Background
Luhan, Herbert Marshall Mc was born on July 21, 1911 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Son of Herbert Ernest and Elsie Naomi (Hall) McLuhan.
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Luhan, Herbert Marshall Mc was born on July 21, 1911 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Son of Herbert Ernest and Elsie Naomi (Hall) McLuhan.
Bachelor of Arts, University Manitoba (Canada), 1932, Master of Arts, 1934, Doctor of Letters, 1967. Bachelor of Arts, Cambridge (England) University, 1936, Master of Arts, 1939, Doctor of Philosophy, 1942. Doctor of Literature (honorary), University Windsor (Ontario, Canada), 1965, Assumption University, 1966, Simon Fraser University, 1967, Saint John Fisher College, 1969, Grinnell College, 1967, U. Western Ontario, 1972, U. Toronto, 1977.
Doctor of Laws, University Alberta, 1971, Niagara University, 1978.
Faculty University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1936-1937. Instructor English, Saint Saint Louis University, 1937-1944. Associate Professor of English, Assumption University, Windsor, 1944-1946.
Faculty Saint Michael’s College, U. Toronto (Ontario), 1946-1980, Professor of English, 1952-1980, director Centre for Culture and Technology, 1963-1980.
Albert Schweitzer professor humanities Fordham University, New York City, 1967-1968. Pound lecturer The Possum and the Midwife, 1978.
Chairman Ford Foundation seminar on culture and communication, 1953-1955. Director media project United States Office Education-National Association Ednl.
Broadcasters, 1959-1960.
Consultor, Pontifical Common for Social Communications, 1973.
Fellow Royal Society Canada.
Married Corinne Keller Lewis, August 4, 1939. Children: Eric, Mary Colton, Teresa, Stephanie, Elizabeth (Mistress Sean O’Sullivan), Michael.