- Francess Halpenny
Francess Georgina Halpenny, C.C., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.C. (born
May 27 ,1919 ) is a Canadian editor and professor.Born in
Ottawa , she received a Master's degree in English language and literature from theUniversity of Toronto in 1941.She joined the editorial department of theUniversity of Toronto Press in 1941. She was appointed managing editor in 1965 and associated director (academic) in 1979. She was also Dean of the faculty of library and information science at the University of Toronto from 1972 to 1978. From 1969 to 1988, she was one of the editors of theDictionary of Canadian Biography .In 1979, she was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1984. In 1977 she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of CanadaExternal links
* [http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=hallatt&t=14960&d=2510 Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry]
* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/women/002026-286-e.html Library and Archives Canada biography]
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