Edward Wentworth Beatty - Contributions To Education in Canada

Contributions To Education in Canada

He was best known as Chancellor of McGill University, a position he held from 1921 until his death. In 1919, Beatty had been elected Chancellor of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, retiring in 1923. He was elected a member of the Corporation of Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Quebec. From 1927 he served as a governor of Lower Canada College in Montreal and was Chairman of the Rhodes Scholarship selection committee for the Province of Quebec. His home on Pine Avenue in the Golden Square Mile of Montreal has since been named 'Chancellor Beatty Hall' and is now part of McGill University. He was also an early and enthusiastic supporter and donator to Martha Allan's Montreal Repertory Theatre.

Honorary degrees were conferred on him by leading universities in Canada, Ireland, Scotland and the United States. Internationally these included Trinity College, Dublin, University of St Andrews, Dartmouth College and New York University. In Canada they included: McGill University, University of Toronto, Bishop's University, McMaster University, University of Western Ontario, University of New Brunswick, Queen's University, and University of Alberta.