Prof. Beckel was born on April 11, 1926 and joined the University of Toronto as Assistant professor in 1956. He became Professor of Zoology and Dean of Science at Scarborough College in 1964 and Dean of Scarborough College in 1965. He left the University in 1968 to become VP Academic and Finance at University of Lethbridge, succeeding to President in 1972. In 1979 he was appointed President of Carleton University. He retired in 1989. Complete CV in accession.
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Fonds contains university records, university publications, and newspaper clippings and magazines regarding aspects of the beginnings of Scarborough College.
Fonds includes 7-page detailed catalogue of material most likely collected and compiled by Beckel's wife, Deborah Beckel. Arrangement follows the order of the catalogue chronologically and by type of material.
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Includes invitation card and Order of ceremony [typed sheet] for the sod turning ceremony for Scarborough College.
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Contains a four-page undated letter documenting what has been done so far in the TV studios and four additional requests for the second installment in 1966-1967.
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Includes Press Release No. 1 with information on the television series, as well as a programme listing the 39 television lectures, listing them by date, title, host, and lecturer.
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Five pages outlining "purpose and general nature of building" and "tour of building".
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Contains one page with seven points about what makes Scarborough College unique, including building and enrolment facts.
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Folding brochure with descriptions of 6 programs for the CBC education series, hosted by Dr. W. G. Friend. Beckel was a guest lecturer.
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Beckel gave the formal address.
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Letter of invitation to lunch at the Granite Club.
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Contains the programme of the formal opening of Scarborough College, a letter about parking, and typed speech by Principal A. F. W. Plumptre.
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The speech was one of five major addresses to the annual meeting of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC).
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Contains project plans, architectural drawings, educational philosophy by D.C. Williams, design philosophy by John Andrews, and information on other site features.
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From volume 4 no. 9 of Varsity News, a supplement with information and plans on the campus master plan, not including Scarborough or Erindale.
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Package with letter addressed to Sadie L. Smith, Dorothy Beckel's mother.
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Short article with photographs of the TV Studio.
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Features long article with colour photographs, "The New Campus" by Oscar Newman, on Scarborough College. Front cover shows Scarborough College, signed by W. E. Beckel.
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Contains a report on the Scarborough College opening ceremony, with photographs.
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Page 32-36 contains a short outline of the conception and realization of Scarborough College with illustrations.
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Featuring an article "A Satellite Built for TV" on television at Scarborough College with five photographs in colour.
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Scarborough College is featured in article "Canada's New Turn in Architecture" by Edgar Kaufman, Jr. with images by John Reeves (page 63-64).
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Contains an article by Alfred Holden, "Reviewing Scarborough College, Courageous concrete in a faint-hearted age."
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Contains lists of the material provided in this fonds in four separate lists: speeches, programs, ephemera; newspaper clippings; official publications; other publications. Not all material listed was found among the material.
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