1975 Fredericton Encaenia
Stanley, George Francis Gillman
Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.)
Orator: Condon, Thomas J.
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L to R: Dr. John M. Anderson, George Francis Gillman Stanley
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Source: Joe Stone fonds-UA RG340, 1975 (#11954)
Citation:
ENCAENIA, MAY, 1975
GEORGE FRANCIS GILLMAN STANLEY
to be Doctor of Letters
George Stanley has been our neighbour off and on for many years. He began his teaching career in 1936 at Mount Allison University after completing his PhD at Oxford where he was the 1929 Rhodes Scholar from Alberta. And it was to Mount Allison that he returned in 1969, appointed to the Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Chair of Canadian Studies. In between, Dr. Stanley amassed an imposing record of service to his country and to scholarship. Active duty in the the Canadian Army overseas during World War II was followed by two years in Ottawa as Deputy Director of the Historical Section of the General Staff. He returned to teaching in 1947 at the University of British Columbia, moving on to the Royal Military College in Kingston in 1949 as Professor and Head of the Department of History, becoming Dean of Arts in 1963 until his retirement there in 1969.
Dr. Stanley has a habit of popping up in unexpected places. If you go up to the Art Centre in Memorial Hall you will see a photograph of him at the Exhibition of Bruno and Molly Bobak paintings from their years as War artists, for Dr. Stanley was their commanding officer. As you come out of the exhibition and glance over at the OId Arts Building, the Canadian flag flapping in the wind in the middle of the three flagstaffs is from a design that he drafted in 1964. And if you drive over to our sister university in Moncton you will find that George Stanley was a highly valued member from 1969 to 1971 of that institution's Commission de Planification Academique, one of the nation's most remarkable exercises in extensive university planning.
He has been a commanding figure in the writing of Canadian history. No narrow specialist, his works have dealt with military history, the history of Western Canada, the Canadian constitution, the North, and the history of the Riel rebellion to mention only some of the areas of his interest. For his research he received the Tyrrell Medal from the Royal Society of Canada in 1957.
The recipient of honorary degrees from many Canadian universities, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Historical Society, and the Company of Military Historians, past President of the Canadian Historical Association, member of the Editorial Board of our own journal, Acadiensis, George Stanley has had a busy life filled with accomplishments. UNB takes particular pleasure in honouring this eminent Canadian historian, this long-time friend of UNB, this neighbour from Sackville.
Praeses admittit Georgium Franciscum Gillman Stanley honoris causa ad gradum Doctoris in Litteris.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 2
GEORGE FRANCIS GILLMAN STANLEY
to be Doctor of Letters
George Stanley has been our neighbour off and on for many years. He began his teaching career in 1936 at Mount Allison University after completing his PhD at Oxford where he was the 1929 Rhodes Scholar from Alberta. And it was to Mount Allison that he returned in 1969, appointed to the Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Chair of Canadian Studies. In between, Dr. Stanley amassed an imposing record of service to his country and to scholarship. Active duty in the the Canadian Army overseas during World War II was followed by two years in Ottawa as Deputy Director of the Historical Section of the General Staff. He returned to teaching in 1947 at the University of British Columbia, moving on to the Royal Military College in Kingston in 1949 as Professor and Head of the Department of History, becoming Dean of Arts in 1963 until his retirement there in 1969.
Dr. Stanley has a habit of popping up in unexpected places. If you go up to the Art Centre in Memorial Hall you will see a photograph of him at the Exhibition of Bruno and Molly Bobak paintings from their years as War artists, for Dr. Stanley was their commanding officer. As you come out of the exhibition and glance over at the OId Arts Building, the Canadian flag flapping in the wind in the middle of the three flagstaffs is from a design that he drafted in 1964. And if you drive over to our sister university in Moncton you will find that George Stanley was a highly valued member from 1969 to 1971 of that institution's Commission de Planification Academique, one of the nation's most remarkable exercises in extensive university planning.
He has been a commanding figure in the writing of Canadian history. No narrow specialist, his works have dealt with military history, the history of Western Canada, the Canadian constitution, the North, and the history of the Riel rebellion to mention only some of the areas of his interest. For his research he received the Tyrrell Medal from the Royal Society of Canada in 1957.
The recipient of honorary degrees from many Canadian universities, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Historical Society, and the Company of Military Historians, past President of the Canadian Historical Association, member of the Editorial Board of our own journal, Acadiensis, George Stanley has had a busy life filled with accomplishments. UNB takes particular pleasure in honouring this eminent Canadian historian, this long-time friend of UNB, this neighbour from Sackville.
Praeses admittit Georgium Franciscum Gillman Stanley honoris causa ad gradum Doctoris in Litteris.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 2
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