1969 Fredericton Convocation
Corry, James Alexander
Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.)
Orator: MacNutt, W. Stewart
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Left to Right: Sir Max Aitken, James Alexander Corry
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Source: UA PC-5 no.11(10); Photo by Stone's Studio
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CONVOCATION, OCTOBER, 1969
JAMES ALEXANDER CORRY
to be Doctor of Civil Law
In conferring this degree on Dr. Corry, the University is privileged to do honour to an outstanding Canadian, distinguished alike in the fields of administration and scholarship. Recently retired as Principal of Queen's University, a position to which he brought his outstanding gifts for the proverbial period of seven years, he began his long association with Canadian university life when he entered the Law School of the University of Saskatchewan in 1923. Following three years at Oxford to which he went as Rhodes Scholar, he joined the Law Faculty of his Alma Mater, and in 1936 he was appointed Professor of Political Science at Queen's.
In recognition of his scholarly attainments, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1944. Among his numerous publications was his book, "Democratic Government and Politics", which since 1946 has become a basic text in university courses devoted to the study of the democratic political process. An advisor to the Canadian Government on dominion-provincial relations, he has in addition held many public offices. For nine years he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and for two years he served as Chairman of the Canadian Social Science Research Council. He is a member of the Canada Council, and was in 1964-1965 President of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. His services to legal education include his part in the re-establishment of the Faculty of Law at Queen's in 1957.
We will now proceed to join that goodly company of universities on both sides of the Atlantic that have seen fit to confer honorary degrees on Alex Corry.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 1
JAMES ALEXANDER CORRY
to be Doctor of Civil Law
In conferring this degree on Dr. Corry, the University is privileged to do honour to an outstanding Canadian, distinguished alike in the fields of administration and scholarship. Recently retired as Principal of Queen's University, a position to which he brought his outstanding gifts for the proverbial period of seven years, he began his long association with Canadian university life when he entered the Law School of the University of Saskatchewan in 1923. Following three years at Oxford to which he went as Rhodes Scholar, he joined the Law Faculty of his Alma Mater, and in 1936 he was appointed Professor of Political Science at Queen's.
In recognition of his scholarly attainments, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1944. Among his numerous publications was his book, "Democratic Government and Politics", which since 1946 has become a basic text in university courses devoted to the study of the democratic political process. An advisor to the Canadian Government on dominion-provincial relations, he has in addition held many public offices. For nine years he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and for two years he served as Chairman of the Canadian Social Science Research Council. He is a member of the Canada Council, and was in 1964-1965 President of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. His services to legal education include his part in the re-establishment of the Faculty of Law at Queen's in 1957.
We will now proceed to join that goodly company of universities on both sides of the Atlantic that have seen fit to confer honorary degrees on Alex Corry.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 1
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