Halpenny, Francess G

LC control no.	n 85357979
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Halpenny, Francess G. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Canada
Birth date	1919-05-27
Death date	2017-12-25
Place of birth	Ottawa (Ont.)
Place of death	Toronto (Ont.)
Affiliation	University of Toronto University of Toronto. Press Order of Canada Royal Society of Canada
Profession or occupation	Editors College teachers Deans (Education)
Found in	Canadian collections in public libraries, ©1985: t.p. (Francess G. Halpenny) Can CIP (Halpenny, Francess G., 1919- ) LC data base, 3/26/86 (hdg.: Halpenny, Francess G.) The globe and mail, 15 January 2018, online, viewed 27 July 2018 (Francess Halpenny, a powerhouse in the world of letters in Canada, died on Christmas Day [25 December]; born Francess Georgina Halpenny in Ottawa on May 27, 1919, and moved to Toronto in grade four; attended the University of Toronto, earning a master's degree in English language and literature graduated in 1940; joined the University of Toronto Press after graduation, pausing to join the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 for the war, appointed managing editor in 1965 and associate director (academic) in 1978, retiring in 1984; served as a professor and dean of the Faculty of Library Science for six years from 1972; received 11 honorary doctorates from universities in five provinces and was named an officer of the Order of Canada in 1979 and promoted to companion in 1984; serious amateur actor) Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, viewed 27 July 2018 (Francess Halpenny, C.C., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.C.; Toronto, Ontario; Officer of the Order of Canada, awarded on June 25, 1979, invested on October 24, 1979 (Scholar and librarian, who has served on many national literary bodies, published numerous articles and been associated with the University of Toronto Press for nearly forty years, latterly as General Editor of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography); Companion of the Order of Canada, awarded on June 25, 1984, invested on October 3, 1984 (A former Dean of Library Science at the University of Toronto, she came to prominence as a scholarly editor at the University Press. Her great achievement is the editing of the monumental Dictionary of Canadian Biography / Dictionnaire biographique du Canada which is universally recognized as a model of excellence) Amicus database, 27 July 2018 (authorized access point (0000H3428): Halpenny, Francess G., 1919- ; variant access point: Halpenny, Francess Georgina)