 “The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace
through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united
in the ideal of service.”
-The
Fourth Object of Rotary initially composed by Donald MacRae.
He was born in the tiny village of Canoe Cove on Prince Edward Island on
13 June 1872 and died in 1957. After graduating from high school, he worked in a
clothing store for seven years. In 1894, at the age of 22, he entered
Dalhousie University on a scholarship, graduating four years later with
high honours in classics and the University Medal. He next spent six
years at Cornell University, teaching Greek and earning an A.M. degree
in 1899 and a PhD in 1905. Between 1905 and 1909 he lectured in Greek at
Princeton University. In 1909 he returned to Canada to study law at
Osgoode Hall in Toronto, graduating in 1912 and being called to the bar
in 1913. After practising law for one year in Toronto, he accepted an
appointment as Dean of the Law School at Dalhousie University, a
position he held until 1924, when he returned to Osgoode Hall as a
full-time lecturer. He retired in 1944. |
