James Corry (political scientist) explained

James Corry
Office:Principal of Queen's University
Predecessor:William Archibald Mackintosh
Successor:John James Deutsch
Term Start:1961
Term End:1968
Birth Name:James Alexander Corry
Birth Date:1899
Birth Place:Millbank, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Kingston, Ontario, Canada

James Alexander Corry (1899  - December 26, 1985) was a Canadian academic and the thirteenth Principal of Queen's University, Ontario, from 1961 until 1968.

Born in Millbank, Ontario, he graduated in 1923 from the University of Saskatchewan. He attended Lincoln College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. In 1927 he became a professor of law at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1936 he joined Queen's University as a professor of political science. In 1957, when the Queen's Faculty of Law was re-established with his assistance, he was one of the three charter professors, along with Daniel Soberman and Stuart Ryan. From 1951 until 1961 he was a Vice-Principal of Queen's. Mackintosh-Corry Hall at Queen's is co-named in his honour.

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  1. Web site: Honorary Degree Citation - James Alexander Corry* Concordia University Archives. archives.concordia.ca. 2016-04-04.