1950 Saint John Special Convocation (March)
Rand, Ivan Cleveland
Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)
Orator: Cattley, Robert E.D.
Citation:
CONVOCATION, MARCH 1950
IVAN CLEVELAND RAND
to be Doctor of Laws
Illustrious Mr. President and the whole University body, I present to you Ivan Cleveland Rand, most learned of lawyers, most humanitarian of counsel, and for the past seven years Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Richly has he merited this high office. From the early days of his career, gentlemen, he has manifested such gleams of wisdom not only in the Law but also in his grasp of human relationships, that he was singled out to arbitrate in the celebrated Ford labour dispute. The fame of the award he made on that occasion brought him to world service for the United Nations. As delegate to their committee on Palestine he assisted in drawing up the majority report on that vexed country. No wiser consultant on the destiny of nations could have been found.
I beg, therefore, members of the Senate, that this prince among his colleagues, already raised to the highest station for his knowledge of the Law (both as the Law is and as it should be) and subsequently confirming, by his conduct of those responsible and tortuous enquiries, his ample worthiness therefor, be admitted by you to the honorary degree in this University of Doctor of Laws.
From:
Cattley, Robert E.D. Honoris causa: the effervescences of a university orator. Fredericton: UNB Associated Alumnae, 1968.
IVAN CLEVELAND RAND
to be Doctor of Laws
Illustrious Mr. President and the whole University body, I present to you Ivan Cleveland Rand, most learned of lawyers, most humanitarian of counsel, and for the past seven years Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Richly has he merited this high office. From the early days of his career, gentlemen, he has manifested such gleams of wisdom not only in the Law but also in his grasp of human relationships, that he was singled out to arbitrate in the celebrated Ford labour dispute. The fame of the award he made on that occasion brought him to world service for the United Nations. As delegate to their committee on Palestine he assisted in drawing up the majority report on that vexed country. No wiser consultant on the destiny of nations could have been found.
I beg, therefore, members of the Senate, that this prince among his colleagues, already raised to the highest station for his knowledge of the Law (both as the Law is and as it should be) and subsequently confirming, by his conduct of those responsible and tortuous enquiries, his ample worthiness therefor, be admitted by you to the honorary degree in this University of Doctor of Laws.
From:
Cattley, Robert E.D. Honoris causa: the effervescences of a university orator. Fredericton: UNB Associated Alumnae, 1968.
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