Albert Trueman
| Albert William Trueman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 17, 1902 Waverley, Pennsylvania |
| Died |
June 29, 1988 (aged 86) Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | teacher, professor, cultural and university administrator |
| Known for | National Film Board of Canada, Canada Council, University of Manitoba, University of New Brunswick, University of Western Ontario, Carleton University |
Albert William Trueman, OC, FRSC (January 17, 1902 – June 29, 1988) was a teacher, professor, cultural and university administrator.
Though born in the US (his New Brunswick-born father Dr. John Main Trueman taught college in Storrs, Connecticut between 1907 and 1913), he was educated in Canada and Britain. The family lived in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia after 1913, where his father taught at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Trueman attended high school in Truro, Nova Scotia and graduated from Mount Allison University in 1927. He finished his Master of Arts degree in English Literature at Exeter College, Oxford University in 1932. He then served as a high school teacher, a school superintendent, and later as a university administrator, serving as President of the University of Manitoba between 1945 and 1948, and President of the University of New Brunswick from 1948 until 1953. He was Principal and Dean of University College at the University of Western Ontario from 1965 until 1967. He was Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario from 1967 until 1971. He returned to academic life and had an extended term as visiting professor of English at Carleton University in Ottawa from 1967-1981.
He also had a distinguished career as a cultural administrator, first as Government Film Commissioner and Chairman of the National Film Board of Canada from 1953 to 1957, and then as the first Director of the newly created Canada Council for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, serving from 1957- 1965. In these positions, he made major contributions to Canadian cultural policies, primarily by promoting the roles and influence of both agencies. He also served on the Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
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