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The Depression and World War II - (1929 - 1945) - Page 7
... unconnected with the University.” [UAA,3/2/1/2/1-3, Box 1] Some three decades later, Dr. Hu Harries (who ultimately became the first Dean of the Faculty of Business) did run successfully as a Liberal MP – being elected as part of the Trudeaumania era – at the Federal level in 1968. Moreover, more recently, Mike Percy (Dean of the Faculty of Business since 1997) was ele...
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The Depression and World War II - (1929 - 1945) - Page 19
... School of Commerce – a building which was to play a major public relations role in Dr. Hu Harries effort to construct a Business building some two decades later. One final note, the “temporary” building became, for a time, the headquarters for Campus Security. Eventually, the building was demolished in order to make room for the LRT Station in the centre of the...
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The Depression and World War II - (1929 - 1945) - Page 23
...ant attitude be adopted towards Germany’.” [Walter Johns, Op.Cit, pp. 194-5, 202] Hu Harries was to eventually become the first Dean of The Faculty of Business and was also instrumental in implementing a number of significant changes in the Commerce program and its development – development which has had a tremendous influence on the entity now known as the Alberta School o...
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New Directions - (1945 - 1960) - Page 2
...hout detriment to Mr. Harries’ future prospects?” This postponement was granted, and Hu Harries retained his staff position. He was appointed to The Department of Political Economy in the Fall of 1947. Hu, as will be seen later, became a prime mover in changing not only the content of the program but bringing it to Faculty status. [UAA, 68-1, 3/4/4/2/1-20, Box 13]...
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New Directions - (1945 - 1960) - Page 7
...on) had to be dropped. In the same memo, a new course in Farm Management was to be offered by Hu Harries who was, as noted earlier, to play a significant role in the eventual development of the Faculty of Business. Although the pace of these changes was relatively slow, staffing issues began to reflect these potential changes and, partially as a consequence of these changes, J.D....
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