McMaster University - Marmor Yearbook (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

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idrhiratinn 'l'0 l'ltl'ISlllEN'I' GEORGE PEEL GILNIOYR, ILA., B.D., FLD.. ll.l'.L., LL.D., IllS'l'lNGI'ISHl'ID CHURFHJIAN, l'Illl'l'A'I'0R AND ADNlINlS'l'RA'l'0R. i George Peel Gilmour is a native son of Hamilton, born in the manse of James Street Baptist Church. After grade uation from McMaster and a year at Mansfield College, Oxford, he served as pastor of Danforth Baptist Church, Toronto. In 1929, after receiving the M.A.' degree-from Yale he became Professor of Church History in McMaster and in 1941 was made Chancellor, the title being changed in 1950 to President and Vice-Chancellor. - By way of serving the Church President distinguished himself as a preacher, liturgist, and administrator Canadian Baptist Chairman of the from 1946 to 1948 of Churches. Gilmour has hymnologist, He edited the hymnary now used in churches, has been for many years Baptist Publications Committee, and was President of the Canadian Council With credit to himself and to this University he served for a time on the executive of the National Conference of Canadian Universities and as president during the term of 1951-52. In 1951 he represented Canada at a conference of the universities of the British Commonwealth in India. Ile was chosen Man of the Year by the City of Hamilton in 1950, and has been awarded honorary degrees by six universities: Acadia, Toronto, Queen's, Laval, St. An- drews, Scotland, and recently McGill. It would be impossible to overestimate President Gil- mour's contribution to McMaster University itself. Under his leadership Hamilton College was organized and af- filiated in 1948. During his presidency, and largely in consequence of his personal efforts, six splendid buildings and a modern heating plant have been added to the campus, annual enrolment has been doubled, endowment has increased, educational policy has advanced, public relations have been extended, and the University has attained to an unprecedented prestige in the academic world. To him, therefore, this dedication Sllllllllll cum laude nn this the Twenty-Fiftli Anniversary of the Marnior