Fonds F958 - George Alexander Rawlyk fonds

Dr. George Alexander Rawlyk, a prominent Canadian religious historian, was born in 1935 in Thorold, Ontario and died on 23 November 1995 in Ottawa, Ontario. He was educated at McMaster University (B.A., 1957), Rhodes Scholar at Oxford (1957), and the University of Rochester (M.A., 1962, and Ph.D., 1966). From 1959-1961, Dr. Rawlyk lectured in History at Mount Allison University, and then was Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University from 1961 to 1966. From 1966 until his death, he was at Queen's University at Kingston (Associate Professor 1966-1969, and Professor after 1969). He was Chairman of the Department of History from 1976 to 1985. Throughout the years, he was Visiting Professor at Michigan State University, the University of Prince Edward Island and McGill University, Acadia University, and the University of New Brunswick. He was also Scholar in Residence at Harvard University, and at Cushwa Centre, Notre Dame University. Dr. Rawlyk held several positions on the Canadian Historical Association. He has also been a Council Member of the Champlain Society and a member of the Editorial Board of Acadiensis. He was also Chairman, Board of Directors, of the McGill-Queen's University Press from 1983-1984, and 1985-1986. He was Chair and President, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994-1995. He was the author of about thirty books as well as numerous articles in edited works and scholarly journals in Canada and the United States. Dr. Rawlyk's writing included research for the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism and the Task Force on Canadian Unity. He was also heavily involved in the 1993 Angus Reid Poll on Religious life in Canada.