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Chancellors Of The University Of British Columbia
# Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton (1912–1918) # Robert E. McKechnie (1918–1944) # Eric W. Hamber (1944–1951) # Sherwood Lett (1951–1957) # Albert E. Grauer (1957–1961) # Phyllis Ross (1961–1966) # John Murdoch Buchanan (1966–1969) # Allan M. McGavin (1969–1972) # Nathan T. Nemetz (1971–1975) # Donovan F. Miller (1975–1978) # John V. Clyne (1978–1984) # W. Robert Wyman (1984–1987) # Leslie R. Peterson (1987–1993) # Robert H. Lee (1993–1996) # William Sauder (1996–2002) # Allan McEachern (2002–2008) # Sarah Morgan-Silvester (2008–2014) #Lindsay Gordon Air Vice-Marshal James Lindsay Gordon DFC (11 December 1892 – 3 March 1940) was a leading figure in the pre-World War II Royal Canadian Air Force and a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I. Career James Lindsay Gordon was ... (2014–2020) # Steven Lewis Point (2020– ) Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton (October 11, 1843 – November 20, 1919) was a Canadian newspaperman, politician, and businessman. He served as a BC MLA from 1890 to 1900 and from 1903 to 1916. Born in Shoreditch (London), England, the son of Francis Cotton and Martha Ann Garrison, he was the co-owner and editor of the Vancouver, British Columbia ''Daily News-Advertiser'' newspaper from 1887 to 1910. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1890 and was re-elected in 1894 and 1898. He was defeated in 1900. He was elected again in 1903 and served until 1916. From 1898 to 1900, he was the minister of finance and agriculture. From 1899 to 1900, he was the chief commissioner of lands and works. From 1904 to 1910, he was the president of the legislative council. In 1912, he was appointed the first chancellor of the University of British Columbia and served until 1918. In 1913 he was elected Chairman of the Vancouver Board of Trade The Greater Vancouver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donovan Miller
Donovan Miller (born 14 January 1979) is a Jamaican-born former cricketer and current cricket coach. He represented Melbourne Cricket Club before moving to the UK, where he played 2nd XI cricket for Essex, Derbyshire, and minor county cricket for Hertfordshire. He played a role assisting Essex during the 2016 and 2017 County Championship campaigns, before commencing various roles for T20 franchises around the world. He was also part of the support staff for England's World Cup-winning campaign in 2019, as well as the Ashes series that followed later that summer. Caribbean Premier League He was a part of the coaching staff for the Jamaica Tallawahs franchise in their CPL-winning 2016 season. He was then head coach of the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots for the 2017 (in which they finished runners-up), and 2018 (in which they finished 3rd) seasons, before returning to the Tallawahs as head coach in 2019. He is currently the assistant coach to Andy Flower for the St Lucia Zouks, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Gordon (academic)
Air Vice-Marshal James Lindsay Gordon DFC (11 December 1892 – 3 March 1940) was a leading figure in the pre-World War II Royal Canadian Air Force and a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I. Career James Lindsay Gordon was born on 11 December 1892 in Montreal, Quebec the son of Edward Percy Gordon and his wife Helen Lindsay. The young Gordon was educated at Montreal High School and McGill University. In 1918, while a member of the Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ..., Gordon was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. His citation was as follows: From 1922 to 1924 Gordon was the first Director of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Promoted to air vice-marshal in 1938, Gordon continued to serve until poor health forced him to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Morgan-Silvester
Sarah Morgan-Silvester (born 1959) was the Chancellor of the University of British Columbia from November 19, 2008,Alumni Affairs BC Business /ref> through the end of her second three-year term on June 30, 2014. She was replaced by Lindsay Gordon on July 1, 2014. /ref> Biography She was born in |
Allan McEachern
Allan McEachern, BA, LL.B, LL.D (''Honoris Causa''; May 20, 1926 – January 10, 2008) was a Canadian lawyer, a judge, and a Chancellor of the University of British Columbia. Personal McEachern's first wife, Gloria, died in 1997 after 44 years of marriage. Two years later, he married Appeal Court Justice Mary Newbury. Education McEachern graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1949, followed by a law degree in 1950. Career McEachern became UBC's 16th chancellor in 2002. He graduated from UBC with a Bachelor of Arts in 1949, a law degree in 1950 and was given an honorary doctor of Laws degree in 1990. McEachern practiced law with the leading Vancouver law firm of Russell and DuMoulin for 28 years after being called to the bar in 1951. He became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1979. In 1988. he was appointed Chief Justice of the British Columbia Court of Appeal. McEachern retired from that position in May 2001. Later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sauder
William L. Sauder, OC, OBC (May 27, 1926 – December 19, 2007) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He was formerly the chairman of Sauder Industries Ltd. and International Forest Products Limited. Sauder graduated from the University of British Columbia, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, in 1948 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, and later returned to the university as a member of the Board of Governors. He was ultimately appointed chair of the board, and was later elected Chancellor, a position he held from 1996 to 2002. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by UBC in 1990. On June 5, 2003, Sauder donated a $20 million endowment and the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration which was subsequently renamed the Sauder School of Business. His gift of $20 million was the largest single private donation ever made to a Canadian business school at the time. In 2004, he was awarded the Ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert H
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Peterson
Leslie Raymond Peterson, CM, OBC (6 October 1923 – 14 April 2015) was a lawyer, politician, and university chancellor in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was born in Viking, Alberta, the son of Herman S. Peterson, a native of Norway. Peterson was called to the British Columbia bar in 1949 and set up practice in Vancouver. In 1950, he married Agnes Rose Hine. In 1956, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly for Vancouver Centre and served for just under 17 consecutive years. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Education and Minister of Labour and then was Attorney General of British Columbia from 1968 to 1972. In 1978 he first became a member of the Board of Governors of University of British Columbia. He was elected the University's Chancellor in 1987. He was appointed to the Order of British Columbia in 1990. He was also appointed a Member of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clyne
John Valentine Clyne, (February 14, 1902 – August 22, 1989) was a Canadian lawyer and former Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia he attended the University of British Columbia and graduated in 1923. He was called to the British Columbia bar in 1927. He was appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1950. In 1957 he was appointed a director of MacMillan Bloedel and later served as chairman and chief executive officer until his retirement in 1973. He was appointed Chancellor of the University of British Columbia in 1978 and served for six years. He was awarded an honorary degree from UBC in 1984. In 1972 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. References * * External links John Valentine Clyneat The Canadian Encyclopedia ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (TCE; french: L'Encyclopédie canadienne) is the national encyclopedia of Canada, published online by the Toronto-based historical organization Historica Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Nemetz
Nathaniel Theodore (Nathan) Nemetz, (September 8, 1913 – October 21, 1997) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he moved with his family to Vancouver when he was 10. He received a BA from the University of British Columbia in 1934 and was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1937. In 1951, along with Senator John W. de B. Farris, KC, Nemetz was the successful counsel in an appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: '' White v Kuzych'', a significant labour law case. Farris and Nemetz acted for White, the leader of the Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders Union, in a dispute with a union member, Myron Kuzych.''White et al. v. Kuzych'', 951AC 585_UKPC_18.html" ;"title="951">[1951/nowiki> UKPC 18">951">[1951/nowiki> UKPC 18 9513 DLR 6411951 CanLII 373 He was made a Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1963 and a Justice of the Court of Appeal in 1968. In 1973, he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top three universities in Canada. With an annual research budget of $759million, UBC funds over 8,000 projects a year. The Vancouver campus is situated adjacent to the University Endowment Lands located about west of downtown Vancouver. UBC is home to TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for Particle physics, particle and nuclear physics, which houses the world's largest cyclotron. In addition to the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Stuart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, UBC and the Max Planck Society collectively established the first Max Planck Institute in North America, specializing in quantum materials. One of the largest research libraries in Canada, the UBC Library system has over 9.9million volumes among it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan McGavin
Allan may refer to: People * Allan (name), a given name and surname, including list of people and characters with this name * Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker * Allan (footballer, born 1989) (Allan dos Santos Natividade), Brazilian football forward * Allan (footballer, born 1991) (Allan Marques Loureiro), Brazilian football midfielder * Allan (footballer, born 1994) (Allan Christian de Almeida), Brazilian football midfielder * Allan (footballer, born 1997) (Allan Rodrigues de Souza), Brazilian football midfielder Places * Allan, Queensland, Australia * Allan, Saskatchewan, Canada * Allan, the Allaine river's lower course, in France * Allan, Drôme, town in France * Allan, Iran (other), places in Iran Other uses * Allan, a Clan Grant split (or sept) * Ahlawat or Allan, an ethnic clan in India * ''Allan'', a 1966 film directed by Donald Shebib * "Allan" (song), a 1988 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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