What is Peter George (professor)?
'''Peter James George''', [[Order of Canada|CM]], [[Order of Ontario|O.Ont]] (September 12, 1941 &ndash; April 27, 2017) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[economist]] and university academic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3410212/former-mcmaster-university-president-peter-george-dies-at-age-75/|title=Former McMaster University President Peter George Dies at Age 75|publisher=[[Global News]]|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> He was born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]. On June 30, 2010, he retired after serving three five year terms as President and Vice-Chancellor of [[McMaster University]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario]]. He became President and Vice-Chancellor in 1995. He was the longest serving President of McMaster University.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thespec.com/news-story/7265948-peter-george-mcmaster-s-longest-serving-president-has-died/|title=Peter George, Longest Serving McMaster President, Has Died|publisher=[[The Spec]]|access-date=April 27, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> George died of [[cancer]] at his home in Hamilton, Ontario on April 27, 2017 at the age of 75.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/article/remembering-peter-george-1941-2017/|title=Remembering Peter George|publisher=[[McMaster University]]|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{cite web|url=http://utpress.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=gent&t=14064&d=2090|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry|work=[[University of Toronto Press]]|access-date=2007-01-26}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.mcmaster.ca/pres/qualify.html |title=Mandate and Qualifications |work=[[McMaster University]] |access-date=2008-04-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022080856/http://mcmaster.ca/pres/qualify.html |archive-date=2007-10-22 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:George, Peter}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Cate