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Manitoba Organization: St. John’s College
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Wardens | Honorary Degree Recipients | Sources
St. John’s College was established formally by 1 November 1866 on the instruction of newly arrived Anglican cleric Robert Machray.
Wardens
Period
Rector
1866-1873
John McLean (1828-1886)
1873-1904
Robert Machray (1831-1904)
1904-1921
George Frederick Coombes (1856-1922)
1921-1934
George Anderson Wells (1877-1964)
1935-1941
Walter Foster Barfoot (1893-1978)
1941-1943
R. S. K. Seeley
1943-1950
R. J. Pierce
1950-1960
Laurence Frank “Laurie” Wilmot (1907-2003)
1961-1968
Charles Cecil Landon (c1904-1968)
1968-1970
Blake Wood - Acting
1970-1980
James R. Brown
1980-1997
Murdith McLean
1992-1993
Mary Kinnear - Acting
1993-1997
Murdith McLean
1997-2011
2011-?
Christopher G. Trott
Honorary Degree Recipients
Recipient
Year
Degree
Richard Spink Bowles (1912-1988)
1970
Doctor of Canon Law
Walter Heath Jones (1928-2003)
1970
Doctor of Divinity
H. J. P. Schaffter
1970
Honorary Fellow
Jeanne Tuckwell
1970
Honorary Fellow
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John’s College (Main Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John the Evangelist Chapel (92 Dysart Road, Winnipeg)
MHS Centennial Organization: University of Manitoba
St. John’s College: Faith and Education in Western Canada by J. M. Bumsted, University of Manitoba Press, 2006.
Sources:
“College to honor 4 with degrees,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 October 1970.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 March 2023
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