Lucien Matte
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Lucien Matte SJ (1907–1973) was a Canadian
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priest and educator. He was
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of the
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and founder and president of the
Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa University (AAU) ( am, አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ) is a national university located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the oldest university in Ethiopia. AAU has thirteen campuses. Twelve of these are situated in Addis Ababa, ...
. In 1946, Emperor
Haile Selassie Haile Selassie I ( gez, ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, Qädamawi Häylä Səllasé, ; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (' ...
, who favoured the Jesuit educational philosophy, asked Matte to help organize the country's educational system. The emperor followed this in 1950 with a request that Matte help establish a university. This was known as the University College of Addis Ababa (now
Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa University (AAU) ( am, አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ) is a national university located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the oldest university in Ethiopia. AAU has thirteen campuses. Twelve of these are situated in Addis Ababa, ...
) and Matte served as President from 1952 to 1962. He then served as president of the
University of Sudbury The University of Sudbury (french: Université de Sudbury) is a bilingual and tri-cultural university in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It provides undergraduate programming in both French and English in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Indigenous Stud ...
from 1962 to 1966.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Matte, Lucien 1907 births 1973 deaths Canadian Jesuits Founders of academic institutions Heads of universities in Canada Heads of universities and colleges in Africa Addis Ababa University faculty