Tilley Hall

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Main entrance to Tilley Hall, 1977. PR; Series 1; Sub-series 2; Item 5271.

Building Name: Sir Leonard Tilley Hall

Other Names: Tilley Hall, Tilley

Civic Address: 9 Macaulay Lane

Sod Turning: [1967?]

Cornerstone Laying: 16 May 1967 by Mrs. H.P. MacKeen, granddaughter of Sir Leonard Tilley

Opened for Use: 1967

Official Opening: [1967?]

Architect: Larson and Larson

Named for: Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, former Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, born in Gagetown, NB and a legislature between 1856 and 1867, serving as premier 1861-1865 and 1866-1867.

Renovations/changes/additions: A five-storey addition began construction in November 1969, providing space for the departments of Mathematics, and the romance languages.

Notes: Tilley is home to the Dean of Arts office, the departments of History, Sociology, Culture and Languages, Political Science, and the Gregg Centre for Conflict Studies. The opening of the Ken Windsor Memorial Seminar Room and Library took place 29 May 1982. Singer Hall was attached to the south wall of the building in 1987. The Alfred G. Bailey Auditorium was named in honour of the first dean of arts on 27 May 1993.

Named Spaces: C. James Richardson Graduate Seminar Room (8), Professor C. James Richardson taught in the Department of Sociology form 1975-2003 and chair of the department from 1996-2002. The room was furnished by the sociology department in his memory.

Peter M. McGahan Seminar Room (13), The naming honours Peter M. McGahan in recognition of a most distinguished academic career in teaching and research in sociology and a professional commitment to graduate students and faculty. He served as a member of the Fredericton faculty from 1970-1984 and the UNBSJ faculty fro 1984-1997, also serving as assistant dean of the School of Graduate Studies in Fredericton.

Source(s):

  • UA Case 123; Section 3, Box 2; Tilley Hall.
  • UNB Scrapbooks (UA RG 100), April - September 1967.
  • UNB Scrapbooks (UA RG 100), July - September 1969.


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