Sir Douglas Hazen Hall
Building Name: Sir Douglas Hazen Hall
Other Names: Hazen Hall
Civic Address: 100 Tucker Park Road, Saint John
Sod Turning: Unknown
Cornerstone Laying: Unknown
Opened for Use: 1969
Official Opening: 1969
Architect: Myles, Mott and Chatwin (?)
Named for: Sir John Douglas Hazen (1860-1937): UNB graduate (1879); mayor of Saint John (1887); MP for Saint John (1891-1896); MLA for Sunbury County (1899-1911); NB Premier (1908-1911); Federal Minister of Marine and Fisheries (1911-17); appointed Chief Justice of NB in 1917; knighted in 1918; honorary degree from UNB (LL.D 1908).
Renovations/changes/additions: Renovations to Hazen Hall Lecture Theatre in the Summer of 2006 included new lighting, audio visual equipment, and seating.
Notes: One of the three original buildings of the Tucker Park campus, Hazen Hall is the home of the Faculty of Arts.
Source(s):
- UA Case 180; Section 4; File 6.
- UNB Scrapbooks (UA RG 100); 1 October 1968 - 31 December 1968; 11 November 1968.
- Pacey, Desmond. "The Humanist Tradition." The University of New Brunswick Memorial Volume. Ed. Alfred G. Bailey. Fredericton: University of New Brunswick, 1950, p. 57-68.
- [UNB Honorary Degrees Database]
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