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In the summer of 1899, Brandon College was established in Brandon by the Baptist Union of Western Canada, on the foundation of S. J. McKee’s Brandon Academy established in Brandon in 1891 after several years of successful operation in Rapid City from in the early 1880s. McKee had arrived in Rapid City in the wake of the creation and collapse of Prairie College, the first attempt by Baptists (in this case Dr. John Crawford, formerly of the Canadian Bible Institute at Woodstock, Ontario) to establish a post-secondary Baptist institution in Western Canada. Because Baptists were committed to separation of education institutions from the state, the founders of Brandon College rejected any affiliation with the state-sponsored University of Manitoba. Failing to gain a charter from the Manitoba government, Brandon College affiliated with McMaster University in 1912.
Until 1938 graduates of Brandon College received degrees with the imprimatur of McMaster University. In 1938 the Baptist Union of Western Canada withdrew its financial support from the College. In that year, the College affiliated with the University of Manitoba as a non-denomination college granting University of Manitoba degrees. In 1967, Brandon College became Brandon University through an Order-in-Council approved by the Duff Roblin government under the existing Universities Establishments Act. In 1998, Brandon University finally received its own charter through the Brandon University Act.
The MHS Centennial Organization Award was presented to Brandon University President Louis P. Visentin by MHS President Gordon Goldsborough on 27 May 2004.
Period
President
1899-1912
Archibald P. McDiarmid (1852-1946)
1912-1923
Howard Primrose Whidden (1871-1952)
1923-1924
Franklin W. Sweet (1869-1924)
1925
Harris L. McNeill (?-?) (Acting)
1925-1926
David Bovington
1927-1928
Harris L. McNeill (?-?) (Acting)
1928-1959
John Robert Charles Evans (1891-1959)
1960-1969
John Everett Robbins (1903-1995)
1970-1977
Andrew Lloyd Dulmage (1917-1989)
1977-1983
Harold Jackson “Jack” Perkins (1930-2019)
1984-1985
Earl John “Curly” Tyler (1913-1997)
1985-1990
John Mallea
1990-2000
C. Dennis Anderson
2000-2009
Louis P. Visentin
2009-2014
Deborah Poff
2014-2017
Gervan Fearon
2017-2019
Steven Robinson - Acting
2019-?
David Docherty
Period
President
1967-1970
Maitland Bernard Steinkopf (1912-1970)
1970-1990
Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)
1990-1996
Ronald Dean Bell (1932-2020)
1996-2002
Kevin Patrick Kavanagh (1932-2020)
2002-2008
2008-2012
Stephen Henry Champ (1937-2012)
2013-2021
Michael B. Decter
2021-?
Mary Jane McCallum
Period
Dean
1926-1927
Jennie Mason “Jane” Turnbull (1895-1966)
1927-1934
Annie Evans Wright (1881-1959)
1936-1953
Sarah Persis Johnson Darrach (1886-1974)
1953-1967
Flora Cruickshank Cowan (1902-1986)
Period
Dean
1921-1928
Harris L. McNeill (?-?)
1928-1935
William Burton Hurd (1894-1950)
1935-1937
C. F. Richards
1937-?
E. M. Whidden
?-?
Frederick James “Fred” Westcott (1904-1961)
?-1965
?
1965-1972
Ralph Frederick Breach King (c1922-2002)
1972-1980
Michael Blanar
1981-1993
Peter John Calveley Hordern
1993-1999
Robert E. Florida
2000-2007
C. Scott Grills
2007
Reinhold Kramer - Acting
2008-2009
Steven Robinson - Acting
2009-2014
G. Bruce Strang
2015-2019
Demetrious Tryphonopoulos
2019-?
Lisa Robson - Acting
Period
Dean
1952-1954
John Earnest McKim Young (1913-?)
1954-1967
Wilfred Whyte McCutcheon (1919-2008)
1967-1969
John A. B. McLeish (1913-1995)
1970-1971
Gerald Thorneycroft Rimmington
1971-1977
Ralph R. Pippert (1922-2014)
1977-1987
Dale T. Hayes
1987-1988
Ralph R. Pippert (1922-2014)
1989-1994
Robin J. Enns
1994-1996
Frederick Renihan
1996-1998
Gerald Richards
1998-2000
Ronald Common
2000-2001
Robin J. Enns - Acting
2001-2005
Tom B. MacNeill
2005-2010
Jerry Thomas Storie
2010-2013
Sal Badali
2013-?
Heather Duncan
Period
Director
1967-1981
Lorne Watson (1919-2010)
Period
Dean
1965-1966
Henry Stewart Perdue (1904-1979)
1967-1970
David Ross Moir (1918-2003)
1970-1972
Westley George “Wes” Wong (1922-2004) - Acting
1972-1974
David Ross Moir (1918-2003)
1974-1975
1976
A. P. Miiller - Acting
1977-1982
Robin Arthur Giles
1982-1993
Peter Letkeman (1938-2020)
1994-1996
Roger F. C. Smith (?-2019)
1996-1998
?
1998
Roger F. C. Smith (?-2019) - Acting
1999-2005
Janet S. Wright
2005-2011
Austin F. Gulliver
2012-2013
Phillip Goernert - Acting
2013-2016
Andrew Egan
2016-2017
Austin F. Gulliver - Acting
2017-?
Bernadette F. Ardelli
Name begins: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Recipient
Year
Murray Adaskin
1972
Arthur Amoitte
1994
B
Randy Bachman
2001
Robert Earl Beamish (1916-2001)
1988
Ronald Dean Bell (1932-2020)
2006
Wilfred Gordon “Bill” Bigelow (1913-2005)
1967
Heather Bishop
2011
Ray Bollman
2011
Tom Breneman
2008
Beatrice Alice Brigden (1894-1977)
1973
Samuel Bronfman (1889-1971)
1969
James Stinson Brown (1923-2009)
2004
C
Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)
1967
Sharon Carstairs
2003
Stephen Henry Champ (1937-2012)
2005
D. P. Chang
2002
Matthew Choptuik
2002
Andrew Hill Clark (1911-1975)
1975
Tom Cochrane
2005
Maurice Joseph Cooney (1913-1982)
1973
Flora Cowan (1902-1986)
1967
Laurence Harold Cragg
1976
Stuart Criddle (1877-1971)
1968
Burton Cummings
2001
D
Sarah Persis Johnson Darrach (1886-1974)
1971
Remi DeRoo
1987
Lisa de Wilde
2015
2014
Walter Gilbert Dinsdale (1916-1982)
1977
2011
Maurice Stanton Donovan
1973
Kenneth Dorter
2008
Shirley Douglas
2005
Thomas Clement “Tommy” Douglas (1904-1986)
1970
Henry Edmison “Harry” Duckworth (1915-2008)
1982
2000
E
Ferdinand Eckhardt (1902-1995)
1990
Sophie-Carmen “Sonia” Fridman Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899-1974)
1970
James Ehnes
2005
Frank Henry Epp
1975
Leonard Salusbury “Len” Evans (1929-2016)
2001
F
Marlene Fitzsimmons
2009
Theoren Fleury
2015
2010
Eric Friesen
2016
G
Chief Dan George
1973
Betty Gibson (1911-2001)
1977
George Gooden
1993
Charles Gordon
1994
John King Gordon (1900-1989)
1974
Elizabeth Grant
2009
James Henry Gray (1906-1998)
1974
H
Audrey Engle Hawthorn
1984
Harry B. Hawthorn
1975
August James Henzel
1980
Paul Gerhardt Hiebert (1892-1987)
1974
Tomson Highway
1996
Milton Carman Holden (1903-1975)
1967
Robert Dudley Howland
1974
Linda Hutcheon
2018
I
Diedre Irons
2007
J
Tom Jackson
2021
Grettir Leo Johannson (1905-1985)
1975
Martin Wesley Johns
1972
Basil Johnston
2009
K
James Kale
2001
Brian Keating
2009
Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)
1967
Anton Kuerti
2012
L
John Lane (1903-1975)
1971
Jean Margaret “Peggy” Wemyss Laurence (1926-1987)
1975
2015
Stephen H. Lewis
2010
Peter Michael Liba (1940-2007)
2004
M
John Walter Grant MacEwan (1902-2000)
1969
Rev. Harris L. MacNeill
1967
Laurence Gladwyn MacPherson
1975
Lydia Makhubu
1995
Henry Heard Marshall (1916-1994)
1974
Paul Martin
2016
Wilfred Whyte McCutcheon (1919-2008)
1989
Don McDougall
2001
Wilfrid Forrest McGregor (1902-1968)
1967
Frederick George McGuinness (1921-2011)
1997
Gerald A. McKinney
1985
Thomas Hector MacDonald McLeod (1918-2008)
1987
William Ormond Mitchell
1974
William Morrison
2007
Erin Moure
2008
Lorne Munroe
2008
Andy Murray
2017
N
O
Annette Osted
2012
P
Shirley Jo Paine
2008
Fred Penner
2007
Donald Henry “Don” Penny (1939-2019)
1999
Garry Peterson
2001
Leo Pettipas
1999
Mitchell “Mitch” Podolak (1947-2019)
2015
Robert C. Prus
2002
Q
R
Philipe Andre Renaud
1971
Helen Clara Gerring Riesberry (1916-2010)
1972
Christopher Riley (1896-1969)
1969
John Everett Robbins (1909-1995)
1974
Donald Alexander “Don” Robertson (1935-2019)
1992
Lloyd Robertson
2013
Brent Roussin
2021
S
Buffy Sainte-Marie
2011
Benjamin Schachter
1995
Peggy Agnes Sharpe (1914-2005)
1998
Victor Joseph Houston Sharpe (1918-2009)
2003
Ian Cormack Palmer Smith (1939-2024)
2001
David Bradshaw Stewart (1916-2006)
1992
Maurice Frederick Strong (1929-2015)
1968
Lawrence Adne Stuckey (1921-2001)
1997
Christopher Summerville
2014
T
Eli Taylor
1998
Miriam Toews
2006
Paul Henrik Thorbjorn Thorlakson (1895-1989)
1970
James Harvey Tolton (1898-1987)
1976
U
V
Jon Vickers
1976
W
Bill Wallace
2001
Norma E. Walmsley (c1921-2011)
1988
1987
Lorne Watson (1919-2010)
1993
Lewis Davidson “Lew” Whitehead (1926-1996)
1990
John R. Wiens
2000
Warren Winkler
2007
Kenneth Winters
1989
Westley George “Wes” Wong (1922-2004)
2000
William Lewis Wright
1969
Norma Wylie
2001
X
Y
Z
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brandon College and Clark Hall Buildings (270 Eighteenth Street, Brandon)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: S. J. McKee Archives / Brandon University Archives (270 Eighteenth Street, Brandon)
“Only Brandon Men Can and Will Save It”: Boosterism, Brandon College, and the Crisis of the Great Depression by Tom Mitchell and W. R. Morrison
Manitoba History, Number 24, Autumn 1992McKee of Brandon College by Tommy McLeod
Manitoba History, Number 40, Autumn/Winter 2000-2001“To Bestir Themselves:” Canadian Baptists and the Origins of Brandon College by Tommy McLeod
Manitoba History, Number 56, October 2007
“Brandon U to honor four,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 April 1969.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Tom Mitchell.
Page revised: 18 May 2024
