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Mackey, George T.
NA

George T. Mackey graduated with a B.A. from Bishop's University in 1937.

1896-1966

Diplomat and educator, Terence William Leighton MacDermot was born in Jamaica 1896; Rhodes Scholar (Oxford, M.A., B.A.); 1944 joined Department of External Affairs; 1946 with the United Nations, Special Organizational duties; 1950-1954 Canadian High Commissioner to South Africa; 1954-1957 Ambassador to Greece and Israel; High Commissioner to Australia until 1961; 1961 joined the staff of Bishop's University as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science; died in Sherbrooke, 1966.

Anderson, Allan James
Person · 1907-1990

Allan James Anderson was born in Brockville, Ontario in 1907. He attended Bishop's University and was granted his B.A. (in Theology) in 1932. He then moved to the Diocese of Ontario where he was ordained as Deacon in the same year, and then as priest in 1933. Except for a wartime stint in the army's Chaplaincy Service, he served the whole of his career in this Diocese as Curate of St. George's Cathedral, as parish priest, as prison chaplain and as secretary of Synod. He was made an Archdeacon in 1969. In 1970 he took a short leave to study archival work at Carleton University's summer school. He then spent considerable time organizing and cataloguing the Diocesan collection. He died in Kingston in 1990.

Argue, Douglas
Person

Douglas Argue graduated from Bishop's University in 1929.

Banks, Margaret Amelia
Person · 1928-2010

Dr. Margaret Banks received a B.A. (Honours History) from Bishop's University in 1949. She was also that year's recipient of the Lieutenant Governor's Medal for History and the Governor General's Medal for Highest Standing in the Graduating Year. She went on to earn an M.A. and a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, and she spent most of her career as Law Librarian at The University of Western Ontario. Margaret Banks died on 29 April 2010. Her will stipulated that the two medals she earned at Bishop's were to be given back to Bishop's. She was the first woman to receive the GG medal for highest standing in the academic year. Also left to Bishop's, a scrapbook compiled by Margaret's father, Thomas Banks,
containing photographs, newspaper clippings, and personal mementos of Margaret's three years at Bishop's (1946/47 - 1948/49).

Brown, Howard
Person · 1920-2001

Howard Fuller Brown was born 24 July 1920 in Arkona, Ontario. He was a Canadian pianist, harpsichordist, and music educator. He was active as a concert pianist and recitalist in Atlantic Canada during the mid-twentieth century, appearing as a soloist with many important Canadian symphony orchestras. He also performed on numerous broadcasts with CBC Radio. A graduate of The Royal Conservatory of Music in 1939, the University of Toronto in 1943 and B. Mus. in 1946, and the University of Michigan in 1954, Brown studied under such teachers as Harry Dean, Lubka Kolessa, Boris Roubakine, Leo Smith, Arnold Walter, and Healey Willan. He later studied in England in 1957 through a grant from the Royal Society of Canada with harpsichordist Valda Aveling and pianist Harold Craxton. Brown served as the chair of the piano faculty at both Maritime Conservatory of Music (1949-1950) and Mount Allison University (1950-1953) before becoming the head of the music department at the latter university from 1953-1967. He was then head of the music department at Bishop's University from 1967 to 1983, and where he was made a professor emeritus upon his retirement in 1984. He received a D.C.L. honourary degree also from Bishop's in 2001 and passed away in the same year.

Burns, Robin B.
Person

Robin B. Burns was Professor of History at Bishop's from 1976 to 1997. Prior to coming to Bishop's he taught for 30 years at Sir George Williams University focussing on Canadian, Irish-Canadian, AngloQuebec and Eastern Townships history. A scholar and a researcher, Robin Burns was one of Canada's foremost experts on the life of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, the subject of his doctoral thesis. At Bishop's he was the founder of the Eastern Townships Research Centre, and was also a supporter of local historical societies throughout Quebec and gave many lectures and presentations. He died in 1998 in his 54th year.

Person · 1910-2000

William Douglas McLaren Christie (1910-2000) was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. He graduated from Bishop's University in 1934. He was ordained deacon in 1935 by Phillip Carrington and was subsequently appointed to the mission of Bury, Quebec; ordained priest 1936; other missions included Montague and Franktown, Vankleek; Rector to St. Paul's Renfrew, 1943-1946; Rector All Saints Westboro 1946-1958; Rural Dean of Ottawa 1952-1958; Rector Trinity Church, Cornwall, and Archdeacon of Cornwall 1958-1967; Diocesan Archdeacon and Director of Programs, Diocese of Ottawa, 1967-1972; appointed to Saint Bartholomew's Church, New Edinburgh 1972; retired June 1979. He was the Vice-Chairman of the Plenary Committee of Camp Pontiac 1947-1956 and Chairman from 1956-1961; Director of Boys Camps for approximately 10 years; member of the Diocesan Executive Committee, delegate Provincial and General Synods from the Diocese of Ottawa and a member of the Executive Council of General Synod; Chaplain of the Governor General's Footguards, 5th Canadian Guards 1947-1958 and lifetime member of and Chaplain of the Governor General's Footguards; Chaplain of Government House 1967-1980.

Davies, Sidney J.
Person

Sidney J. Davies graduated from Bishop's University, Faculty of Divinity, in 1938

Desmarais, John
Person

John Desmarais graduated with a B.A. from Bishop's University in 1958

Fish, Nathan A.
Person · d.1926

Nathan A. Fish graduated from Bishop's University in 1919. After graduating in Arts at Bishop's, Mr. Fish entered the department of pharmacy at McGill, where he proved to be a brilliant scholar, especially in research, in which work he was engaged when he died. He was the founder and first president of the McGill Pharmaceutical Society and was a charter member of several fraternities. He died in Montreal on October 28, 1926. (Source, The Mitre, 1926).

Farnsworth, Esther
Person · 1901-2003

Esther Farnsworth graduated from Bishop's University in 1922. Born in the Eastern Townships, Esther taught in Richmond, Noranda, Knowlton and Cookshire, where she was principal of the high school there from 1942-48. Esther worked close to 30 years as a teacher and principal. Esther's principal activity was reading, and was very interested in history. She was an avid traveller and visited many countries during her life. Esther Farnsworth celebrated her 100th birthday on 6 February 2001 in the Wales Home in Richmond, Quebec, and passed away in 2003.

Hall, C. Wayne
Person

Dr. C. Wayne Hall was born in Lennoxville in 1910. He graduated from Bishop's University in 1931. He served as the first Dean of Education at McGill University after a career as a one-room school inspector. He authored numerous publications and textbooks and worked with the education sector in the newly liberated Nigeria in 1960-61. He returned to the Eastern Townships in the mid 1970's and received a DCL from Bishop's in 1978.

Hayden, Robert S.
Person

Jean McLachlan Hayden and Robert S. Hayden both graduated from Bishop's University in 1951. Ralph Henry Hayden graduated from Bishop's in 1910 and was the father of Robert S. Hayden.

Ingalls, Ross Baxter
Person · 1914-2006

Ross Baxter Ingalls was born in Danville in 1914, son of Mr. and Mrs. K.S. Ingalls and received his early education at Brantford Ontario. He attended Bishop's University, Lennoxville QC, but did not complete his degree due to his involvement in the war, joining the RCAF in 1940. On 15 March 1941, he graduated as a navigator, from No. 1 Air Navigation School at Rivers, Manitoba. He then proceeded overseas and after receiving additional training was then posted to No. 142 Squadron, Bomber Command, as a navigator. He received a Distinguished Flying Cross, August 11, 1942, and was decorated by H.M. the King, in February 1943. Ingalls remained in the RCAF after WW 2 and held a series of senior positions, rising to the rank of Group Captain before retiring in 1964. He had a younger brother, Flight Lieutenant Bruce J. Ingalls DFC, a pilot, who was killed in action over Italy, in 1944. Ross Baxter Ingalls DSO, DFC, CD Group Capt. (Retired) WWII RCAF Navigator died on October 29, 2006 at the Perley Rideau Veterans' Health Clinic, age 92. (http://www.canadaveteranshallofvalour.com/IngallsRB.htm)

Jackson, Michael J.B.
Person

Michael J. B. Jackson (Ph. D., University of Toronto) lives in Montreal, Quebec, and Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author and coauthor of numerous publications, including Educational Reform: A Deweyan Approach; and The Teacher as Philosopher. He was a professor and served as Chair of the Graduate School of Education at Bishop’s University, 1988-1993, and Head of the Department of Educational Foundations at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he assisted student teachers and interns as they prepared for their first teaching appointments. In addition, he has taught at several other universities, including Concordia, Queens, Mount St. Vincent, and British Columbia.

Oscar (Bud) de Sévigné
Person · 1917-1998

Born in Sherbrooke in 1917, Bud Sévigné was educated in Toronto and Montreal where his pianistic ability earned him the Dominion College of Music's Advanced Senior Diploma. After graduation from Bishop's in 1937, where frequently gave recitals and played for a variety of events, he taught at Verdun High School and gave private piano lessons. After graduation, he taught at Verdun High School for three years and then began an impressive 40-year career, based in Thetford Mines, in the steel industry where he worked his way to the top as President of the Lynmac Companies. In 1974 he received the steel foundry 's highest award, the SCIC award of merit for outstanding service to his profession. His devotion to the piano led to three appearances in the 1950's as piano soloist with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra. To his music and his special projects, such as the Bishop's Rhapsody, a composition he composed in tribute to his alma mater, he brought the same qualities that sustained his illustrious career. Bud was also proud of his association with the Wales Home where he was formerly President of the Board of Directors. One of Bud's proudest moments cameduring Bishop's 150th anniversary celebrations (1993-1994) when he was awarded the Sesquicentennial Service Award for service and dedication to his alma mater. Bud Sévigné passed away in 1998.

Coulter, Bruce
Person · 1927-2018

Bruce Coulter became Bishop’s first Director of Athletics when he joined the University in 1962. At the same time he coached the Gaiters football team and was deemed by many as the most innovative coach at any level in Canada. When he retired he was the CIAU’s most successful coach with 137 wins, 80 losses and 2 ties. Bruce was inducted into the Bishop’s University’s Wall of Distinction in 1992, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Sherbrooke Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. Each year at the Vanier Cup the Bruce Coulter Trophy is awarded to one of the two outstanding players of the championship game. Prior to Bishop’s, Bruce had a distinguished 10-year playing career in the CFL with the Montreal Alouettes. He helped them win their first Grey Cup in 1949. He started his coaching career at McGill before he came to Bishop’s, winning a championship in 1960. The current-day Gaiters play on Coulter Field; the stadium was re-named in his honour in 1991. Upon hearing of Bruce Coulter's passing, friend and graduate Rick Southam, capturing the sentiments of the entire Bishop’s community wrote, “Bishop’s and the Townships lured Bruce to Lennoxville because somehow he knew it was exactly the right place and he was exactly the right person to be there to teach and nurture generations of young men and women and reveal to them what it meant to be a good person and a real friend (and teammate); That sports are not the be all and end all; merely a means to equip us with the tools necessary to successfully navigate life and with a desire to assist others who may not have been so fortunate to fall within the sphere of such an extraordinary individual. And he did it all with such a self-effacing ease that many were blithely unaware of his influence. If anyone deserves to rest in peace it is our friend Bruce. Michael Goldbloom, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Bishop's University, underlined that "Bruce was a builder of people and of our University. We are grateful to have had him as a member of the Bishop’s community. May his life be an inspiration and may his memory be a blessing to all who knew him."

Gallop, John
Canada · Family

John W. Gallop graduated from Bishop's University in 1957, and married Nancy Estelle (Willis) Gallop who also graduated from Bishop's in 1958. Nancy passed away on February 20, 2021.

Corporate body · 1843 to present

The University Archives consists of all documents which give evidence and information about the University’s history, organization, function, and structure. The mission of the University Archives is to select, describe, preserve and make available for research those records which have enduring value to the University for administrative, legal, fiscal, and historical purposes. Archival holdings include records and publications of the administration, students, faculty, staff and alumni. Within these collections are a variety of media such as photographs, drawings, maps and plans, microfilms, and computer, video and audio tapes. Trophies, medals, badges, and other memorabilia are also collected by the archives.