Henry Davies Davies Hicks

Background

Born in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, the son of Henry Hicks and Annie Kinney, Hicks was educated in Bridgetown and at Mount Allison University, Dalhousie University and Oxford University.

Education

Bachelor With honours in Chemistry, Mount Allison University, 1936. Bachelor of Science, Dalhousie University, 1937. Doctor of Laws, Dalhousie University.

Bachelor of Civil Law, Oxford University, 1940. Master of Arts (Rhodes scholar), Oxford University, 1944. D.Ed., St. Anne's; Doctor of Laws, Mount Allison University.

Doctor of Civil Law, King's College. Doctor of Civil Law, University New Brunswick. D.Lit., Acadia University.

Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Mount St. Vincent University.

Career

He was admitted to the Nova Scotia bar in 1941. During World World War II, he served as a captain in the Royal Canadian Artillery. Hicks was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1945 as a Liberal for Annapolis County and served as Nova Scotia"s first Minister of Education from 1949 to 1954 in the government of Angus Lewis Macdonald.

When Macdonald died, Hicks ran for the Liberal party leadership against interim leader and then Premier Harold Connolly.

As the new Premier, Hicks was unable to unite the party and his government was defeated in the 1956 election by Robert Stanfield"s Progressive Conservatives. Hicks resigned as Leader of the opposition in 1960 and took the post of Dean of Arts and Science at Dalhousie University.

He later became a Vice President of the school and then President in 1963. He served as President until August 31, 1980 and is recognized as transforming Dalhousie University from a tiny "College By the Sea" into a leading national research university.

During Hicks" tenure, the campus underwent a complete transformation as new facilities were built, expanded, or acquired for all areas of the university from academics and research to arts and athletics, as well as student housing.

In September 2002, the Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building was named after him. In 1949, Hicks married Pauline Banks (d February 1963). They had four children.

Catherine, Henry, John, and Francess.

On April 27, 1972, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada by Pierre Trudeau, and served in that capacity until his retirement on March 5, 1990. The British television presenter Richard Madeley is a distant relative of Hicks.

Achievements

• Henry Davies Hicks has been listed as a noteworthy university president, Canadian legislator by Marquis Who's Who.

Politics

Nova Scotia Liberal Party, Liberal Party of Canada.

Membership

Member Nova Scotia Legislature, 1945-1960, minister education, 1949-1954, provincial secretary, 1954, premier, 1954-1956, leader Liberal Party in Nova Scotia, 1954, leader Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, 1956-1960, member Senate of Canada, 1972-1990. Member Canada Council, 1963-1969. Board directors Association Universities and Colleges Canada, 1966-1969, 70-72, 74-75.

Representative on board governors University Guyana, 1970-1975. President Association Atlantic Universities, 1968-1972. Canadian delegate 28th general assembly United Nations, 1973.

Captain Royal Canadian artillery Canada Army, 1941-1945. Fellow Royal Philatelic Society London, Royal Philatelic Society of Canada. Member Aesculapius Fishing Association Clubs: Saraguay, Halifax.

Interests

• Salmon fishing, philately, bridge.

Connections

Married Paulene Banks, December 28, 1945 (deceased February 1964). Married Margaret Gene Morison, April 15, 1965 (deceased January 1988). Children: Catherine Kinney, Henry Randolph Harlow, John George Herbert, Paulene Jane Francess.

Married Rosalie Marie Comeau, January 12, 1990.

Father:

Henry Brandon Hicks

Mother:

Annie May (Kinney) Hicks

Spouse:

Rosalie Marie Comeau

Spouse:

Paulene Banks

Spouse:

Margaret Gene Morison

child:

Catherine Kinney Hicks

child:

John George Herbert Hicks

child:

Henry Randolph Harlow Hicks

child:

Paulene Jane Francess Hicks