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Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Father Henry Carr
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1952 (Creation)
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F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Father Henry Carr at Convocation ceremony held in Physical Education gymnasium.
Bio/Historical Note: Father Henry Carr was a Basilian father, also known as Father "Hank" Carr. He was born in Oshawa, Ontario and was raised there. He was ordained as a priest on 3 September 1905. He taught at St. Michael's College and acted as a president of the Institute of Medieval Studies until 1936 and served as the principal at St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan from 1942-1949. He was the co-founder of the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, and an advocate for the inclusion of religious education in curricular studies. Carr died of pneumonia on 28 November 1963 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Carr was recognized as a Canadian Person of National Historic Significance in 2012. Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School in Toronto is named after him.