University of St. Joseph's College

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The University of St. Joseph's College was the leading

Founded in 1864 as St. Joseph's College on the site of St. Thomas Seminary which had closed two years earlier,

In 1898 the college obtained the status of a university and became the University of St. Joseph's College. In 1928 the title was shortened to University Saint-Joseph.[2]

By 1920, the university had two faculties: Arts and Sciences. It awarded the degrees of

• Louis Cunningham, author and novelist
• Henry Emmerson, lawyer, businessman and politician
• J. Michel Fournier, politician
• Gilbert Anselme Girouard, politician
• David-Vital Landry, doctor and politician
• Roméo LeBlanc, journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada
• Antoine Joseph Léger, politician
• Aurel Léger, politician
• Édouard H. Léger, politician
• Laurier Lévesque, politician
• George Valentine McInerney, lawyer and politician
• Pius Michaud, lawyer and politician
• Melvin Perry, politician
• Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ottawa
• Pascal Poirier, politician
• Clovis-Thomas Richard, politician
• Albany Robichaud, politician
• Hédard Robichaud, politician
• Ferdinand-Joseph Robidoux, politician

References

External links

• New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911
• Memramcook Resort
• Monument Lefebvre National Historic Site, featuring the exhibit "Odyssey of the Acadian People"

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