Edward Wentworth Beatty

Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty, GBE (October 16, 1877 – March 23, 1943) was a Canadian lawyer, university chancellor, and businessman. He was president of the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1918 to 1943, chancellor of Queen's University from 1919 to 1923, and chancellor of McGill University from 1920 to 1943. He studied at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, and earned his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1901, he joined the Canadian Pacific Railway as General Counsel. In 1918, he became the first Canadian-born president, a position he held until his death in 1943. During his term as president, he was involved in building the Royal York Hotel, the RMS Empress of Britain II ocean liner and Canadian Pacific...