George Peel Gilmour B.A, M.A, Ph.D. (March 14, 1900 – July 12, 1963) was a Canadian university president.
Gilmour Hall, the building containing the office of the president and the office of the registrar at McMaster University, is named after him.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he received three degrees from McMaster and did post-graduate work at Oxford and Yale.
During his lifetime, he held positions in the Baptist Convention in Ontario and Quebec and was president of the Canadian Council of Churches from 1946 to 1948.
[3] Gilmour received eight honorary degrees, and was named Hamilton's Man of the Year in 1950.