Henry Marshall Tory
Henry Marshall Tory (January 11, 1864 – February 6, 1947) was the first president of the University of Alberta (1908-1929), the first president of the National Research Council (1928-1935) and the first president of Carleton College (1942-1947).
Born on a farm near Guysborough, in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia he received an Honours B.A. in 1890 from McGill University. After graduating he studied theology and received a B.D. from Wesleyan College affiliated with McGill. He spent the next two years preaching at a church. In 1893, he became a lecturer in mathematics at McGill and received an M.A. in mathematics in 1896. He received a D.Sc. degree in 1903 and was promoted to associate professor of mathematics.
In 1906, he helped establish the McGill University College of British Columbia which was absorbed into the University of British Columbia in 1915. From 1908 to 1929, he was the first President of the University of Alberta. On June 1, 1928, he was appointed the first President of the Council and Chief Executive Officer of the National Research Laboratories (which later was called National Research Council of Canada) in Ottawa. From 1942 until his death in 1947, he was the first president of Carleton College (which was later called Carleton University).
From 1939 to 1940, he was president of the Royal Society of Canada.
In 1893, he married Annie Gertrude Frost. They had no children.