1897 - 1965 (67 years)
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Name |
Thomas Hilliard Wholton |
Suffix |
LLD, CDA |
Born |
6 Jan 1897 |
Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
1965 [1] |
Hall of Fame - Cambridge |
1998 |
Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region |
Bef 2012 |
, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [2] |
Interesting |
story, arts, education |
Eby ID Number |
Waterloo-97067 |
Buried |
Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] |
Person ID |
I97067 |
Generations |
Last Modified |
7 Nov 2024 |
Family |
Helen Elizabeth Shiel "Betty" Turnbull, b. 26 Mar 1906, Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States , d. 27 Mar 1976, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years) |
Children |
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Last Modified |
12 Nov 2024 |
Family ID |
F42386 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- THOMAS HILLIARD WHOLTON LLD, CDA
1897-1965
Thomas Hilliard Wholton, born in Hamilton, and a graduate of Queen's University, pioneered in the educational field in Canada. He joined the Galt Collegiate Institute as a science teacher in 1923 and was principal from 1925 to 1959.
His school was one of the first to employ a full-time qualified librarian; the first in Canada to teach traffic safety; the first to grant a specialist's certificate in guidance and one of the first to experiment in advanced technical evening classes and industrial Grade XIII.
Active in drama locally, provincially and nationally, in 1942 he was awarded the Canadian Drama Award for Ontario for his services to drama, including the Dominion Drama Festival and the Western Ontario Festival.
He also served the Family Service Bureau, the Civic Service Club, the Eugenics Society of Canada, and was a Regent of Renison College. In 1952 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Queen's University.
Waterloo Region Hall of Fame
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Event Map |
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| Born - 6 Jan 1897 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada |
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| Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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| Buried - - Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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