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Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Robert Watson Sellar
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May 1964 (Creation)
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1 photograph : b&w ; 13.0 x 8.8 cm
1 negative : b&w ; 12.5 x 10.0 cm
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E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Robert Watson Sellar at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Norman K. Cram, university Registrar, stands at far left.
Bio/Historical Note: Robert Watson Sellar (1894-1965) was born in Huntingdon, Québec, into a prominent publishing family. Sellar saw action on the Somme during World War I. He completed his legal degree in 1919 and returned to Quebec, but was summoned to Ottawa in 1920 to serve as secretary to the Minister of Finance. Sellar served as Treasury Comptroller from 1932-1940. Appointed auditor general in 1940, Sellar retired in 1959. He was appointed a member of the Royal Commission on Government Organization. Sellar died in Ottawa in 1965.
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Photographer: Gibson
Other terms: Copyright: University of Saskatchewan