had been Senior Advisor of the Heart Health/WHO Collaborating Centre within Health Canada, and Co-Director of Countrywide Integrated Noncommunicable Diseases Intervention (CINDI) Canada, in which capacity he pioneered and guided the Canadian Heart Health Initiative through its various phases. He was recognized internationally for his tireless commitment and substantive contributions to heart health and chronic disease prevention.

Besides being an outstanding professional and a learned scholar, Andrés was a truly gentle man who treated everyone he met with great kindness and respect. The loss to his friends and colleagues of his deep knowledge, experience and wisdom, and of his gentle presence, are incalculable.

To inquire about donating to a research fund in his name, please contact the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada:

222 Queen St., suite 1402
Ottawa, Ontario  K1P 5V9
Telephone:    (613) 569-4361
Fax:    (613) 569-3278

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