Francois Charles Archile Jeannerest Des L, LLD, OA
Inducted In
1989
F.C.A. Jeanneret was born in Elmira on November 18, 1890. He graduated with honours from Berlin Collegiate and played on the Rangers soccer team which won the Dominion championship.
Following graduation from the University of Toronto, he studied at the University of Chicago and the Sorbonne, Paris. He was head of the department of modern languages at Upper Canada College 1912-13. He was on the staff of University College from 1913, being chairman in the School of Graduate Studies 1947-51, principal of University College 1951-59 and Chancellor of the University of Toronto 1959-67.
He was the author of fifteen textbooks, including French texts used in Ontario high schools. From 1926-41 he directed the Ontario department of education’s oral French course for teachers at Quebec City and was honoured by Laval University.
Jeanneret was named an Officer d’Academie by France in 1940, was awarded a medal by the French government in 1959 and the Chaveau Medal by the Royal Society of Canada.
He was Canadian delegate to the Commonwealth Education Conference, Oxford, 1959 and in Delhi, India, 1962.