Honourary Degrees - Addresses - Frank Scott
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- 6 Nov. 1965
Frank Scott, honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient, speaking from podium during Convocation ceremony held in Physical Education gymnasium.
Bio/Historical Note: Francis Reginald Scott (1899–1985), commonly known as Frank Scott or F.R. Scott, was a Canadian poet, intellectual, and constitutional expert. He helped found the first Canadian social democratic party, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and its successor, the New Democratic Party. He won Canada's top literary prize, the Governor General's Award, twice, once for poetry and once for non-fiction.