Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996) was one of the leading Canadian poets of the twentieth century. She was born in Winnipeg to the poet and journalist Florence (née Randal) Livesay (1874-1953) and the journalist John Frederick Bligh Livesay (1874-1944). Dorothy Livesay attended the University of Toronto, where she graduated in 1931 with a Bachelor of Arts in modern languages. During her second year of studies—at the age of nineteen—she published her first collection of poetry, entitled Green Pitcher. She traveled to France in her third year of studies, and after finishing her B.A. at the University of Toronto, she returned to France to complete a Master's thesis at Sorbonne University in Paris. She returned to Canada in 1932 with an increasing sense of social concern that motivated her to complete a social work course at the University of Toronto. She then did welfare work in Montreal and New Jersey before moving to Vancouver in 1936. While working as a social worker in Vancouver, she met Duncan Macnair and they were married in August of 1937. They went on to raise two children: Peter and Marcia. During this time Livesay was active in the Young Communist League, the Progressive Arts Club, and the League Against War and Fascism.
Livesay's poetry was honoured with two Governor General's Awards—in 1940 for Day and Night and in 1947 for Poems for People. In 1947 she was awarded the Lorne Pierce Gold Medal for her outstanding work in Canadian literature over the years. After Duncan Macnair died in 1959, Livesay worked as a programme assistant for UNESCO in Paris and then in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) until 1963, at which time she returned to Canada. From 1965 to 1984 she enjoyed a demanding spate of teaching and writer-in-residence positions in universities across Canada. In 1975 she founded, subsidized, and edited the journal Contemporary Verse 2 (CV/II) in remembrance of Alan Crawley's Contemporary Verse. After serving on such committees as the Committee for an Independent Canada, the League of Canadian Poets, the Association of Canadian University Teachers of English, World Federalists, Amnesty International, and the Unitarian Church, Livesay retired to Victoria, where she died in 1996.

Gamila Morcos est une universitaire canadienne qui était doyenne et professeure à la Faculté Saint-Jean de l'université de l'Alberta et à la Laurentian University à Sudbury, Ontario. Morcos était la première femme à occupé un rôle administratif senior à Laurentian University. Elle a étudié la literature à Cairo en Egypte avant qu'elle reçoit une bourse du gouvernement de la France pour étudier à Sorbonne, Paris où elle a reçu un doctorat en literature française. Morcos a ensuite à la Ain Shams University avant de partir pour le Canada en 1968. Morcos est surtout reconnue pour avoir conçu et écrit le premier dictionnaire d'auteurs et d'artistes francophones dans le ouest canadien avec Gilles Cadrin et Paul Dubé. Durant son temps au Campus Saint-Jean, elle a fondé l'Acfas-Alberta, une section régionale de l'Association francophone pour le savoir.

Gamila Morcos is a Canadian academic who was a dean and professor the Faculté Saint-Jean at the University of Alberta and at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. Morcos was also the first woman to be appointment to a senior administrative position at Laurentian University. She studied literature in Cairo Egypt before receiving a grant from the French government to study in Sorbonne, Paris where she received a doctorate in French literature. Morcos then taught at the Ain Shams University before going to Canada in 1968.
Morcos is most recognised for designing and writing the first Dictionary of Francophone authors and artists in Western Canada along with Gilles Cadrin and Paul Dubé.
During her time at Campus Saint-Jean she founded the Acfas-Alberta, a regional section of the Association francophone pour le savoir.

Le journal Le Franco-Albertain (Le Franco) a été fondé le 16 novembre, 1928 et était originalement nommé La Survivance. Jusqu'au années 1970s, il était financé et dirigé par les Oblats. Durant ses premières années, le journal était décrit comme étant européen, et il était relié à des évènements comme l'avenir du fascisme et la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale. Au fur des années suivantes, le journal a commencé à représenté la communauté et population locale.
En 1967, le rédacteur en chef, M. Jean-Maurice Olivier a convaincu les Oblats à changer le nom du journal au Franco-Albertain. Durant son temps avec le journal, il a aussi change le prix d'abonnement de $2 à $3.50.
En 1973, M. Guy Lacombe est devenu rédacteur en chef et durant ce temps il y a eu des négociations pour pour vendre le journal et la presse. Les Oblats ont vendu le Franco-Albertain à l'ACFA pour $1. Malgré le fait que l'ACFA est le propriétaire de Le Franco, le journal est indépendant du point de vue administratif et éditorial.
Depuis 1976, les rédacteurs inclus: Gaétan Tremblay, Maxime Jean-Louis, Michel Paquette, Paul Denis, Yves Lavertu, acting, Pierre Brault, Jean Luc Thibaut, Pascale Bréniel, François Pageau, Nathalie Kermoal et Eric Batalla.
Le Franco est présentement le seule journal de langue française en Alberta. Il est disponible en copie papier et en ligne chaque semaine.

The newspaper Le Franco-Albertain (Le Franco) was founded on November 16, 1928 and was originally named La Survivance. Until the 1970s it was financed and controlled by the Oblates. In the early years of the newspaper it was described as European, as it was related to events such as the rise of fascism and the Second World War. As the years went by it more closely reflected the community and local population.
In 1967 the editor-in-chief, Mr. Jean-Maurice Olivier convinced the Oblates to change the name of the paper to Franco-Albertain. During this time the format also changed and the subscription increased from $2 to $3.50.
In 1973 Mr. Guy Lacombe became the editor-in-chief of the newspaper and it was during his time that negotiations took place regarding the sale of the newspaper and the printing press. The Oblates sold the Le-Franco Albertain to the ACFA for $1. Even though the ACFA is the owner of the Le Franco, Albertain it is an independent newspaper from an administrative and editorial point of view.
Since 1976 editors included; Gaétan Tremblay, Maxime Jean-Louis, Michel Paquette, Paul Denis, Yves Lavertu, acting, Pierre Brault, Jean Luc Thibaut, Pascale Bréniel, François Pageau, Nathalie Kermoal and Eric Batalla.
The Le Franco-Albertain is currently the only French-language newspaper in Alberta. It is available in paper and online weekly.

Established by royal charter as an English fur trading company mandated to explore and exploit large parts of North America.

Alberta Barter Theatre was co-founded in 1972 by Prof. Larry Kadlec (UAD), Lee Livingstone (MFA Design, UA) and Bob Baker (BFA student, UA) under the auspices of the federal government's new Opportunities for Youth (OFY) grants, which provided salaries for the initial 11-member company and a small portion of production costs. The company performed in the summers at Torches Theatre, the outdoor venue at Corbett Hall built by the University of Alberta drama department for its summer theatre season from 1962-1970. The new theatre was an entirely independent company, taking its name from its box office procedures of offering admission through either cash or kind (modelled on the 1930s Barter Theatre of Abingdon, Virginia). Offering primarily light entertainment over six summers to a large following of Edmonton audiences, Barter Theatre also provided excellent training in all aspects of theatre production and management to many students and recent graduates with professional careers in mind. Except for the Summer of 1975, Lee Livingstone remained the chief administrator of the company and was also involved in direction and design. Bob Baker left the company after 2 years and Kadlec left in 1975. When the OFY grants were discontinued after 1975, the company became fully professional. It charged regular admission, but by the end of the summer season of 1978 the company determined that the theatre was no longer financially viable.

Cecil Scott Burgess was born in Mumbai, India in 1870, where his father, James Burgess, was Director of the Archeological Survey. The Burgess family returned to Edinburgh, Scotland the following year. Between the years 1887 and 1891 Burgess studied at the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He graduated with a gold medal. Burgess then studied architecture as an articled pupil to Sir George Washington Browne. He completed a four-year apprenticeship, a contemporary British standard, from 1892 to 1896. After completing his apprenticeship Burgess was admitted as an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). It was a typical career path for British architects to travel through offices and projects gaining a resume of design experience and Burgess was no exception; following his apprenticeship Burgess did architectural work in Edinburgh, York, London, and Liverpool. He also continued to refine his skills with European travel studying and sketching the notable buildings, designs and works of art across the continent. It was during one of his study trips in 1903 he encountered the Edinburgh architect Percy Nobbs in Italy. Nobbs was about to accept a position to teach at McGill University in the Faculty of Engineering. Upon viewing Burgess's sketchwork he encouraged him to move to Montréal where he would find opportunities as a draughtsman. Burgess recognized the opportunity and before the end of the year, he was working in his profession designing several Québec projects including the Boys Farm and Training Schoold at Shawbridge, Quebec and several Montréal homes. In Montréal Burgess began his lifelong public advocacy of the Arts and Crafts design movement through public lectures and study groups. He delivered talks at the Province of Quebec Association of Architects and spoke at such public forums as the St. James Literary Society and the Grand Trunk Literary Institute. Without a Phd, Burgess nevertheless delivered lectures and taught courses at McGill between 1909 and 1911. The courses Burgess instructed betray the Arts and Crafts school of architecture he subscribed to. The were weighted to art and history and included historical drawing, architectural history and decoration. Recognizing it unlikely he would become permanent faculty, Burgess's acquaintance with Percy Nobbs again resulted in employment. Nobbs recommended Burgess to H.M. Tory, the first president of the newly conceived University of Alberta. Through his architectural firm, Nobbs and Hyde, Nobbs worked as the principal consulting architectural firm for the University and Nobbs requiered a supervising representative on the campus to see through to completion the firm's designs. President Tory appointed Burgess Professor of Architecture in 1913. He was made responsible to superintend the design of university buildings and design courses for the university's Department of Architecture. Upon his arrival Burgess designed Pembina Hall and the original six staff residences now known as the Ring Houses. He was the supervising architect for the Arts building (1915), designed the south wing of the University Hospital, University Farm buildings and cottages and the Varsity Rink, the University ice arena (1927). As University Architect Burgess also designed versions of the University crest, furniture, and various items of ceremonial regalia for official University occaisions. In addition to campus designs, Burgess was the associate architect for the Edmonton Natural Resources Building (now the Bowker Building) for the Provincial Government, the Birks Building and numerous private houses, memorials, and small design items across Alberta.

Henry Marshall Tory Scientist, Administrator, University President --The son of a Methodist Minister, Henry Marshall Tory was born on January 11, 1864, on a farm close to Guysborough, Nova Scotia. His lifelong association with education began with primary public school education in his native province. The curriculum was informal and teachers taught to the interests of students who often attended to farming duties and personal pursuits before attending class. Tory's family moved to Guysborough near the end of his primary school years and there he took on a position as a clerk for three years in a dry goods store. His interest in education continued, and he soon enrolled in Guysborough Academy for a two-year teaching program. Upon completing the program, he spent two years teaching in local rural schools. During his teaching tenure, Tory met Sir William Dawson, the Principal of McGill University, who was visiting Nova Scotia on vacation. Dawson persuaded Tory to attend McGill University. At 22 years old, Tory enrolled at McGill in a program of honours mathematics and physics. He graduated in 1890 with honours and a gold medal. Tory retained an interest in religion and following McGill graduation he studied theology at Wesleyan College, Montreal. He received a Bachelor of Divinity and took a two-year preaching charge at a church in Montreal. He then returned to his studies of mathematics and physics becoming a lecturer in mathematics at McGill in 1893. He completed his Masters in Mathematics in 1896. Tory now became further involved with academic administration at McGill. To help set up the new Department of Physics he visited the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge University for two terms. The experience gained there gave him the background required to help the McGill Physics Department to set up labs and design courses. His title became Demonstrator of Physics and he continued to lecture in mathematics. He received his D.Sc. degree and he was promoted to Associate Professor of Mathematics in 1903. At the turn of the century Tory's career began to turn more towards administration. His official McGill title was Associate Professor of Mathematics but he was also de facto Assistant Dean. Under Dean Dr. Charles Moyse, McGill began a programme of branch colleges across Canada and Newfoundland. Tory was sent as an envoy to investigate the sites of local colleges. He was also empowered to negotiate the branch colleges' relationship with McGill. In this capacity Tory negotiated the McGill University College of British Columbia in 1906. Returning from the Coast in the Spring of 1906, Tory visited Alberta and discussed affiliation with Alberta College in Edmonton and Canada College in Calgary. During this trip A.C. Rutherford, newly annointed Premier of Alberta and self-appointed Minister of Education, first met Tory. The province was organized in a 1905 Act of Parliament and the new legislature's first meeting passed the University Act to establish and incorporate a university in the province. The following year subsequent legislation empowered the Lieutenant-Governor to appoint a President charged to work with the University Senate to organize and develop a public university. By the time Rutherford travelled east in 1907 in search of a president, he had already met with Tory and corresponded with him on issues of university governance. Tory left McGill in January 1908 to assume duties as the President of the University of Alberta. With government authority Tory arranged to begin classes in the autumn of 1908 in the Duggan Street public school (currently Queen Alexandra) in Strathcona. 1907 legislation purchased River Lot No.5, 258 acres of uncleared land on the South bank of the North Saskatchewan river. Planning and constuction of a physical site for higher learning would preoccupy Tory's twenty- year tenure. The University began with a single faculty, five professors and 32 students. By his departure from the University of Alberta in May, 1928 he had overseen the school grow to five faculties plus related offices, about 1,600 students, and eight modern, well-equipped buildings. Dr. Tory's most important legacy was the secular, democratic ethos he applied to the policies of the new institution a perspective formed under the influence of Reverend Sewell and his 19th Oxford public lectures. Tory's first presidential address to convocation in 1908 read in part: "The modern state university is a people's institution. The people demand that knowledge shall not be the concern of scholars alone. The uplifting of the whole people shall be its final goal." This perspective was manifested in the Department of Extension. Tory initiated the creation of the Extension Department, first mentioning the project in a presentation to the Senate in April 1912. The next month he chose A.E. Ottewell as director. Extension Services operated on Tory's mandate that the University belonged to the people of Alberta; its slogan was borrowed from the first University Extension programme, Reverend Sewell's 19th century Oxford project: "We cannot bring the masses requiring education to the University - may it not be possible to carry the university to them?" To relate the University's work to Alberta's villages and towns, Extension Services used travelling libraries, lectures, debates, projection slides and films to offer a wide spectrum of instruction. In 1933 the programme spawned the Banff School of Fine Arts, a training centre for Drama, Music and the Arts with an international reputation. Dr. Tory's final report to the University Senate emphasized the success of the Extension programme noting "we have our own broadcasting station" and predicted educational success in emerging communication technology. Tory's public education credo translated onto the international scene in the form of the Khaki University. Through his association with Lt. Colonel Gerald Birks, Supervisor of the YMCA Canadian Overseas forces, and on the strength of a 1916 study by Tory concerning the needs of decommissioned soldiers, Tory was commissioned in 1917 to recommend and plan a Canadian army educational system. The resulting Khaki University, with Tory as executive director, became a model for military services world wide. From 1917 to 1919 the Khaki College saw 650,000 men attend lectures, and enrolled 50,000 in classes. Thousands of returning soldiers enrolled in universities across Canada supported by the studies they accomplished during wartime. The Khaki University supported soldiers' morale, enabled the military to set up an educational infrastructure, and provided a venue to promote higher education to thousands of Canadians. On a national level, Tory's greatest impact came through the economic and industrial implications of his work with the National Research Council. Tory's interest in science, and his background in math and physics, inspired him to consistently promote administrative and institutional support for scientific research. Tory worked to establish the Industrial Laboratory at the University of Alberta in 1911. In 1919 the University of Alberta joined a national initiative to promote applied science in the University Scientific Assocition. While the need for practical scientific research was underscored by the experiences of World War One, the war also drained resources. Prmairly in response to such funding problems, the University Scientific Association merged into a provincial organization combining with the Committee on Industrial Research, a committee with government and university affiliations. In 1921, by Order-in-Council 30/21, the Alberta Legislature created The Scientific and Industrial Research Council of Alberta. Tory actively promoted this model to the point of establishing two research professorships at the University of Alberta. He also provided space for the Council at the University and the Research Council staff assumed the title of Industrial Research Department at the University of Alberta. The Scientific and Insustrial Research Council of Alberta was the first provincially funded, scientific research agency in Canada. The Council played a guiding role in applied research into Alberta's natural resources, including the extraction of bitumen from the oil sands of northern Alberta. In recognition of Tory's successful advocacy of applied science research in Alberta, the national Council for Scientific and Industrial Research elected him to this National Council in 1923. By October of the same year he was unanimously elected President. On June 1, 1928, Tory decided to leave the University of Alberta to take on the full-time position of active President of the National Research Council (NRC), heretofore a position of mostly honorary status. As NRC President, Tory oversaw the 1932 establishment of the National Research Laboratories. In 1935, Tory retired from his NRC presidency at the age of 71. Unable to remain inactive, Tory lead the volunteer committee that worked to open Carleton College in Ottawa in 1942. He then took on the position of unsalaried President and lecturer. He remained in these posts until his death in 1947. Title based on content of fonds.

Zoologist, Ornithologist, 1891-1957. Swiss-born ornithologist and naturalist William Rowan immigrated to Canada in 1919; in 1920 he became the first professor of the Department of Zoology, which he headed until his retirement in 1956. He pioneered research into avian migration patterns and studied the cyclical population fluctuations of birds and mammals through banding studies. Dr. Rowan was a strong proponent of wildlife conservation and active in fish and game associations. He was also an artist whose works were exhibited in Canada and England. His drawing of a whooping crane was selected for the design of a Canadian postage stamp.

Candas Jane Dorsey was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on November 16, 1952. She was educated at the University of Alberta where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work from the University of Calgary (Edmonton branch) and also a combined B.A. with distinction in English and Drama (1975). Candas subsequently earned a Master of Fine Arts from a British Columbia institution.

Candas worked as a social worker and child care worker in the 1970s and as of 1979, has primarily worked as a publisher, writer and editor in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, arts, poetry and journalism. Candas went on to edit and manage the monthly arts newspaper The Edmonton Bullet (1983-88) and in 1991, became a founding partner of Wooden Door and Associates, a professional communications company. The following year, Candas was founding member of The Books Collective, an independent trade publisher, which included roles as publisher and editor-in-chief of Tesseract Books (an imprint of The Books Collective) and River Books. Between 1990 and 1992, Candas held numerous Writer in Residences including with the Edmonton Public Library (1990), the St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Fort Saskatchewan Public Libraries (1991) and the Leighton Artists Colony (1992). She became an educator of professional writing programs and writing-related courses and workshops for Grant MacEwan College, University of Alberta Faculty of Extension and Metro Continuing Education, and a Sessional Instructor for MacEwan University’s Bachelor of Communication Studies program.

Candas’s range as a writer includes fiction and nonfiction, short and long form, as well as journalism and advocacy, television and theatre scripts, magazine and newspaper articles and technical writing and manuals. Her published works include Machine Sex: And Other Stories (1988), Black Wine (1996), Vanilla and Other Stories (2000), A Paradigm of Earth (2001) and has contributed to the Tesseracts anthology series. She has also worked on stories for young adults and children.

Candas has an active role in her community of Edmonton, serving as a community activist for non-profit organizations and community leagues, a civilian member of a Community/Police Liaison Committee for the Edmonton Police Service and in 2013, was a Ward Six Candidate for Edmonton City Council. In the literary field, Candas is past President of SF Canada (Canada’s National Association of Speculative Fiction Professionals), and former Vice-President (1992-93) and President (1993-94) of the Writers’ Guild of Alberta. Throughout her career, Candas has been invited to several conferences and speaking engagements, some internationally, to speak on speculative fiction and other topics.

Candas Jane Dorsey is the recipient of many honours and awards including a City of Edmonton Arts Award (1988), the Aurora Award from the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association (1989), the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award for Black Wine (1998), the Writers’ Guild of Alberta Howard O'Hagen Award for Short Fiction for Vanilla and Other Stories (2001), an Alberta Centennial Gold Medal (2005) and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta Golden Pen Award for lifetime achievement (2017). In 2018, she was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Hall of Fame.

First formed in 1917 as a school within the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Alberta's (U of A) dental program became an autonomous degree- granting school in 1923, and achieved faculty status in 1944. From the years 1944 to 1958, U of A had the only dental school in Western Canada.
The Faculty of Dentistry trained dentists and dental hygienists for employment in private and public health care centres, as well as providing graduate studies programs leading to a MSc or PhD, and facilities for research. Students were given instruction and work experience at the University of Alberta Hospitals and at the Faculty's community health clinics. Within the Faculty were four departments (Dental Health Care, Oral Biology, Restorative Dentistry and Stomatology), each of which administers additional divisions. In 1996, the Faculty of Dentistry became part of the Faculty of Medicine becoming the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry.

Directors of the School of Dentistry included: 1923-1942 Harry Ernest Bulyea; 1942-1944 William Scott Hamilton.
Deans of the Faculty of Dentistry included: 1944-1958 William Scott Hamilton; 1958-1970 Hector Robertson MacLean; 1970-1976 James McCutcheon; 1976-1978 Donald M. Collinson; 1978-1989 Gordon W. Thompson; 1989- Norman K. Wood; 1994 Dr. Henry Dick (Acting); 1995- Dr. G. Wayne Raborn (Acting).

Peter Lougheed was a former premier of Alberta (1971-1985) who was in charge of the Progressive Conservative government in the province during an era of significant development for Alberta in relation to the energy sectors and provincial contribution to the national scene. Peter Lougheed was born in Calgary on July 26, 1928, son of Edgar and Edna Lougheed and grandson of Sir James Alexander Lougheed. He was educated in Calgary public schools, was awarded a BA. and LLB. from the University of Alberta in 1951 and 1952 respectively, and an M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1954, Lougheed was elected leader of a moribund Progressive Conservative party in Alberta in 1965, and went on to win a seat in the legislature in 1967, and to become premier at the head of a new Progressive Conservative government in 1971. He was premier of the province through tumultuous years of boom and bust, the development of the energy industry, and federal-provincial conflicts. Lougheed retired from politics in 1985 after winning four successive election victories. After leaving politics, Lougheed was a partner and counsel with Bennett Jones law firm in Calgary; was active in international business pursuits, and much involved in national issues of trade and constitutional reform. Lougheed made his home in Calgary and was involved in various business pursuits, actively supporting various organizations, and speaking out on matters of public concern.

Lougheed had long suffered from a heart condition and in early September 2012, his health deteriorated and he was taken to hospital where he died of natural causes. His body lay in state from September 17-18, 2012 inside the main rotunda of the Alberta Legislature Building. The national and provincial flags were flown at half-mast throughout the province of Alberta. After lying in state, Lougheed's body travelled back to Calgary in a motorcade from Edmonton that followed a procession through the city, passing places of significance to Lougheed. A state memorial was held on September 21, 2012 at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary.

For a more complete biography see archivist's file.

Annora Brown was a Canadian visual artist whose work encompassed painting and graphic design. Born Mary Annora Brown in Fort Macleod, Alberta, in 1899, Annora Brown's father, Edmund Forster Brown was a member of the North- West Mounted Police who had ridden with Sam Steele and Kootenay Brown. Her mother, Elizabeth Ethel Cody, was one of Fort Macleod's first school teachers and was related to Buffalo Bill Cody.

Growing up in Fort Macleod, Annora Brown was introduced to art by her mother, who had been taught to paint by Florence Carlyle. Annora Brown later studied at the Ontario College of Art from 1925 to 1929. Two of her instructors were notable Group of Seven members Arthur Lismer and J.E.H. MacDonald. Following her instruction, Brown taught at the Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta from 1929 to 1931. She then returned to Fort Macleod to do field work in art and handicrafts for the University of Alberta Faculty of Extension. While in Fort Macleod, she continued to produce work in her studio and work as an illustrator and designer. She also became committed to introducing art schools into the region and expanding art education in Alberta in the 1930s and 1940s. She was an instructor at the Banff School of Fine Arts from 1945 to 1950.

Annora Brown worked in a variety of media including oil painting, watercolours, graphic design and print making. She is best known for her paintings of natural landscapes, wildflowers and Canadian First Nations communities. Brown was a member of the Alberta Society of Artists and Honorary Member of the Alberta Handicraft Guild. Her work is included in many public and private collections, and she has received national and provincial awards, prizes and honours.

In addition to her art, Annor Brown also published several books. Her first major publication, "Old Man's Garden" was published in 1954. Her subsequent books, "Flowers from Alberta" and "Sketches from Life" were published in 1974 and 1981 respectively.

Annora Brown lived in Fort Mcleod until 1965 when she decided to move to Sydney, British Columbia. She later relocated to Deep Cove, British Columbia where she remained until her death in 1987.

Austin Mardon was born in Edmonton, Alberta on June 25th, 1962. In his late teens he moved to Scotland where he attended Grenoble University. Mardon returned to Canada to attend the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta where he majored in geography. He received his degree in 1985 before going to graduate school for his MSc at South Dakota State University. In 1986-1987 he was a member of the Antarctic meteorite expedition for NASA and the National Science Foundation. He was awarded the Antarctica Service Medal for his work. Mardon also attended Texas A&M University for his Masters in Education, which he completed in 1990. In 1992 at the age of 30 Mardon was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Following his diagnoses he went on to complete his PhD in geography at Greenwich University in Australia.

Throughout his degrees Mardon published numerous articles and books. He was also elected an International Fellow and Corresponding Fellow of the Explores Club of New York and inducted into the international Academy of Astronautics.

Mardon has worked as a mental health advocate, writing and speaking on the topics of schizophrenia, homelessness, medication, and income support.

Mardon has been the recipient of many awards including the the Flag of Hope Award in 2011, the Bill Jefferies Family Award of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada in 2007, the Distinguished Alumni Award of the University of Lethbridge in 2002, the President's Award of the Alberta chapter of the Canadian Mental Health Association in 2007, and the Medal of Honour of the Alberta Medical Association in 2010. In 2007 Mardon was awarded the Order of Canada.

Mardon is currently an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre and in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Alberta (U of A). In 2019, he also began serving on the senate at the University of Lethbridge.

Mardon is married to Catherine Mardon.

William Elmer Adkins was born in Burnt River, Ontario on August 4, 1915. He attended public and high schools in Medicine Hat, Alberta where he graduated with honours and scholarships in 1933. He graduated with a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta in 1937. He completed post-graduate studies with Dr. E.H. Boomer from 1937-38. In 1938 he became the superintendent of the International Bitumen Company Ltd, a pioneer oil sands venture from R.C. Fitzsimmon. He was made responsible for the design and construction of the Bitumount oil sands extraction plant, 80 km north of Ft. McMurray. He oversaw the shipment of the first commercial tar sand from the plant in 1938: roofing asphalt sent to Gary, Indiana. From 1938 to 1941 Adkins worked with Born Engineering Co. of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He supervised or participated in the construction of Dubbs Thermal Cracking Units and other types of oil refinery units at Anglo-Canadian Oils in Brandon, Manitoba; Gas and Oil Products in Turner Valley, Alberta; Consumer Co-operative Refineries in Regina, Saskatchewan; and North Star Oil in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In this period he was appointed to direct Canadian operations for Born Engineering. In July 1941 Adkins joined Defence Industries Ltd., first as a maintenance engineer in Transcona, Manitoba and then as Resident Engineer in Nitro, Quebec. In 1945 he joined Oil Sands Ltd. of Edmonton, Alberta and the following year he was appointed superintendent of the Alberta Government Oil Sands Project, to build and operate a demonstration plant at Bitumount. This was the original International Bitumen Company Ltd. plant. The plant was closed in 1942 and Lloyd Champion purchased the site anc created Oil Sands Ltd.with the intention of supporting the government's plan to develop the Alaska Highway. Champion intended to sell tar sand to the project for use as a road surfacing agent and convince the provincial government to place a $500,000 investment in the project. By 1948 the government had taken over the project and it became known as the Alberta Government Oil Sands Demonstration Plant. Elmer remained plant superintendent for the project's 6-year life until it closed in 1951. During his tenure he initiated several effective labour initiatives that continue today. He brought in a 10 per cent isolation bonus, a policy widely adopted in other northern projects. He also brought the first snow mobiles to the area to help relieve a bit of the isolation. By 1949, the Demonstation Plant at Bitumont was processing dailly 450 tonnes of oil sand. To promote this success the entire provincial legislature was brought to the plant and Adkins oversaw the demonstration. In April 1950 Adkins started a consulting practice in association with Born Engineering. He continued a consultant to the Alberta Government Oil Sands Project. During this period he also completely remodeled and enlarged the Consumers Co-operative Refinery in Regina, Saskatchewan. In June 1951 Adkins joined Domtar Inc. as a project engineer on their ethelyne glycol plant in Montreal, Quebec. He was appointed Chief Engineer, Domtar Inc in 1953. He eventually became Domtar's Vice-President, Development, Research and Engineering before leaving the company for earlly retirement in 1967. In July of 1967 he became President of Champion Savings Corporation, and Champion Mutual Fund, he was previously a director in both companies. He He succeeded Lucien Maynard, Q.C. as President of Oil Sands Ltd. in 1967. He subsequently resumed a private consulting practice boasting such clients as Great Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., Czarnicow Ltd., Sugar Refiners and Brokers, and the Foundation Company of Canada. Betwwn 1969 and 1974 he worked on the liquidation and distribution of assets of Oil Sands Ltd. to shareholders and debenture holders of Oil Sands Ltd. and International Bitumen. Adkins spent his retirement in Victoria with his wife Evelyn. He passed away in 1985.

Dentist, 1904-1985. Dr. Ahrens was a graduate in dentistry from the University of Alberta (DDS, 1927) and Northwestern University (1940). He served in the Canadian Dental Corps and was an active member of the Canadian Dental Association and the Alberta Dental Association. He was active in visits to rural Alberta schools, teaching dental hygiene to children and their parents.

The Institute of Pedology, with headquarters at the University, was organized in 1968. The Institute consists of all pedologists in the Soil Science Department of the University, the Terrain Sciences Department of the Alberta Research Council and the Alberta Pedology Unit of the Land Resources Research Centre, Agriculture Canada. The Institute is involved in coordinating work in the following fields: soil survey in Alberta, research in pedology, interpretation of basic data on Alberta soils and assistance and/or cooperation from other institutions concerned with pedological data (Calendar, 1990/91). The Institute is directed by the Technical Coordinating Committee. The Chair of the Soil Science Department of the University is ex officio Chair of the Technical Coordinating Committee.

Known as the Institute of Law Research and Reform until 1990, the Alberta Law Reform Institute was established by an agreement between the provincial government, the Law Society of Alberta and the University of Alberta. Its principal objective is to promote law reform, particularly on the provincial level, and to conduct research in conjunction with its reform activities. Many of the Institute's reports have been or are in the process of being enacted for legislation. Staff periodically publish papers prompted directly or indirectly by law reform projects. Directors: 1968-1975 Wilbur Fee Bowker; 1975-1986 William H. Hurlburt; 1986-1988 R. Grant Hammond; 1988- Peter J.M. Lown.

The Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA) was initiated by Peter Lougheed’s government as a crown corporation in Alberta in 1974. Its purpose was to promote the use and development of technologies for oil sands and heavy crude oil. Funded by the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, AOSTRA had head offices in Edmonton and Calgary.
AOSTRA was originally formed in 1974 to promote new technologies for the oil sands. The mandate expanded in 1979 to include crude oil technologies as well. In 1986, the Alberta Department of Energy took over AOSTRA’s role. In 1994, AOSTRA merged with the Provincial Ministry of Energy;s Oil Sands and Research Division. In 2000, AOSTRA became Alberta Innovates--Energy and Environment Solutions in order to better represent an expanded role that included wind, solar, fuel cells, clean coal, and biomass energies. In 2001, the Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI) took over the responsibilities of the AOSTRA.
AOSTRA was led by a government-appointed board of up to nine members, all with experience in petroleum development and technology. This board was responsible for selecting projects that met the mandate of the organization. Costs of projects were shared with the energy industry and technologies resulting from projects were available to users at fair market value.
Additionally, AOSTRA supported research at universities and research institutions through grants for inventors, operation of a technical information system, and international cooperation in oil sands development.

The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) is the professional organization of teachers in Alberta. Its mission is to promote and advance public education, advocate for its members, and protect standards of professional practice. Their objectives are governed by the Teaching Profession Act, which was passed by the Alberta legislature in 1935. The association is divided into various geographic “locals”, which includes teachers employed by a school district or school divisions. Locals are grouped into larger geographic districts. Delegates from each local attend the Annual Representative Assembly in May, when the annual budget is approved, by-laws are revised, policy made, and programs for the next year are determined. Between annual meetings, business of the ATA is conducted by the Provincial Executive Committee, consisting of 20 elected persons. The ATA also has offices and staff in Edmonton and Calgary to conduct the day-to-day operations. Staff work in four program areas: Government and Administration, Member Services, Professional Development and Teacher Welfare.

The Alberta Teachers’ Alliance was established in 1917, at a meeting of the Alberta Educational Association. Its first annual meeting was held in spring 1918. The Alberta Educational Association was made up of concerned citizens wishing to promote education in the new province of Alberta, however, it was not equipped to address teachers’ working conditions, salaries, or professional concerns. Teachers were being drawn away from the profession to either enlist in the army due to the First World War, or to other professions that offered better salary and living conditions. Therefore, unqualified individuals were being authorized to teach due to the shortage. Short-term contracts were common, and teachers had no appeal against dismissal. At the inaugural 1918 annual meeting, resolutions were passed to advocate for improved working conditions, including a provincial salary scale, a better form of teaching contract, full citizenship rights for teachers, and a pension scheme. In addition, professional interests included drafting a code of ethics, publishing an ATA Magazine, and supporting a federation of all teachers’ organizations in Canada. The first president of the ATA was G. D. Misener, followed by T. E. A. Stanley in 1919 and H. C. Newland in 1920.

The first full-time paid general secretary-treasurer was hired in 1920. John Walker Barnett remained in this position until his retirement in 1946. Through his tireless efforts to raise the status of the teaching profession in Alberta, the “Alliance” became an “Association”, and was legally constituted under the 1935 Teaching Profession Act. The Act was amended shortly thereafter by William Aberhart’s Social Credit Party government to make it mandatory for all teachers at public and separate school boards to be members of the ATA as a condition of employment. Throughout the following decade significant legislation was enacted to strengthen Alberta’s teaching profession, including the School Act in 1936 that ensured teachers facing termination receive a hearing, the Teachers’ Superannuation Act in 1939, which was the first step towards a pension plan. In 1944 all teacher education was assigned to a university, which led to the eventual requirement for a bachelor’s degree as a minimum teaching qualification.The resulting demand for more schools and teachers as the post-war baby boomers started school led to an increasing modernization of education, as one-room school houses and correspondence centres closed and new schools were established. Throughout the 1950s, the ATA continued to improve salaries and retirement benefits, at times leading to labour disputes and legal disputes.

Over the years, attempts have been made by the Alberta government and Alberta School Trustees Association to weaken the bargaining power of the ATA through splitting the Association into separate professional and bargaining organizations. This happened during the late 1970s/early 1980s, the mid-1990s, and 2013. Under the Ralph Klein government, salary cuts to teachers throughout the 1990s took their toll, and led to striking in February 2002 by over 22,000 teachers - the largest labour action in ATA history.

The post-war reconstruction committee was established in 1943 by an act of the government of Alberta (Statutes of Alberta, Chapter 8). Its purpose was to study how the province could make the transition from wartime to a peacetime economy and re-absorb the population absent from the economy during World War II. The general committee was chaired by Nathan Eldon Tanner and (after September 1944) Alfred John Hooke, Members of the Legislative Assembly. Robert Newton President of the University of Alberta, was a Committee member and chair of the on Educational and Vocational Training. The Committee and its subcommittees issued their final reports in March 1945, and subsequently the Post-War Reconstruction Act was repealed and the Committee dissolved.

These schools trained elementary and secondary teachers for service in the Alberta school system. They included the Calgary Normal School (1906-1945), Camrose Normal School (1912-1938), and Edmonton Normal School (1920-1923, 1928-1933, 1935-1945). In 1945 the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta absorbed the normal school system of teacher training into the University's educational system.

Chemist, Administrator, 1924- . Dr. Willard Allen joined the staff of the Department of Chemistry in 1948. He served as president of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, 1969-1970. In 1971 he was appointed Associate Vice-President (Academic), to assist in the office's responsibility for faculties, schools, research institutes and ancillary services, as well as the research and Student Awards offices. Dr. Allen retired in 1984.

Bert Almon was born in Port Arthur, Texas in 1943 during a hurricane. He has lived a fairly quiet life since. He completed a B.A. at the University of Texas at El Paso in 1965 and a Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico in 1971 having written the first dissertation on the Beat poet, Gary Snyder. He came to Canada to teach at the University of Alberta in 1968 and has become a Canadian citizen. He is married to the poet Olga Costopoulos and has four children. He began writing poetry in 1967. He teaches creative writing, modern literature and autobiography. More than thirty of his poetry students have gone on to publish books. He won the Writers' Guild of Alberta Award for poetry in 1998 for Earth Prime (Brick Books). He has been a Hawthornden Fellow in Poetry and a finalist in the Blackwell's / Times Literary Supplement Poetry Competition. His critical works include a study of the Southern novelist, William Humphrey (University of North Texas Press), and a book on autobiographies, This Stubborn Self, (TCU Press, 2002).

The Alumni Association, formed in 1915, confers automatic lifetime membership, without fee, on every graduate of the University. It reviews programs, provides advice and support to the University and is represented on the Board of Governors and the Senate. A president is elected each year to head the Council; the President of the University is an honorary member, and the presidents of the Students' Union and the Graduate Students' Association are ex officio members of the Council. Branches of the Association have been formed throughout the world and their representatives also sit on the Council. Graduates from the professional schools (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Business, Nursing, Education, Forestry) can join special associations which promote the welfare of their Faculty under the aegis of the general Alumni Association. Elected secretaries kept the Association's records from 1915 to 1926. Geoffrey B. Taylor, Assistant Registrar, provided his unpaid services as Secretary from 1926 to 1946. A full-time paid position was established in that year. The purpose of the Alumni Affairs Office, headed by a Director, is to provide professional administrative management and support to the Association, and to oversee alumni involvement with the University. While it may be possible to distinguish between the activities of the Association and the Office, and between some of the papers of each, because the two are so intertwined and because the Office provides all of the administrative support necessary for the functioning of the Association, the Archives has combined the records in this description. Secretaries: 1946-1947 John Clemence Gordon Brown; 1947-1951 John William Evans Markle; 1951-1977 Alex Gilmour Markle

Teacher, 1890-1982. Ethel C. Anderson was one of seven women who enrolled at the University of Alberta when it first opened in 1908. They called themselves the SIS (Society of Independent Spinsters), which became the Wauneita Club in the following year. Miss Anderson was student head of the women's athletics program before she graduated in 1912 as a member of the University's first graduating class. She subsequently received her teaching certificate in Calgary and taught in Edson and Edmonton, where she retired in 1953.

Dr. Roland Frank Anderson was born in 1928 in London, England. He was the son of Frank William Anderson and Doris G. Anderson. At the age of 17 Anderson joined the Royal Navy. He later emigrated to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to take a job at a camera shop. Anderson soon enrolled at the University of British Columbia. He later completed his MA in English at the University of Wisconsin and his PhD at the University of Toronto.

Anderson was a professor in the Department of English at the University of Alberta (U of A) in Edmonton, Alberta. From 1976 to 1981 Anderson was the Chair of the Department of English at the U of A. Following his retirement, he moved to Missoula, Montana in 2011.

Anderson was married to his wife Linda (nee Woodbridge). Linda had two daughters, Dana and Gale, which Anderson helped raise from childhood. Anderson also had a son named Douglas. Anderson passed away on May 3, 2016.

Secretary, 1897-1978. As a student Frances Stubbs was active in University life, serving as a reporter for the Gateway and president of the Debating Club. She worked as a secretary for University Registrar Cecil E. Race before marrying Roy Baker in 1924. Her photograph collection offers a view of the campus during its first decade of existence.

James Barrington, a former Burmese Ambassador to the United States and Canada and delegate to the United Nations, died on Monday in a hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. He was 80 years old and lived in Edmonton.

Economist, 1926-1980. Dr. Milton Bauer joined the University staff in 1956. He taught in the Department of Economics, supervised graduate studies in money and finance, and researched Canadian monetary institutions with particular reference to the credit union movement.

Donald Grant Bellow was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 1956, he earned a BASc in mechanical engineering from the University of British Columbia. Bellow was the first graduate student in the University of Alberta’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, earning MSc (1960) and PhD (1963) degrees there.

Bellow became a member of the Faculty of Engineering at the UofA in 1963, serving as the Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1975-1984. His research focused on cold-climate engineering. In 1981, Bellow helped set up the first mechanical engineering co-op program in Western Canada, along with Peter Adams, Dean of Engineering. Bellow also helped design the Mechanical Engineering Building at the U of A.

Bellow later moved into administration at the university and was appointed Associate Vice-President, Facilities in 1989. In 1994, he became the Special Assistant to the Vice-President, Finance and Administration. In 1996, Bellow retired from the U of A and became a president emeritus. He continued to be involved with the university and was elected to the University Senate in 1998. He also served as the President of the Association of Professors Emeriti.

Bellow was involved with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA), serving as its president in 1985. He was awarded the L.C. Charlesworth Professional Service Award (1982) and an Honorary Life Membership (1986) from APEGA. Bellow was also named a fellow of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (1986), the Canadian Academy of Engineering (1992), and Engineers Canada (2009), and an honorary fellow of Geoscientists Canada (2013). Bellow helped start the Edmonton chapter of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering and the first Albertan student section of the American Society for Mechanical Engineering.

Dr. Thomas Blench recieved his BSc in Glasgow, Scotland and his DSc at the University of Alberta ( U of A), in Edmonton, Alberta. Blench became a professor at the U of A in 1948 in the Department of Civil Engineering. He became a Professor Emeritus at the U of A in 1971. Throughout his career be published several academic papers and articles.

Founded by Dorothy (Duff) Burt, the Blue Stocking club was a general discussion group for women at the University of Alberta. The emphasis of the group was on history and public affairs.

Charles S. Brant, Anthropologist, was born in Portland, Oregon in 1919. Brant obtained his B.A. from Reed College in 1941, M.A. from Yale University in 1943, and Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1951. Between 1943 and 1946, after he graduated from the Yale University, Brant served in the U.S. Army as part of the Medical Administration in India and China. He had also completed pre-doctoral research in the United States and Burma with the support of Wenner-Gren and Fulbright Awards at Cornell University.

Dr. Brant’s academic career started from teaching at University of Michigan (1947-1948), Colgate University (1951-1952), University of California (1952-1953), and Sarah Lawrence College (1954-1956). He was resident anthropologist at Albert Einstein College from 1956 to 1957. In 1957, Dr. Brant joined Portland State University as Assistant Professor. In 1961, he moved to Canada to join the University of Alberta as an Assistant Professor. He and Alan Bryan and Ruth Gruhn established the joint Department of Sociology and Anthropology in 1963 at the U of A. The Department of Anthropology was constituted as a separate entity when it became independent from the Department of Sociology on August 1st, 1966. Dr. Brant became the first Chair of the newly formed Department of Anthropology between 1966 and 1970. He had also directed the University’s Boreal Institute for Northern Studies from 1964 to 1967. Brant obtained his Canadian citizenship six years after joining the University of Alberta. In 1970, Dr. Brant left Alberta to join the faculty at Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University) as a Professor in Montreal. He retired there in 1982.

Dr. Brant’s research interests include North American Native peoples and cultures, social organization and change in India and China, Arctic regions and problems in developing countries. During his career, Dr. Brant did fieldwork in Burma, Greenland, and Canadian Arctic, and Native American communities in California and Oklahoma. He is best known for his work on the Kiowa Apache through his book Jim Whitewolf: The Life of a Kiowa Apache Indian, originally published in 1969.

After his retirement in 1982, Dr. Brant moved to Gabriola Island, British Columbia. Other than being an Anthropologist, Brant and his wife Jane were both photographers and peace and social justice activists. Dr. Brant died in 1991 at age 71 in Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Dr. Desmond Haldane Brown was born in 1930. He completed his B.A. at York University and his Ph.D. at the University of Alberta.

Brown was a professor in the Department of History and Classics at the U of A. Brown’s research, as well as his teaching, focused on the history of Canadian criminal justice. Throughout his career he authored various works on the history of criminal law both in Canada and Britain. Brown was a professor emeritus at the U of A.

Brown was also a consultant to the Treaty and Aboriginal Rights Research Centre of Nova Scotia, the Department of Justice, the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, and The Canadian Encyclopedia.

Brown passed away on December 18, 2018 at the age of 88.

Dr. Robert John (Bob) Buck was born in Vermillion, Alberta on July 5, 1926. He was raised in Edmonton, Alberta. During WWII, he served in the Canadian armed forces. The veteran’s credits enabled him to attend university education. Dr. Buck obtained his B.A. from the University of Alberta in 1949, a Master’s degree from the University of Kentucky, and a Ph.D. in Classical Studies from the University of Cincinnati, under the direction of Dr. Carl Blegen.

At the beginning of his career, Dr. Buck researched and taught at the University of Kentucky for five years. After that, he accepted the offer from the University of Alberta and joined the Department of Classics, where he later became the Head and the Chair. His book A History of Boeotia published in 1979 with the University of Alberta Press. He was also known as a very popular instructor in the university.

Dr. Buck and his wife of 57 years Helen have a son George and a daughter Zoë. He had a long struggle with motor neuron disease after his retirement from the U of A. He continued his research and enjoyed symphony, opera, ballet, and ballroom dancing until his condition deteriorated, he moved to the Grandview Continuing Care Centre. Dr. Buck died on September 21, 2012 at the age of 86.

Chester S. Bumbarger was born on February 4,1926 in Albion, Iowa. His first five years were spent in California before his family relocated to Oregon, where Bumburger at the age of 16 graduated high school. Bumbarger attended George Fox College in Newberg, Oregon. In 1944 he joined the Army Air Force and received an honorable discharge. Following his time in the military he attended Oregon College of Education and completed a three-year degree program. Bumburger taught for a few years before completing his B.Sc. degree. He received his master’s degree from the University of Oregon.

Throughout his years surrounding this post secondary education he taught at various schools in Oregon including two years as principal at Brookings Grade School, Oregon. Bumbarger then began to work for the Oregon State Department of Education as the Director of Schoolhouse Planning helping to select locations for community colleges in Oregon. During his work with the State of Oregon he was sent to Little Rock, Arkansas to assist with desegregating the schools. He completed his Ph.D. in Education at the University of Oregon in 1966.

Bumbarger moved to Edmonton, Alberta in 1967 to work as a professor of Educational Administration at the University of Alberta (U of A). Before his retirement, he was chairman of the Department of Educational Administration for six years. Following his retirement Bumbarger moved back to Oregon.

Bumbarger was married to Evangeline Marx, who he met when attending George Fox College. They had four children Dee, David, Jan, and Judy. Bumbarger passed away on May 31, 2006 at the age of 80 from Parkinson’s Disease in Salam.

Alfred Leroy Burt was born in Listowel, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1910 and studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Burt joined the University of Alberta Department of History in 1913, serving as its head in 1922-1930. He left for the University of Minnesota in 1930, teaching there until his retirement in 1957. After his retirement, he was a visiting professor at University of Chicago and the University of Manitoba.

Burt was awarded the J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal in 1946 and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He was also the president of the Canadian Historical Association. Burt published several books about Canadian history.

Engineer, 1910- . Mr. Campbell received his BSc in Mining Engineering in 1934. His collection of memorabilia illustrates student life in the 1930s.

Administrator, 1919- . Dr. Campbell was Director of the Department of Extension from 1956 to 1974. Retired in 1984, he continues his research in adult and continuing education.

Campus Security is charged with the protection and security of University personnel, property and equipment, and has assumed responsibility for parking services at certain times during its history. As early as 1912 a watchman was employed, and this position was maintained until at least 1952. After that time it appears that maintenance personnel in various buildings served as ad hoc watchmen and a City Police officer was assigned to the campus. During the mid-1960s a Campus Patrol existed under the purview of Physical Plant. In 1969 this group was replaced by the Campus Security Force, reporting to the Vice-President (Finance and Administration). The word 'Force' was deleted from the name in 1977 when a major reorganization of security procedures occurred (PACCR, 1982). Directors: 1968-[1976] Charles A. Breakey; 1977-1985 W.F. Gordon Perry; 1985- Douglas M.J. Langevin.

The Canadian Officers' Training Corps (COTC) trained university undergraduates for officer commissions in the Canadian Army reserves. In peacetime, the University of Alberta Contingent offered students military training and a vehicle for fulfilling the University's physical education requirements. It experienced its highest enrollment, however, during the two World Wars. In 1916 it sent a company to the 196th Western Universities (Overseas) Battalion under Commanding Officer H.J. MacLeod, in addition to contributing to other combat and medical units. During World War II the Contingent provided 1200 personnel to active service, 600 on commissions. The COTC was eventually subsumed by the Regular Officersþ Training Program as part of the reorganization of the Canadian Armed Forces.

In 1959, the Canadian University Teachers of Home Economics/ Professeurs d'Economie Familiale des Universités Canadienne (CUTHE/PEFUC) was organized at a Learned Societies meeting in Saskatoon. It was founded for the purpose of bringing together Home Economics Faculty Members to hear and discuss scholarly papers and to study matters of common concern. In 1977 CUTHE affiliated with the Social Science Federation of Canada in order to become more active in the academic community and in 1982 was formally linked with the Canadian Home Economics Association. In 1985, in attempt to broaden its mandate CUTHE changed its name to the Canadian Association for Research in Home Economics/ Association Canadienne pour la Recherche in Economie Familiale (CARHE/ ACREF) and allowed graduate student members. CARHE holds an annual conference affiliated with the Learned Societies, publishes conference proceedings, publishes a newsletter twice yearly, and funds graduate research in home economics. In 1990, CARHE had 127 members.

Brigham Young Card, born in Cardston, Alberta to a prominant Morman family, received his BSc (1942) and BEd (1947) from the University of Alberta, and his PhD from Stanford University (1959). He began his teaching career at the University of Alberta in 1945 and joined the Faculty of Education in 1950. In 1967, he became a full professor in the field of Sociology of Education. Dr Card retired from the University in 1979, and was appointed Professor Emeritus in 1981. From 1981-1984, B.Y. Card taught at Red Deer College, and in 1984 was awarded the Sir Frederick Haultain prize in social sciences for introducing and developing educational sociology in Alberta. His major research interests included: community development, Indian and Metis culture, and the sociology of Mormonism. The Cards retired to Lethbridge, and Dr. Card passed away there ca. 2004. B.Y. Card was born in Cardston, Alberta on March 11, 1914. He is the great-grandson of the prominent Mormon leader, Brigham Young, and the grandson of Charles Ora Card, who led a group of Mormon settlers from Utah to Southern Alberta to settle in the area later named Cardston in honour of the Card family. B.Y. Card studied science at the University of Utah and the University of Alberta, and served as a Mormon missionary to French-speaking Switzerland from 1938-1940. B.Y. Card enlisted with the Canadian Army from 1942-1945, working on assignment as a research physicist in Special Services at the Suffield Army Experimental Station in Alberta. In 1945, Card enrolled in a PhD program at Stanford University in California studying educational sociology. His thesis was completed in 1959 with a dissertation entitled American Educational Sociology from 1890-1950 - A Sociological Analysis. He began lecturing at the University of Alberta in 1950, teaching the only sociology course offered at the University. His research focused primarily on social change in Western Canadian communities, and with comparative sociology of education. While at the University of Alberta, he helped organize the Campus Cooperative Residence, the LDS Club, the Department of Educational Foundations, Intercultural Education, Community Development, and Community Education. After a long and active research and teaching career with the University of Alberta, B.Y. Card retired as Professor Emeritus of the Department of Educational Foundations in1979. He was an adjunct professor at Brigham Young University from 1980-1981, and taught at Red Deer College from 1981-1984. In 1984, he was awarded the Sir Frederick Haultain Prize in social sciences for introducing and developing the field of educational sociology in Alberta. B.Y. Card is retired and living in Lethbridge, Alberta where he continues his research and writing activities

John Constantine Charyk was born at Glenbow, Alberta in 1908. He received his early education at Lake Louise, Canmore, and Calgary East High School. Upon graduation from Calgary Normal School in 1928, Mr. Charyk took up a teaching post at Bryant School, a one-room rural school north of Bindloss, Alberta. He also taught at Delia and Chinook before moving to Hanna in 1954, where he served as Principal of the Hanna
High School until his retirement in 1973. Charyk's teaching career was interrupted only by WWII, during which he served as a Flying Officer in the RCAF, stationed in England.

Earning a B.Sc. (1938), B.Ed. (1942), and M.Ed. (1949) from the University of Alberta, John Charyk had a distinguished career as an educator. He received numerous awards in recognition of his achievements and contributions to education, including a life membership in the Alberta Teachers' Federation. In 1971 he was made a Fellow of the Canadian College of Teachers, and in 1981 the citizens of Hanna renamed the high school the "J.C. Charyk Hanna High School" in his honour.

Charyk is probably most widely recognized as the author of six books concerning the history of rural education. All published by Western Producer Prairie Books, these are: "The Little White Schoolhouse", 1968, The Little White Schoolhouse Series, Vol.1; "Pulse of the Community", 1970, The Little White Schoolhouse Series, Vol.2; "Those Bittersweet School Days", 1977, The Little White Schoolhouse Series, Vol. 3; "Syrup Pails and Gopher Tails", 1983; "The Biggest Day of the Year", 1985; "When the School House was King", 1988.

His first book received the Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History, and Syrup Pails and Gopher Tails became a Canadian best-seller.

John Charyk and his work have also been featured on many radio and television programs. During 1974-75 he had a radio program on CJDV Drumheller, giving daily fiveminute talks describing life on the prairies in the early days. His tape recordings of "Sounds of a Prairie Town" were used by CFAC Calgary and CBC radio. In addition Mr. Charyk maintained a busy schedule as a historical researcher and lecturer, sharing his
knowledge and his collection of slides with school children and community groups.

Mr. Charyk died on February 8, 1996, at the age of 87 years.

The City of Calgary Archives was founded in 1981 in order to preserve and provide access to municipal government records and information about the City of Calgary, Alberta. The archive’s collection mandate includes records created by the City of Calgary and records related to events, parks, planning, property assessments, and transportation in Calgary. They hold records from City Council and other committees as well as records from past mayors. They also hold records used for building history and land use research. They are located in the Calgary Municipal Building.

CKUA Radio was established by the University under the Department of Extension in 1927, to provide educational and non- commercial radio broadcasting to the people of Alberta. In 1945 it was sold to Alberta Government Telephones, and in 1974 it became part of the Alberta Educational Communications Corporation (ACCESS). The University has continued its close association with CKUA.

The Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) was formed in 1967, originally called the Council of Western Canadian University Librarians. It was incorporated as a non-profit society in 2000. The purpose of COPPUL is: “Working together, COPPUL members leverage our collective expertise, resources, and influence, increasing capacity and infrastructure, to enhance learning, teaching, student experiences, and research at our institutions.” (https://coppul.ca/about-us, accessed December 21, 2021.) Membership consists of university libraries from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. In addition to networking and training, COPPUL also negotiates pricing and favourable terms on licensed library resources for member libraries.

In 1966, the premiers of the Western Canadian provinces insisted on the establishment of the Inter-Provincial Committee on University Rationalization (IPCUR) to study and make recommendations to provincial governments on how universities could coordinate resources. The growth and costs of university libraries was identified early on as an opportunity for academic cooperation, and so the Council of Western Canadian University Librarians (COWCUL) was formed. In 1971 libraries from British Columbia left COWCUL and formed their own cooperative group called TRIUL, and COWCUL became known as the Council of Prairie University Libraries (COPUL). However, in 1989 a joint meeting of TRIUL and COPUL reaffirmed the value of cooperation between the two groups, and BC university libraries rejoined COPUL to make the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries. In 1992 the first Executive Director was hired. Hazel Fry was Executive Director from 1992-2001, Alexander (Sandy) Slade from 2001-2011; Gwen Bird from 2011-2014; Andrew Waller from 2014 to 2016; Kristina McDavid from 2016 - 2019; Vivian Stieda from 2019 - present. The increasing need to sign licenses for electronic resources on behalf of the consortia of libraries led COPPUL to incorporate under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act in 2000.

Full Membership in COPPUL is open to libraries of Western Canadian universities accredited by Universities Canada, and entitles libraries to full participation in all COPPUL programs, meetings and eligibility for election to the Board. Affiliate membership is open to any non-profit Canadian college or university, and gives them access to COPPUL licenses for electronic resources only. In addition to training and resource licenses, COPPUL also recognizes exemplary contributions to the consortium through the COPPUL Outstanding Contribution Award. Programs include the COPPUL Digital Stewardship Network, Shared Print Archive Network, Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement, and COPPUL/OCUL/CAUL-CBUA/BCI Resource Sharing Agreement.

Forester, 1910-1986. Des Crossley graduated from the Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, in 1935, and received his MSc from the University of Minnesota in 1940. He served as a tree planting supervisor in Saskatchewan, 1935-1940; in the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1940-1945; as a Forest Research Officer, 1945- 1955; and as chief forester for North Western Pulp and Power, Ltd., 1955-1975. Mr. Crossley was an active member of the Canadian Institute of Forestry as well as other professional associations. His area of expertise centred on silviculture and forest management.

Teacher, Author, 1898-1981. Scottish-born William Towrie Cutt graduated from the University with BEd and MA degrees. Besides working in Alberta as a teacher from 1928 to 1963, he was an author of books for young people. His titles include On the Trail of Long Tom (1970), Seven for the Sea (1972), and Faraway World (1977).

Writer, Actor, Director, Teacher. James (Jim) DeFelice was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on 6 January, 1937. DeFelice studied at Northeastern University, Boston University, Tufts University and the University of Indiana.
DeFelice wrote for both theatre and cinema while located in Alberta. His work has won him many awards and accolades, including the 1977 film Why Shoot the Teacher which won a Canadian Screen Award for best screenplay in 1978.
He also acted in many Alberta based theatres and events including, Shadow Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, the Citadel Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, and the Edmonton Fringe. DeFelice also acted at the Theatre Network and since 2018 he has been a guest member of the improv group Coyote Comedy.
DeFelice directed 62 plays, including 40 at the University of Alberta, where he taught in the Department of Drama for 33 years. DeFelice retired from the University of Alberta in 2002. He also took part in 21 productions at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival.
In 1995, he won Sterling Awards lifetime achievement award. He also became a member of the Edmonton Cultural Hall of Fame with his partner, Gail and two daughters Amy and Gwen.

Formerly the Department of Industrial Arts and Vocational Education, the purpose of this department is to prepare vocational teachers for secondary schools and to train facilitators in education of adults, for responsibilities in school or non-school settings. Heads: 1962-1968 Henry Richard Ziel; 1968-1969 Harold Duane Tichenor (Acting). Chairs: 1969-1970 Henry Richard Ziel; 1970- 1975 James Emmett Gallagher; 1975-1980 Karel Puffer; 1980-1986 Harold Duane Tichenor; 1986-1987 Abram G. Konrad; [1987]- Abram G. Konrad.

The Department of Anatomy originated with the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine, initially teaching all aspects of anatomy to undergraduate medical students, then particitpating in post-graduate medical education, and gradually accepting responsibility for teaching in other faculties, mainly in a service role. In 1986, the Department's name was changed to the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology to reflect changes in the teadching and scientific programs, and to indicate its objective to increase research in the field of cell biology.

Heads: 1914-1938 Daniel Graisberry Revell; 1938-1959 Ralph Faust Shaner; 1959-1962 Herbert Edward Rawlinson; 1962-1963 Walter Raymond 'Ray' Salt (Acting); 1963-1969 Thomas S. Leeson. Chairs: 1969-1983 Thomas S. Leeson; 1984-1987 Kenneth David McFadden; 1987- Richard A. Murphy.

The Department of Animal Science was formed in May 1942 through the amalgamation of three former departments in the Faculty of Agriculture: Animal Husbandry (founded 1915), Veterinary Science (1918) and Poultry Husbandry (1928). The department offered coursework in animal physiology, genetics, biochemistry, nutrition and related topics necessary to teach students to solve problems in animal production. Besides preparing undergraduates with career-related training, the Department offered graduate work leading to MSc or PhD degrees. In 1994, The department merged with the departments of Food Science and Plant Science to form the Department of Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science.

Heads: 1942-1947 John Percy Sackville; 1947-1950 Robert David Sinclair; 1950-1969 Laird Ward McElroy.

Chairs: 1969-1972 Laird Ward McElroy; 1972-1977 Larry Patrick Milligan; 1977-1982 Roy Torgny Berg; 1982-1987 Robert Toombs Hardin; 1987-[199-?] Michael A. 'Mick' Price.

The subject of botany was taught through the Department of Biology from 1912 until 1921 when its own department was established. Its facilities included a herbaria, a phytotron, and access to the Devonian Botanic Gardens. One of the Department's extensive research programs was a five-year study of the ecosystem of Devon Island, Northwest Territories, in conjunction with the International Biological Programme's Tundra Biome Project.

In 1994, the Departments of Botany, Entomology, Genetics, Microbiology and Zoology merged to form the Department of Biological Sciences.

Heads: 1912-1939 Francis John Lewis; 1939-1957 Ezra Henry Moss; 1957-1966 Harold Johnston Brodie; 1966-1969 Wilson H. Stewart.

Chairs: 1969-1971 Wilson N. Stewart; 1971-1979 Paul R. Gorham; 1976-1977 Wilson N. Stewart; 1979-1984 David D. Cass; 1984-1992 Keith E. Denford; 1992-1994 Mark R.T. Dale.

The University of Alberta Department of Civil and Municipal Engineering was founded in 1909 and the first class graduated in 1913. The first degree in petroleum engineering was awarded in 1950, after the discovery of oil near Leduc. In 1959, the name of the department changed to the Department of Civil Engineering. The department awarded its first PhD in 1963. A BSc in Environmental Engineering was introduced in 1995, and in 1996, when the Faculty of Engineering was reorganized, the department was renamed the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The department includes the School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, which offers graduate degrees.

The department’s objectives are to establish excellence in its staff and in undergraduate teaching; to maintain a graduate program that allows for specialization in one field while enhancing research abilities and professional development; and to advance the profession through research and technology transfer (PACCR, 1987).

Professors: 1908-1918 William Muir Edwards; 1919-1920 Robert Starr Leigh Wilson.

Heads: 1920-1946 Robert Starr Leigh Wilson; 1946-1959 Robert Macdonald Hardy; 1959-[1969] Stewart Ronald Sinclair.

Chairs: [1969]-1973 Stewart Ronald Sinclair; 1973- 1976 Geoffrey L. Kulak; 1976-1979 Jack Longworth; 1979-1982 Jacobus P. Verschuren; 1982-1987 David W. Murray; 1987- James G. MacGregor.

The Department of Comparative Literature in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta was established in 1969 under the directorship of Dr. Milan Dimic. Courses in comparative literature had been offered at the U of A since 1923, however, a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature was not offered until the 1970-71 school year. This BA was designed to give students a basic knowledge of international literary studies, as well as a working knowledge of at least one other language than their native English or French. Graduate programs in Comparative Literature were also available, and before the formation of the Department of Comparative Literature, a Masters or PhD in Comparative Literature was administered by an interdepartmental committee.

In the 1990s, the department underwent a number of mergers, changing to become the Department of Comparative Literature and Film Studies, and then absorbing another department to become the Department of Comparative Literature, Film and Media Studies, and Religious Studies. These three subjects were grouped together because they all shared interests in global literature and media.

The Department's goals are to provide graduate programs and contribute to the teacher education program in the Faculty of Education while conducting research and offering professional services to educators and educational institutions. Included in its mandate is assisting other countries with developing their educational administrative systems (PACCR, 1983). Heads: 1956-1967 Arthur Weir Reeves; 1967-1968 Frederick Enns (Acting); 1968-1969 Gordon L. Mowat. Chairs: 1969-1973 Gordon L. Mowat; 1973-1977 Erwin Miklos; 1977-1982 John E. Seger; 1982- 1990 Chester S. Bumbarger; [1989-1990] Walter Holmes Worth; 1990- Eugene William Ratsoy.

The Department of Educational Psychology focuses its teaching and research on three areas: counselling and school psychology, special education (e.g. handicapped and gifted students), and basic educational psychology. Although it contributes to teacher training on the undergraduate level, it has increasingly directed its resources towards its graduate program. Among the sevices it has provided are the Education Clinic, Education Research Services, Test Library, and the Developmental Disabilities Centre. Heads: 1950-1966 George Murray Dunlop; 1966-1969 Bernard R. Corman. Chairs: 1969-1972 Bernard R. Corman; 1972-1978 Wilfred H.O. Schmidt; 1974-1975 Juanita Chambers (Acting); 1978-1988 Harvey Zingle; 1988- Eugene William Romaniuk.