Lucien Matte

Lucien Matte (right) with Emperor Haile Selassie.

Lucien Matte SJ (1907–1973[1]) was a Canadian Jesuit priest and educator. He was President of the University of Sudbury and founder and president of the Addis Ababa University.

In 1946, Emperor Haile Selassie, who favoured the Jesuit educational philosophy,[2] asked Matte to help organize the country's educational system.[3] The emperor followed this in 1950 with a request that Matte help establish a university. This was known as the University College of Addis Ababa (now Addis Ababa University) and Matte served as President from 1952 to 1962.[4] He then served as president of the University of Sudbury from 1962 to 1966.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Pichette, Jean-Pierre (2014). "Germain Lemieux par lui-même (1952-1995)". Cahiers Charlevoix 10: Études franco-ontariennes (in French). University of Ottawa Press. p. 114. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. ^ Fantahun, Kumlachew (25 September 2018). "Documenting the expansion of tertiary education in Ethiopia". Ethiopia Observer. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  3. ^ Abdela, Yesuf H.; Pillay, Thashika (2014). "Critical Perspectives on the Development of Modern Higher Education in Ethiopia: A Critical Analysis of Issues of Relevance, Quality, and Management". A Comparative Analysis of Higher Education Systems: Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas. Sense Publishers. p. 185. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  4. ^ "AAU History of the Presidency". Addis Ababa University. Retrieved 25 August 2022.


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