Citation The Reverend Canon George Stavert Tanton was born and received his early education in Prince Edward Island , where he was a member of St . Mary's Parish, in Summerside . He entered King's and received his L. Th . in 1938 and his B.A . in 1945. He was ordained a deacon in 1938 and priest in 1939 in the Diocese of Nova Scotia . He was curate of Christ Church, Dartmouth , from 1938 to 1940, Rector of , Prince Edward Island , from 1940 to 1943, a Chaplain in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943 - 44, Rector of Tangier 1944 - 58, Rector of St . Mark's, Halifax, from 1958 to the present. He was made a Canon of All Saints Cathedral in 1960 in recognition of his services to the church in this Diocese and beyond. This in the barest outline is the career of this dynamic priest. His rural ministry in Tangier was extraordinary. There he gave the lead in having a hospital built at Harbour , this when others had given up the project as hopeless. He was a leading figure in the building of the high school at Tangier. This was one of the first efforts made to consolidate areas where the educational standard had suffered by the isolation of small rural schools. He worked tirelessly to maintain the pulp mill at Harbour and was Chairman of the group which entered into negotiations with the Nova Scotia government. He was instrumental in acquiring property for a Tangier Deanery Church Camp and was for years the leading spirit behind that camp. It was through his leadership that the Anglican clergy in the area were able to enter the schools and teach religion. It was also during this time that he initiated the drive for funds for the Hackenley Memorial Fund which has been used for a lectureship at King's on rural work for some ten years or more. The respect and affection he inspired among the people of this Diocese caused him, as rector of a rural parish with a small and scattered population, to stand third in the choice of Co-adjutor Bishop of Nova Scotia . Throughout his ministry he has been concerned for education and for the development of opportunities for young people to realise their potential. From his rural parish students came to King's by means he devised to make their education financially possible. While he has been at St . Mark's this interest has continued. More Anglican students, in the last academic