| Dr. Rozee was educated at Bloomfield School, Queen Elizabeth High School, University of Toronto and Dalhousie University where he was awarded a PhD. He later taught virology as a Professor at the University of Toronto and Dalhousie University, completed a research fellowship at Warwick University, UK, a Killam Fellowship at Calgary University and a fellowship in Public Health Administration at Harvard University. He was for many years Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology at Dalhousie and the Director of Medical Microbiology at the then Pathological Institute in the Victoria General Hospital. Following these appointments, Dr. Rozee became Director of the Bureau of Microbiology, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (LCDC) Department of Health in Ottawa. He also contributed to the design of the International Centre for Infectious Diseases (ICID) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Returning to Halifax, he was the founding CEO/COO of the Centre for Clinical Research at the Victoria General Hospital as it became part of the developing Queen Elizabeth II Health Science Centre. In retirement he was appointed the honour of Professor Emeritus in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Dalhousie University. He was the founding Chairman of the Canadian College of Microbiologists in 1974 and in later years served as Registrar and was awarded their Distinguished Service Award in 2004. He also presided as President and served on the Board of the Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. He was frequently a chairman and member of many Medical Research Councils, National Health Research and Defense Research Board research advisory committees. |
