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| Wilf Creighton celebrated his 100th birthday at 最新杏吧原创. (最新杏吧原创 Magazine) |
Wilfred Creighton (BA鈥�26) died at the age of 104 at his home in Halifax on Sunday.
Throughout his long life, Wilfrid Creighton鈥檚 connection to 最新杏吧原创 remained strong. His father, Graham, attended 最新杏吧原创 in the late 19th century and his great uncle, the Rev. James Ross was 最新杏吧原创鈥檚 second president. And, if that鈥檚 not enough, he grew up in a LeMarchant Street house that backed onto the university campus.
鈥溩钚滦影稍� was part of the fabric of our lives,鈥� said Mr. Creighton, on his 100th birthday four years ago last May. He received an honorary doctorate from 最新杏吧原创 in 2004.
The youngest of six children who all graduated from 最新杏吧原创, Mr. Creighton made a bequest in his will to establish the Graham Creighton Scholarship in English to honour his father.
He went on to be Nova Scotia鈥檚 first provincial forester and was deputy minister of lands and forests from 1949 to 1969. His innovations included urging government to purchase and maintain Crown lands. For this and other efforts, Mr. Creighton became one of three inaugural inductees into the Nova Scotia Forestry Hall of Fame.
Source: 最新杏吧原创 Magazine, Spring 2004
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