George Gilmour

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Professor George Peel Gilmour B.A, M.A, Ph.D. (born 1900 - 1963) was a Canadian. He was Chancellor of McMaster University in 1941 until 1949 serving under the title of President and Vice-Chancellor. He retired in 1961. Gilmour Hall, the office of the registrar at McMaster University is named after him.

Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada he received all three degrees from McMaster and did post-graduate work at Oxford and Yale.

During his lifetime, he held positions in the Baptist Convention in Ontario and Quebec and was President of the Canadian Council of Churches from 1946 to 1948.

He was named citizen of the year by the City of Hamilton in 1950. Dr. Gilmour received eight honorary degrees.

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Gilmour Hall
Contact 6 (9 May 1975); Jubilee 50: McMaster in Hamilton 1930-1980, p. 25; The Silhouette, 19 January 1957.