Walter Gage

Walter Henry Gage, CC (March 5, 1905 – October 3, 1978) was a Canadian professor and academic administrator.

Biography

Went to John Oliver Secondary School. He was with the University of British Columbia for fifty years. He graduated with a B.A. in 1925, an MA in 1926, taught mathematics at Victoria College (1927–1933) and was registrar (1929–1933), taught mathematics (1933–1943), was Dean of Administrative and Inter-Faculty Affairs and Dean of Inter-Faculty and Student Affairs (1948), and was President (1969–1975). He died in 1978.

Walter Gage Residence at the University of British Columbia is named after him.

In 1971, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.