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Claude Bissell

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from 1958 to 1971. He played a major part in the expansion of the University of Toronto, tripling the size of the university during his tenure.
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Referring to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, his regiment in World War II, "a happy regiment and a formidable one in action."
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In 1952 he was made assistant professor at the University of Toronto. From 1956 to 1958 he was president of Carleton College (now
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Because of his education, he was an officer in World War II, attaining the rank of captain in the
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where he won the Luana L. Messenger Prize for Graduate Research in 1940. He served in the
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degree in English literature in 1937. He earned his PhD in English Literature from
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The Claude T. Bissell Building at the University of Toronto, which houses the
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Halfway Up Parnassus: A Personal Account of the University of Toronto 1932-71
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) officers
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He married Christine and they had one daughter, Deirdre MacDonald.
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President of the University of Toronto
Sidney Earle Smith
John Robert Evans
Meaford, Ontario
Alma mater
University of Toronto
Cornell University
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FRSC
Canadian
University of Toronto
Meaford
Ontario
Bachelor of Arts
Master of Arts
Cornell University
Canadian Army
World War II
Carleton University
Canada Council
Faculty of Information
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada
Royal Society of Canada
Order of Canada
Doctor of Letters

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