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Series 1. Speeches, 1980-1990.

BOX 1

File 1. 1980
August 18, 1980 - Welcome to the Delegates - International Conference on Performance of Concrete in Marine Environment

August 25, 1980 - Welcome for Opening of Myoelectric Controls Course 1980, UNB

September 2, 1980 - Student Orientation - Aitken Centre (2 copies)

September 9, 1980 - A Literary Scholar's Approach to Administration - (Speech given to the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce)

September 29, 1980 - Catch 22: University Style

October 4, 1980 - Associated Alumnae, St. Stephen, N.B.

October 16, 1980 - Installation Address

October 30, 1980 - Notes for Introductory Remarks at Meeting with the MPHEC

October 30, 1980 - Sex and Violence and Love and Death in Eighteenth-Century Hymns and Homilies - Humanities Association, Fredericton, N.B.

November 3, 1980 - Catch 22: University Style (3rd Edition)

November 4, 1980 - UNBSJ Awards Ceremony

November 13, 1980 - Dineen Lecture

November 16, 1980 - Reception for Beaverbrook Scholars - Saint John, New Brunswick

December 2, 1980 - Cocktail Reception - KTTC, Nairobi, Kenya

December 3, 1980 - Special Convocation - Kenya Technical Teachers College

December 3, 1980 - Order of Proceedings - Special Convocation, Kenya Technical Teachers College - Nairobi, Kenya

File 2. 1981
January 21, 1981 - Simonds High School

January 30, 1981 - Introduction of Dr. John B. MacDonald - Special Board Meeting

February 1, 1981 - Presentation of Tapestries to UNB - UNB Art Centre

February 12, 1981 - Introduction for Dr. Robert Biersted

March 9, 1981 - Introduction for Professor Northrop Frye

March 20, 1981 - Notes for Speech to 25-Year Club

April 3, 1981 - Sex and Violence and Love and Death in Eighteenth-Century Hymns and Homilies - Humanities Association, St. John's, Newfoundland

April 14, 1981 - University Financing: The Strain in Constraint - St. Andrews Kiwanis Club

April 18, 1981 - Notes from After-Dinner Speech - Third Annual Heart Marathon Dinner

May 7, 1981 - The Third Wave: Ripple or Breaker? Education in the Eighties - NBTA Subject Councils

May 17, 1981 - Baccalaureate Service - Shaarei Zedek Synagogue, Saint John, N.B.

May 21, 1981 - 152nd Encaenia, Fredericton Campus

May, 1981 - A Submission to the Parliamentary Task Force on the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements by the University of New Brunswick

May 22, 1981 - Seventh Spring Convocation - UNBSJ

May 29, 1981 - Management of Human Resources in Times of Financial Restraint - Notes for Address to AAUPA - Faculty Club, UNB
June 21, 1981 - Welcoming Remarks 16th Annual Festival of Chamber Music and All That Jazz

June 22, 1981 - Remarks for Signing Ceremony for Centre for Research in Engineering and Applied Science

August 24, 1981 - UNB: A Modest Boast - Moncton Rotary Club

September 11, 1981 - The Presumption of Planning - Atlantic Planner's Institute

September 25, 1981 - Notes for Kiwanis Harvest Dinner - Saint John Kiwanis

September 30, 1981 - Notes for Address on Kenya Technical Teachers College

October 2, 1981 - Notes for Address to Technical Staff Association

October 17, 1981 - Opening Remarks - Fall Convocation

November 1, 1981 - B'NAI B'RITH Fredericton Lodge No. 2155

November 3, 1981 - Academic Awards Ceremony - University of New Brunswick in Saint John

File 3. 1982
January 19, 1982 - Welcoming Remarks - Second Dineen Memorial Lecture

February 9, 1982 - Personnel Division, CFB Gagetown

March 12, 1982 - Notes for Remarks at Symposium on Graduate Studies

March 12, 1982 - Opening Remarks - 'The Humanist and the Citizen' - UNBSJ

March 12, 1982 - Introduction for Professor Malcolm Ross - 'Humanist and the Citizen' - Symposium - Saint John, N.B.

March 22, 1982 - Canadian Universities in the Eighties: What We Must Do To Be Saved - St. Thomas University

March 24, 1982 - Athletics Banquet

April 15, 1982 - Effective Teaching - 11th Annual Workshop

April 16, 1982 - National Library Advisory Board

April 17, 1982 - John Meagher Night

April 22, 1982 - The Catch to Being a University President - Provincial Chapter of New Brunswick - I.O.D.E. (2 copies)

April 29, 1982 - Carleton University - Thursday Night Dinner Club

May 10, 1982 - Notes for Remarks to the National Radio Meeting of the CBC - Toronto

May 23, 1982 - Baccalaureate Service

May 27, 1982 - Opening Remarks - 153rd Encaenia

May 28, 1982 - Opening Remarks - 8th Spring Convocation

June 7, 1982 - UNB as Corporate Citizen - Capital Region Development Commission Inc.

1982 - Direct Funding to Users: A Schematic Analysis

1982 - Direct Funding to Users: A Brief Description and Analysis

June 19, 1982 - Don't Forget to Smell the Flowers - Joint Graduation Exercises for Rothesay Collegiate and Netherwood Schools

October 8, 1982 - Paper Presented to the Humanities Association of Canada - Corner Brook, Newfoundland

October 14, 1982 - Fall Convocation - Aitken Centre

October 19-22, 1982 - Text of comments made on papers presented by Professor Anisef (York University) and Dr. Paul Gallagher (Capilano College) on the subject of Accessibility to Post-Secondary Education. These papers were presented at a Conference on Post-Secondary Education sponsored by the Council of Ministers of Education of Canada and held in Toronto.

October 15, 1982 - Fall Convocation and Awards Ceremony - UNB Saint John

October 22, 1982 - The English Professor as Administrator (Atlantic University Teachers of English, Fredericton)

October 25, 1982 - Institute of Canadian Bankers Awards Dinner, Riverside Golf and Country Club

October 29, 1982 - Third Century Fund - A Brief Submitted by the University of New Brunswick to the Mayor and Members of Council of the City of Fredericton

October 29, 1982 - Atlantic Society for 18th Century Studies - Acadia University

November 3, 1982 - Engineering Week - Opening Address

December 3, 1982 - Canadian-American Study Centre Meeting - Samoset Resort, Maine

File 4. 1983
January 6, 1983 - Fredericton Society of Artists Opening of Exhibition - National Exhibition Center

January 12, 1983 - Notes for Address to Road Builders Association of New Brunswick Inc.

January 25, 1983 - Fredericton High School

January 25, 1983 - Official Opening - Manufacturing Technology Centre (2 copies)

January 27, 1983 - Fredericton North Rotary Club

February 3, 1983 - Senior Public Service Managers - Province of N. B. February 9, 1983 - Thank-You to Alex Colville

March 17, 1983 - Saint Patrick's Society Dinner - Delta's New Brunswick Inn, Saint John (2 copies)

March 19, 1983 - India Nite

March 30, 1983 - UNB/KTTC Graduation

1983 - "In our present financially pinched circumstances, we tend to make much of the importance of universities to any effective R&D strategy for Canada. ...."

April 10, 1983 - Student Wives Tea - Alumni Memorial Building (2 copies)

April 14, 1983 - College of New Brunswick Psychologists - Luncheon Address

April 15, 1983 - Newfoundland Dinner - Shadow Lawn, Saint John

April 24, 1983 - St. Paul's United Church

May 6, 1983 - York / Sunbury / Queens Medical Society Banquet

May 26, 1983 - 154th Encaenia - UNB Fredericton

May 27, 1983 - 9th Spring Convocation - UNB Saint John

June 2, 1983 - Canadian Guidance and Counselling Association Biennial Conference - Banquet Address

October 26, 1983 - Institute of Canadian Bankers - Halifax Council Graduation Dinner - Hotel Nova Scotian, Halifax N.S.

October 30, 1983 - Fall Convocation - The Playhouse, Fredericton, N.B.

November 18, 1983 - Tourism Management Education Conference, 'Perspective 84' - Delta's Brunswick Inn, Saint John, N.B.

November 20, 1983 - Wilmot United Church - Anniversary Sunday

November 26, 1983 - Fredericton Society of Saint Andrew, Feast of Saint Andrew Dinner - Lord Beaverbrook Hotel, Fredericton, N.B.
November 28, 1983 - N.B. Roofing Contractor's Association - Delta Brunswick Inn, Saint John, N.B.

File 5. 1984
January 24, 1984 - Scotiabankers Association - Keddy's Motor Inn, Saint John

March 16, 1984 - Mini-Symposium - 'The Ideal of a University'

March 16, 1984 - Garrison Club Dinner

April 25, 1984 - Notes for an Address - 'Y' Awards Evening

April 30, 1984 - Construction Safety Association of Ontario - Luncheon Address - Four Seasons, Toronto

May 10, 1984 - Principals and Vice-Principals Council

May 17, 1984 - Luncheon for Dr. Ian Cameron

May 18, 1984 - Dinner for Retiring Faculty

May 23, 1984 - Pre-Encaenia Dinner

May 25, 1984 - 10th Spring Convocation - Saint John Campus

May 28, 1984 - News Conference - NSERC Funding for Chair in Nuclear Engineering and Appointment of Dr. Dan Meneley

May 29, 1984 - Remarks for Welcome to National Research Council Members

May 29, 1984 - Canadian Conference on Engineering Education

August 18, 1984 - Canadian Federation of University Women's Clubs - Trade and Convention Centre, Saint John

October 12, 1984 - Law Library Addition Official Opening

October 18, 1984 - Fall Convocation and Prize-Giving - UNB in Saint John

October 21, 1984 - Fall Convocation

November 30, 1984 - Introduction to Lecture by Dr. Marc Garneau

BOX 2

File 6. 1985
January 17, 1985 - IPAC Address

February 7, 1985 - Transportation Club of Toronto

February 9, 1985 - Beaverbrook Scholars Dinner

March 13, 1985 - The Past Imperfect, Present Tense and Future Conditional of University Funding in Canada -- Financial Post Conference on Financing Higher Education and Research - Ottawa, Ontario

April 11, 1985 - The Past Imperfect, Present Tense and Future Conditional of University Funding in Canada -- Montessori School and Enriched Kindergarden - Hotel Beausejour, Moncton, N.B.

April 27, 1985 - Girl Guides of Canada, 75th Anniversary Meeting and Dinner - Fredericton High School

May 15, 1985 - Honors Day - The University of Georgia

May 23, 1985 - 156th Encaenia

May 24, 1985 - 11th Spring Convocation

June 8, 1985 - Canada Games Stadium Official Opening - University of New Brunswick, Saint John

June 20, 1985 - Fredericton High School Graduation - Aitken Centre, UNB

June 21, 1985 - Introduction of Dr. Colin B. Mackay - Dinner for Hon. G.V. LaForest

July 19, 1985 - Shad Valley Program - Banquet

September 14, 1985 - Mechanical Contractors Association - Hotel Beausejour, Moncton, N.B.

1985 - Review of Presidents Make a Difference: Strengthening Leadership in Colleges and Universities, a report of the Commission on Strengthening Presidential Leadership, directed by Clark Kerr.

October 17, 1985 - Fall Convocation and Prize-Giving - UNB in Saint John

October 20, 1985 - Bicentennial Fall Convocation

File 7. 1986
January 15, 1986 - Education in a Middle-Aging Society -- Canadian Club of Ottawa

March 20, 1986 - Alumni Reception and Dinner - Hotel Beausejour, Moncton

1986 - A review of The Great Brain Robbery: Canada's Universities on the Road to Ruin by David J Bercuson, Robert Bothwell, J. L. Granatstein, published by McClelland and Stewart

May 18, 1986 - Cameron King Exhibition

May 23, 1986 - 12th Spring Convocation - UNB in Saint John (2 copies)

June 25, 1986 - Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital Annual Meeting - Dinner Address -- Fredericton Inn

June 26, 1986 - Visit of HRH the Princess Anne to UNB

September 20, 1986 - Introduction of Dalton K. Camp -- YM/YWCA Dinner - Fredericton Inn

October 18, 1986 - Opening of Bruno Bobak Exhibition - Memorial Hall

October 19, 1986 - Remarks

October 19, 1986 - Welcoming Remarks

December 5, 1986 - Porter Lecture - Carleton University

File 8. 1987
January 14, 1987 - Canadian Public Relations Society

January 20, 1987 - Fredericton Construction Association

January 26, 1987 - Karel Wiesner: A Signature of Honour -- Memorial Service - Dr. Karel Wiesner

February 20, 1987 - Special Convocation - Hong Kong

March 20, 1987 - Crisis and Excellence in Education: Are We Chewing More Than We've Bitten Off? -- Manitoba School Trustees Association

April 1987 - Launching of Toes in My Nose - Memorial Hall

April 29, 1987 - Kennebecasis Valley University Women's Club - Shadow Lawn

May 1, 1987 - New Brunswick Dental Society - Lord Beaverbrook Hotel

May 7, 1987 - NBTA ASC '87 Spring Workshop - Moncton, N.B.

May 21, 1987 - 158th Encaenia

May 22, 1987 - Convocation, UNBSJ

June 14, 1987 - Dalhousie Regional High School - Parent/Graduate Reception

June 18, 1987 - "A Scun from the Barrel: A Presidential Siting on University Continuing Education" -- CAUCE Conference - St. John's Newfoundland

June 23, 1987 - Riverview High School Graduation - Moncton

September 30, 1987 - Youth Leadership Workshop - Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrews

October 16, 1987 - Welcoming Remarks - UNBSJ Fall Convocation

October 18, 1987 - Fall Convocation (2 copies)

November 1, 1987 - Acceptance Speech for Honorary Degree: Doctor of Humane Letters -- University of Maine at Orono

File 9. 1988
January 6, 1988 - Alan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind (Simon and Schuster) 392 pp.

January 22, 1988 - Burn's Supper - Holiday Inn, Saint John

1988 - A Report on the 14th Commonwealth Universities Congress

1988 - Summary Report on Topic 6: The Role of Universities in Contributing to the Understanding of the Social Impact of Technology -- 14th Commonwealth Universities Congress

March 21, 1988 - Is There a Crisis in Canadian Education? - Fredericton South Rotary Club

April 23, 1988 - Special Convocation to Honour His Majesty, King Moshoeshoe II - Maseru

May 26, 1988 - 159th Encaenia

May 27, 1988 - 14th Spring Convocation - UNB Saint John

June 9, 1988 - Ethnic Joke-Telling in Canada -- Atlantic Press Council Annual Meeting (2 copies)

June 21, 1988 - Harvey Regional High School Graduation

September 6, 1988 - Talk to Parents

September 6, 1988 - Address to Students

September 12, 1988 - Notes for Remarks at a Meeting With the Martitime Provinces Higher Education Commission

1988 - Summary and Suggestions for Coming to Terms with the Subject of the Character and Quality of Canadian Education

1988 - A Proposal for a Study by the Corporate-Higher Education Forum of the Character and Quality of Canadian Education

1988 - For the Cause and the Company

June 30, 1988 - Pan-Commonwealth Meeting Dinner - Ottawa

September 30, 1988 - University of Moncton

October 13, 1988 - Opening of Artificial Intelligence Seminar

October 17, 1988 - Welcome for NSERC to UNB

October 22, 1988 - History Dinner

October 30, 1988 - Gladys Beattie: A Tribute (2 copies)

November 9, 1988 - Bernie Vigod: A Tribute

File 10. 1989
January 19, 1989 - Autonomy and Accountability in the Archipelago- IPAC

March 9, 1989 - Desmond Pacey Memorial Lecture

April 25, 1989 - A Tribute to Bob Elder (2 copies)

May 5, 1989 - Air Traffic Controller for a Rifle Range - Riverview High School

May 24, 1989 - Encaenial Dinner - President's Remarks

May 25, 1989 - 160th Encaenia - UNB in Fredericton

May 26, 1989 - 15th Spring Convocation - UNBSJ

June 10, 1989 - "State of the University" Presentation -- Alumni Reunion

June 10, 1989 - Notes and Tables from Presentation to the Alumni Association of UNB

June 10, 1989 - Opening of Gillin Hall

June 10, 1989 - Dedication of Stained Glass Windows

September 1989 - For the Cause and the Company -- From a Welcoming Talk for New Faculty at UNB

September 15, 1989 - Notes on a Talk on UNB in the 1980s and 1990s -- Special Board Meeting

September 27, 1989 - Canmate Board of Directors - Dinner at LBR

October 12, 1989 - UNBSJ 25th Anniversary Dinner

October 13, 1989 - UNBSJ Convocation

October 15, 1989 - 35th Convocation - UNBF

October 15, 1989 - 35th Fall Convocation - UNBF (a speech by Lady Aitken)

October 27, 1989 - Viscount Bennett Dinner

October 29, 1989 - Lord It's Hard to be Humble -- St. Paul's United Church - Anniversary Sunday

File 11. 1990
January 31, 1990 - A Helen Neill Campbell Awards Presentation

February 9, 1990 - Air Traffic Controller on a Rifle Range: The Half-Life and Hard Times of a University President -- IPAC Annual Dinner - Halifax

February 13, 1990 - Chamber of Commerce Dinner

March 14, 1990 - "Coming Soon: a Theatre Near You" - Notes for a speech at Hampton Junior High School

March 22, 1990 - Notes for Remarks About Les Harris at AAU Dinner - Memorial University

April 17, 1990 - Business and Education in the Nineties: Charting a New Course -- Business Education Partnerships - Toronto

May 11, 1990 - Capacity of Universities to Change -- Queen's University Council

May 1990 - Encaenia 1990: President's Remarks (2 copies)

1990 - Spring Convocation 1990, UNBSJ - President's Remarks

June 5, 1990 - Campus Gates Opening

June 5, 1990 - J. Herbert Smith ACOA Chair in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship

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