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Harry Stevenson Southam, CMG (May 18, 1875 – March 27, 1954) was a
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of ''
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'' and chancellor of
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from 1952 to 1954. He was chairman and member of the board of trustees of the
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from 1929 to 1953. He was appointed a
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in 1935. Southam Hall on the campus of Carleton University is named after him.


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* * * 1875 births 1954 deaths Businesspeople from London, Ontario Canadian newspaper publishers (people) Chancellors of Carleton University Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George {{Canada-business-bio-stub, Southam, Harry