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Folks might think that Dalhousie's Coburg Road residency Howe Hall is named after Joseph Howe. But it's not named for him, Nova Scotia's legendary journalist, politician, and third lieutenant-governor, who brought representative responsible government to the colony. In fact, Howe Hall honours C. D. Howe. Born in Massachusetts, Clarence Decatur came to Canada as an engineer. At the height of a successful and lucrative career, he was drafted to join William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party and was guaranteed a cabinet position should King again become Prime Minister. King won the 1935 election and by World War II the very able C. D. was appointed the minister of munitions and supply, a.k.a. "the minister of everything." He literally transformed the entire Canadian economy to a war footing to fight the Axis powers. Following the war, Howe was named chancellor of Dalhousie. He died on the job and so Howe Hall, as well as the influential think-tank the C. D. Howe Institute, are named for him. Jonathan Rotsztain For more information about the history of Dal read Peter B. Waite's The Lives of Dalhousie Volume I & II today!
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