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Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey
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1955 (Creation)
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F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to the Right Honourable Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada during Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.
Bio/Historical Note: Charles Vincent Massey (1887-1967), PC, CC, Governor General 1952-1959, historian, business executive, politician, diplomat, royal commissioner, patron of the arts (b. 1887 Toronto; d. Massey was the country’s first Canadian-born Governor General. He helped create the Order of Canada in 1967, and as a champion of the arts in Canada laid the groundwork for the Canada Council, the National Library of Canada and the National Arts Centre. Massey died 30 December 1967 in London, England.