University History
Honorary degree recipients
N.B.: The detail displayed about each honorary degree recipient varies, as the database was compiled from a variety of sources. However, more information may be available at the University Archives. |
| Honorary Degree Recipient, L.E. Kirk, 1947 (Photograph Collection, A-10442) |
Convocation date: May 12, 1949
Discipline / contribution: agriculture
Citation / biographical information:
The Joint Committee of the Senate and Council on Honorary Degrees ... recommends that the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) be conferred ... on:Degree received: Doctor of Laws
Lawrence Eldred Kirk, BA, MSA, PhD, FRSC, Chief of the Plant Industry Branch, Agricultural Division of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, for eminent contributions to agricultural science.
[Senate minutes, 11 May 1949]
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