Editing Marcel Chaput (section)

=== Doctorate ===
In September 1946, he moved to ''Peterson Residence'', a disaffected aviation camp acquired by [[McGill University]] in [[Lachine, Quebec|Lachine]]. The living conditions in the student's residence for married veterans were poor. After suffering from [[pleurisy]], the doctor ordered his wife to leave the overheated rooms where the Chaput family was living and take some rest. Madeleine packed her things and returned to Marcel's parents in Hull, while he rented a room in Montreal in the neighbourhood of McGill. During his study years, he left Montreal for Hull every weekend to see his wife and children. He received his Ph.D. in [[biochemistry]] from McGill University on October 6, 1952.<ref group=A name="Côté, chap. 5" /> His doctoral thesis was on [[calcium]] and the [[alpha cells]] of the [[pancreas]].<ref group=A name="Chaput, p. 254" />