Frank Cyril James

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Frank Cyril James (1903 – May 3, 1973) was a Canadian academic and principal of McGill University from 1939 to 1962.

Born in London, England, he won a Sir Ernest Cassel Travelling Scholarship that allowed him to study at the University of Pennsylvania in 1922, where he received his Ph.D. In 1927, he became assistant professor in the Wharton School of Business.

In 1939, he became the head of the commerce department at McGill University. After becoming friends with the Chancellor, Sir Edward Beatty, he was appointed principal and served until 1962.

In 1947, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan.

He died in England in 1973.

[edit] References

Stanley Frost (1991). The Man in the Ivory Tower: F. Cyril James of McGill. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-0803-1. 

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Preceded by Lewis Williams Douglas	Principal of McGill University 1939–1962	Succeeded by Rocke Robertson