Walter Gage was the sixth President of the University of British Columbia, serving from 1969 to 1975.
Professor Walter Harry Gage, affectionately referred to as the Dean of Everything, served UBC for more than 50 years. Professor Gage began his career at UBC as a student, graduating with a B.A. in 1925. After earning a M.A. in 1926, he taught mathematics at Victoria College (1927-1933) and served as Registrar for that institution (1929-1933).
He returned to UBC in 1933 and became Professor of Mathematics in 1943. Professor Gage served as Dean of Administrative and Inter-Faculty Affairs in 1948 and later as Dean of Inter-Faculty and Student Affairs.
He served as Acting President for two years ahead of his official acceptance of that office in 1969.
