Person Record
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Name |
Hall, George Edward |
Titles & Honours |
Dr. |
Role |
Medical |
Born |
1907 |
Died |
1972 |
Places of Residence |
London, Ontario |
Occupation |
Medical Scientist Dean of Medicine, University of Western Ontario (1945) President and Vice Chancellor, University of Western Ontario (1947-1967) |
Records at ARCC |
AFC 40-S6, "George Edward Hall Subject Files," Series, 1919-1967, Archives and Research Collections Centre, Western University. AFC 40-S7, "George Edward Hall Speeches," Series, 1945-1967, Archives and Research Collections Centre, Western University. AFC 339-S2-SS13-F3, "University Presidents - George Edward Hall," File, 1947-1967, Archives and Research Collections Centre, Western University. AFC 363-S12-I23, "Plate 362 [Dr G E Hall, Gen H D G Crerar, Convocation]," Item, 1946, Archives and Research Collections Centre, Western University. AFC 363-S4-I32, "Plate 115 [Western employees, celebration of 25 years of service]," Item, 1954, Archives and Research Collections Centre, Western University. AFC 363-S4-I3, "Plate 86 [Decompression Chamber]," Item, 1940, Archives and Research Collections Centre, Western University. |
Notes |
Hall was one of Canada’s foremost medical scientists, university administrators and public figures during a career that spanned four decades. He became Dean of Medicine in 1945 and actively recruited a group of outstanding medical scientists and clinicians who elevated Western’s medical faculty into a position of international prominence. In 1947, Dr. Hall became President and Vice Chancellor of Western University, a position he held for twenty years, during a period of momentous changes in post-secondary education in Canada. For example, there were under 1000 students enrolled at UWO in 1947 but this number rose to over 10,000 by the time Dr. Hall resigned in 1967. Papers relating to Dr. Hall’s medical research during the Second World War are located in ARCC. |