A. Davidson Dunton

Background

Dunton, A. Davidson was born on July 4, 1912 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Robert Andrew and Elizabeth (Davidson) Dunton.

Education

Student, Lower Canada College, 1922-1926; student, University Grenoble, 1928-1929; student, McGill University, 1930-1931; Doctor of Laws (honorary), McGill University student, Cambridge U., 1931-1932; student, University Munich, 1932-1933; Doctor of Science (honorary), Laval U. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Saskatchewan Doctor of Laws (honorary), Queen's U., B.C., Canada Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Toronto.

Career

With, Montreal Star, 1935-1937; associate editor, Montreal Star, 1937-1938; editor, Montreal Standard, 1938; assistant general manager, Wartime Information Board, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1943-1944; general manager, Wartime Information Board, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1944; chairman, Canada Broadcasting Corporation, 1945-1958; president, Carleton U., Ottawa, 1958-1972.

Achievements

• A. Davidson Dunton has been listed as a noteworthy University president by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-chairman Royal Commision on Billingualism and Biculturalism.

Connections

Married Kathleen Bingay, June 30, 1944. Children: Darcy, Deborah.

Father:

Robert Andrew Dunton

Mother:

Elizabeth (Davidson) Dunton

Spouse:

Kathleen Bingay

child:

Darcy Dunton

child:

Deborah Dunton