John Bertram Stirling
John Bertram Stirling | |
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| Chancellor of Queen's University | |
| In office 1960–1973 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Avery Dunning |
| Succeeded by | Roland Michener |
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| Born | 1888 Dundas, Ontario |
| Died | 1988 (aged 99–100) |
| Alma mater | Queen's University |
John Bertram Stirling (1888–1988) was a Canadian engineer and businessman who served as Chancellor of Queen's University (1960–1974).[1]
Biography
Stirling was born in Dundas, Ontario and educated at Queen's University (BA 1909, BSc 1911, LLD 1951), where he was a founding member of the Queen's Bands. He served with the Canadian Engineers in France during World War I. As an engineer, he became president of the Montreal-based EGM Cape and Company Ltd. He was president of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Montreal Board of Trade and the Canadian Construction Association.[1]
He served as Chancellor of Queen's in 1960–1974, retiring at the age of 86.[1] He received the Sir John Kennedy Medal in 1954[citation needed] and the Order of Canada in 1969. Stirling Hall at Queen's, the physics building, is named in his memory.[1]
Reference
- ^ a b c d "Stirling, John Bertram (1888–1988)". Queen's Encyclopedia. Queen's University. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
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| Preceded by Charles Avery Dunning | Chancellor of Queen's University 1960–1973 | Succeeded by Roland Michener |
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Chancellors and Principals of the Queen's University at Kingston
- John Cook
- Sir Sandford Fleming
- James Douglas
- Edward Wentworth Beatty
- Sir Robert Borden
- James Armstrong Richardson Sr.
- Charles Avery Dunning
- John Bertram Stirling
- Roland Michener
- Agnes Benidickson
- Peter Lougheed
- A. Charles Baillie
- David A. Dodge
- Jim Leech
- Murray Sinclair
- Thomas Liddell
- John Machar
- James George*
- John Cook
- William Leitch
- William Snodgrass
- George Monro Grant
- Daniel Miner Gordon
- Robert Bruce Taylor
- William Hamilton Fyfe
- Robert Charles Wallace
- W. A. Mackintosh
- James Corry
- John James Deutsch
- Ronald Lampman Watts
- David Chadwick Smith
- William C. Leggett
- Karen R. Hitchcock
- Thomas R. Williams
- Daniel Woolf
- Patrick Deane
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