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of the country. When he entered on his duties the only instruction in 
engineering was that given in the Faculty of Arts and there was no 
special equipment. Dr. Bovey at once formulated a plan for the 
establishment of a Faculty of Applied Science, and on its inception he 
became its first dean, and was actively interested in its development 
for a period of twenty nine years, until his resignation from McGill 
University in 1908. The reputation of the Faculty has grown with 
the years and much of its success is due to the thoroughness which 
characterized its work from the beginning. The establishment of 
the Faculty of Applied Science was followed by the long list of muni- 
ficent gifts by Sir William Macdonald. This great benefactor of the 
university erected, equipped and endowed the three magnificent build- 
ings which house the Faculty of Applied Science, and contribute so 
greatly to the efficiency of its work. 
Dr. Bovey’s activities in addition to those directly associated with 
McGill University were many. He was one of the charter members of 
the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, and held all official positions 
open to its members. He was, at one time or other, secretary-treasurer, 
and member of council, was elected vice-president in 1896-7, and became 
president in 1900. Among other scientific papers, he contributed to 
its proceedings, the results of a very extensive and carefully planned 
series of tests on Canadian timbers including Douglas fir, red and white 
pines, and spruce. These tests included many of timbers which had 
been in actual service in railroad construction for several years, and 
Dr. Bovey received the active and valuable co-operation of practising 
engineers, in the carrying out of this important experimental work. 
Before leaving Liverpool he had been interested in the formation 
of the Liverpool Society of Civil Engineers, being one of its charter 
members, and he was also a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers 
in London. Dr. Bovey also took an active interest in the Association 
for the Advancement of Science, and he played an important part in 
arranging the programmes of the meetings which were held in Canada. 
He was at one time president of the Engineering Section of the Asso- 
ciation. His chief contributions to scientific literature, apart from 
those mentioned above, were two well known text books, one in 
“Hydraulics” and the other a “Theory of Structures.” 
Many coveted distinctions in the academic world were received by 
Dr. Bovey, chief among them being the Fellowship of the Royal Society 
of London to which he was elected in 1902. McGill and Queen’s Uni- 
versities conferred on him their highest honorary distinctions in the 
degree of LL.D., and he was a D.C.L. of Bishop’s College. He was also 
elected an honorary Fellow of Queen’s College, Cambridge in 1906, a 
mark of appreciation from his o!d college of which he was justly proud. 
