Eva Waddell Mader Macdonald

Eva Waddell Mader Macdonald (October 7, 1902 – April 27, 1997) was a Canadian medical professional at the Women's College Hospital. She began as a medical professor in hygiene before becoming the Director of Laboratories at WCH from 1945 to 1952. Outside of medicine, Macdonald was the chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1974 to 1977.

Early life and education In 1902, Macdonald was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1927, she graduated from Dalhousie University and went to the University of Toronto with a health scholarship. She received a Diploma in Public Health from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine in 1929. After a brief stint at Nova Scotia Sanatorium, Macdonald began working at the Women's College Hospital in 1929. At the Women's College Hospital, Macdonald was a medical professor in hygiene for the University of Toronto until 1933. During her time at Women's College Hospital, Macdonald co-developed, with Marion Hilliard, a simplified Pap test in partnership with W. L. Robinson of the Banting Institute. Alternatively, Macdonald began working as a private practitioner in 1952 and continued until 1962.

In 1963, Macdonald created an initiative called Operation Recall to convince former women doctors to return to their careers. Outside of her health career, Macdonald replaced Pauline McGibbon as the chancellor of the University of Toronto in 1974. In 1975, Macdonald was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Mount Saint Vincent University.

Personal life Macdonald was married with two children.

Death Macdonald died on 24 April 1997.