Walter Gage

Walter Harry Gage
CC
6th President of the University of British Columbia
In office
1969–1975
Preceded by Kenneth Hare
Succeeded by Douglas T. Kenny
Personal details
Born March 5, 1905
Vancouver, British Columbia
Died October 3, 1978(1978-10-03) (aged 73)
Vancouver, British Columbia

Walter Henry Gage, CC (March 5, 1905 October 3, 1978) was a Canadian professor and academic administrator.

Biography

Went to John Oliver Secondary School. He was with the University of British Columbia for fifty years. He graduated with a B.A. in 1925, an MA in 1926, taught mathematics at Victoria College (1927–1933) and was registrar (1929–1933), taught mathematics (1933–1943), was Dean of Administrative and Inter-Faculty Affairs and Dean of Inter-Faculty and Student Affairs (1948), and was President (1969–1975). He died in 1978.

Walter Gage Residence at the University of British Columbia is named after him.

In 1971, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

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