13 Facts About Albert Trueman

Trueman was born in the United States, where his New Brunswick-born father John Main Trueman taught at the University of Connecticut between 1907 and 1913.

Albert Trueman attended high school in Truro, Nova Scotia and graduated from Mount Allison University in 1927.

Albert Trueman finished his Master of Arts degree in English Literature at Exeter College, Oxford University in 1932.

Albert Trueman was a high school teacher, and then became school superintendent in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Albert Trueman later worked a university administrator, serving as President of the University of Manitoba between 1945 and 1948, and President of the University of New Brunswick from 1948 until 1953.

Albert Trueman was principal and dean of University College at the University of Western Ontario from 1965 until 1967.

Albert Trueman was chancellor of the University of Western Ontario from 1967 until 1971.

Albert Trueman returned to academic life and had an extended term as visiting professor of English at Carleton University in Ottawa from 1967 to 1981.

Albert Trueman acted as Government Film Commissioner and Chairman of the National Film Board of Canada from 1953 to 1957, and then as the first Director of the newly created Canada Council for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, serving from 1957 to 1965.

Albert Trueman served on the Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Albert Trueman was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 1964, and was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1974.

Albert Trueman wrote and edited several books, including A Second View of Things: A Memoir in 1982.

Albert Trueman's son Peter Trueman, was a well-known television journalist.