Item 0067 - Letter, London, ON, to Lorne Pierce, Toronto.

Arthur R. Ford graduated from the University of Toronto in 1903. He went on to become an alderman for Ottawa City Council, a position from which he resigned in order to accept the position as editor of the London Free Press. Mr Ford was a Parliamentary correspondent of the Winnipeg Telegram, and correspondent for the Toronto News and London Times and editor in charge of the Morning Journal, Ottawa. He became a member of the Board and Chancellor at the University of Western Ontario. He received an LLD from the University of Toronto in 1949.