Arthur Moore, former U of T Chancellor, dies at 98
Arthur Moore, former chancellor at the University of Toronto and member of the Order of Canada, died last week in Toronto. He was 98 years old.
“This was a man of great moral integrity and intellectual courage” said Professor Paul Gooch, president of Victoria University. “For two decades while he was president, he touched the lives of countless students,”
An ordained minister of the United Church of Canada, Moore devoted his early life to the church, serving as a minister in Quebec, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Saskatchewan.
In 1944, he accepted the post of principal and professor of systematic theology at Saskatoon’s St. Andrew’s College. Four years later, he was asked to assume the post of president and vice-chancellor of Victoria University, where he served for twenty years, from 1950 to 1970.
Moore served as Chancellor of U of T from 1977 to 1980. Describing his welcome to Victoria University, Moore wrote in his autobiography: “Names became faces, faces became persons, persons became friends.”
Victoria University will place a plaque in its foyer with another quotation from Moore: “And remember, education must take place in a community.”
A funeral service was held on Monday, Sept. 13 at 11 a.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church, 117 Bloor Street East. Victoria University and U of T plans to hold a memorial service later this fall.
-Christopher Hendricks.
