Thomas Hilliard Wholton, LLD, CDA

1897 - 1965  (67 years)

• 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	6 Apr 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	1. Pamela Wholton   2. Shiel Wholton,   d. Bef 1976   3. Roseanna Wholton,   b. 1929,   d. 8 Jan 2015, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F42386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S505] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Trinity Anglican (Galt) CC#4497 Internet Link . Thomas Hilliard/ Wholton/ M. A. C. D. A. L. L. D./ 1897 - 1965 [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Jan 1897 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth