The University Club of Toronto is a private social club in Toronto, Ontario that has operated since 1906. The club was founded as a gentlemen's club for men who had attended university, in an era when this was uncommon. As university degrees became increasingly prevalent over the ensuing decades, the club's original purpose diminished. The University Club remained a gentlemen's club until 1988, when it became mixed-sex.Donald Rumball, "Admitting women," Globe and Mail, (29 July 1988), A6.
In 1929, the club constructed a new clubhouse on a prominent lot on University Avenue."Latest addition to Avenue is fine new University Club," Toronto Daily Star, (6 December 1929), 41. The design was modeled after Boodle's in London, another famous gentlemen's club.
Presidents
1909 – G. F. McFarland 1913 – G. S. Hodgson 1914 – Lesslie Wilson 1919 – J. R. Bone 1920 – A. C. Snively 1921 – G. H. Sedgewick 1922 – G. B. Strathy 1923 – S. S. Mills 1924 – A. Foulds 1925 – Scott Griffin 1926 – A. M. Ivey 1927 – G. T. Cassels 1928 – A. W. R. Sinclair 1929 – Alan E. Stewart 1930 – G. H. Sedgewick 1931 – E. H. Blake 1932 – W. R. West 1933 – J. Harvey Douglas 1934 – N. S. Macdonnell 1935 – T. W. Lawson 1936 – C. Blake Jackson 1937 – Alan B. Garrow 1938 – A. A. Walker 1939 – M. McCrimmon 1940 – R. D. Torrance 1941 – Earl Smith 1942 – R. M. Fowler 1943 – Dr D. L. Selby 1944 – Dr H. B. Speakman 1945 – R. K. Northey 1946 – R. B. Duggan 1947 – P. K. Heywood 1948 – M. S. Haas 1949 – W. W. Stratton 1950 – H. C. Symons 1951 – G. L. Boone 1952 – R. G. Ferguson 1953 – J. R. Woods 1954 – J. C. McCaul 1955 – H. D. Scully 1956 – J. C. Stewart 1957 – J. G. Edison 1958 – R. A. Harris 1959 – D. H. Jupp 1960 – G. M. MacLachlan 1961 – V. C. Wansbrough 1962 – F. W. Woods 1963 – James Flintoft 1964 – G. H. Curtis 1965 – J. R. O'Kell 1966 – R. T. Payton 1967 – J. W. Walker 1968 – J. B. Matchett 1969 – J. D. Woods 1970 – Stan BIggs 1971 – Philip Jackson 1972 – Fraser M. Fell 1973 – F. R. Southmayd 1974 – W. C. Weber 1975 – G. Dembroski 1976 – G. Tiviluk 1977 – John Richardson 1978 – Aubrey Russell 1979 – J. P. Bunting 1980 – Paul Jeffrey 1981 – William Livingston 1982 – Bryce Hunter 1983 – D. Mills 1983 – L. Clark 1984 – Ron Ritchie 1985 – Gord Cunningham 1986 – David Grierson 1987 – Lee Woods 1988 – Donald Rumball 1990 – Doug Mills 1991 – Angus Scott 1993 – Ed Saunders 1995 – John Swinden 1996 – Dan Damov 1997 – Bill Mounfield 1998 – Blake Hutcheson 2000 – Don Rickerd 2001 – Tim Reid 2003 – George Strathy 2005 – Rainer Beltzner
References
Sources Rumball, Donald. The University Club of Toronto: Its Life, Its Times, 1906-2006. University Club of Toronto, 2008.