Gordon Shrum : an autobiography / with Peter Stursberg ; edited by Clive Cocking.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shrum, Gordon, 1896-1985.

Contributor:

Stursberg, Peter.

Cocking, Clive.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educators--British Columbia--Biography.

Educators.

Shrum, Gordon, 1896-1985.

Shrum, Gordon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 pages) : illustrations, plates

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fearsome, tireless, dynamic, a master builder and management superstar -- the late Dr. Gordon Shrum was all of these. He was also a man who achieved more after age sixty-five than most do in their entire lives and who, until his death at age ninety in 1985, was widely considered 'the greatest living British Columbian.' This autobiography traces Shrum's beginnings on a southern Ontario farm, through his school and university years in Toronto, his distinguished academic career at UBC and his post-retirement careers as chancellor of Simon Fraser University, head of B.C. Hydro, Robson Square, and the Vancouver Museum.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Just A Farm Boy

Among Intellectual Giants

Rough Passage Overseas

"Halt, Action, Front!"

The Elusive Green Line

Extracurricular Professor

Chief Expediter

The Politics of Power

Building Public Power

The Instant University

"Berkeley North"

Last Days at Hydro

Twice More into the Breach

The Easy Good Times are Over

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-283-22629-4

9786613226297

0-7748-5698-X

OCLC:

243616469