sentences:  In 1960 Cole earned his bachelor's degree from Whitman College, in 1962 his master's degree from George Washington University, and in 1968 his doctorate from the University of Washington.In 1966 he moved to Canada and began teaching history at Simon Fraser University near Vancouver, British Columbia, where he ultimately became Chair of the History Department from 1978 to 1980 and President of the Faculty Association from 1986 to 1988.As a student, Canada was the focus of both Cole's master's thesis ("The United States and Canadian Diplomatic Independence, 1918-1926") and his doctoral dissertation ("John S. Ewart and the Canadian Nation").