Lecture: Sir Arthur Currie as a Leader in Peace and War by Tim Cook
James McGill Society one-hundred and eighty-fourth meeting
General Sir Arthur Currie (1875 – 1933) served as McGill’s 8th Principal (1920 to 1933) and displayed the same "exceptional powers of organization and administration" and "capacity for inspiration and leadership" he had shown as commander of the Canadian Corps during World War I.
Dr. Cook, C.M., is an historian at the Canadian War Museum and an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University. He is the author of numerousaward-winning books about Canada and World War I including Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1917-1918, Volume Two, winner of the 2009 Charles A. Taylor Award for Literary Non-Fiction.
Monday, February 11, 2019
Ballroom
McGill Faculty Club
3450 McTavish Street
RECEPTION: 5:00 pm
PRESENTATION: 5:30 pm