MHS Centennial Organization: University of Winnipeg

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In the 1870s, on the heels of the founding of Manitoba in 1870, an acute need for advanced education was addressed by the founding, in 1873, of Manitoba College by the Presbyterian church and Wesley College by the Methodists, in 1877. In that latter year, both became active participants in the loose affiliation known as the University of Manitoba and, indeed, George Bryce of Manitoba College would prove instrumental in putting the University of Manitoba on a more formal foundation, in 1904. The two colleges were united in 1938 under the name of United College which, in 1967, received a charter to become the University of Winnipeg. Today, still rooted firmly in the heart of the city it serves so well, the University of Winnipeg offers outstanding education in the liberal arts and sciences to a diverse student body.

An MHS Centennial Organization Award was presented to the University of Winnipeg by Gordon Goldsborough on 16 May 2004.

Presidents

Period

President

1967-1971

Wilfred Cornet Lockhart (1906-1991)

1971-1981

Henry Edmison Duckworth (1915-2008)

1981-1989

Robin Hugh Farquhar

1989-1999

Marsha Pearlman Hanen (1936-2019)

1999-2003

Constance Merriam Rooke (1942-2008)

2004-2014

Lloyd Norman Axworthy

2014-2020

Annette Trimbee

2020-2021

James Currie - Acting

2021-?

Todd Mondor

Chancellors

Period

Chancellor

1967-1968

Richard Henry Gardyne Bonnycastle (1903-1968)

1969-1978

Paul Henrik Thorbjorn Thorlakson (1895-1989)

1978-1984

Roderick Oliver Alexander “Rod” Hunter (1915-2001)

1984-1996

William John Antliff Bulman (c1929-2023)

1996-2000

Carol Ann Warner Shields (1935-2003)

2000-2009

H. Sanford Riley

2009-2020

Robert “Bob” Silver

2020-present

Barb Gamey

Arts & Sciences

Period

Dean

1992-1997

John Randall Hofley (1939-2021)

Honorary Degrees conferred by the University of Winnipeg and its Predecessors

Recipient

Year

Albert Clifford Abbott (1897-1983)

1974

George Aitken (1906-1984)

1972

Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (1937-2022)

2005

Benjamin Wilson Allison (1870-1953)

1935

John A. Armstrong

1978

William L. Armstrong

1910

Abraham J. Arnold (c1923-2011)

2001

Jesse H. Arnup

1924

Harry Crowson Ashdown (1885-1971)

1968

Leonard Asper

2009

Clarence Edward Atchison

1973

Lloyd Norman Axworthy

1998

Thomas Mayers Badger

1965

Vaughan Lawson Baird (1927-2013)

1987

James Ballantyne

1906

Philip Barker (1880-1967)

1944

Bernice Scott Bateman (1907-1996)

1974

Maurice Baudoux (1902-1988)

1965

Mary Elizabeth Bayer (1925-2005)

1975

Gerald S. Bell

1941

Rev. Dr. John E. Bell

1953

Hugh Avery Benham (1911-1997)

1973

David Bergen

2007

Virginia Gingerick Berry (1915-2003)

1987

C. H. Best

1943

Thomas William Bird (1883-1958)

1950

Elinor F. E. Black (1905-1982)

1970

Keith Black

2004

William Alexander “Bill” Blaikie (1951-2022)

2007

Margaret Bloodworth

2007

Elswood Frederick Bole (1910-1987)

1974

Roberta Lynn Bondar

2001

Joseph Bova

2000

Richard Spink Bowles (1912-1988)

1982

Rev. Dr. Harry I. Bowman

1967

Oscar Brand

1987

Rev. Thomas Alex Broadfoot

1939

Pat Broe

2008

Gretta Helen Gordon Brown (1903-1987)

1979

The Venerable James R. Brown

1977

James Porter Browne

1957

Thomas Buchanan

1918

John Buhler

2014

William John Antliff Bulman (c1929-2023)

1983

D. Ralph Campbell (1918-2008)

1977

Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)

1978

Rev. Dr. Neil Kenneth Campbell

1963

Norman F. Cantor

1973

Leonard Cariou

1992

J. A. Carmichael

1903

John Archibald “Archie” Carmichael (1916-2001)

1982

Edwin Gladstone “Eddie” Cass (1893-1985)

1974

Hugh Clifford Chadderton

1992

Henry Bruce Chown (1893-1986)

1979

Gordon Minto Churchill (1898-1985)

1976

Howard Hewlett Clark

1965

J. A. Clark

1915

Wylie C. Clark

1923

James Whyte Clarke

1940

Solomon Cleaver

1901

G. S. Clendinnen

1928

Roland Cloutier

1977

Oliver Coleman

1927

David Conly

1966

William W. Conly

1972

Walter Allison Cooke (1866-1954)

1910

John A. Cormie (1877-1947)

1924

James Arthur Coulter (1916-2005)

1974

John James Cowan

1950

A. Russell Cragg

1946

J. Richmond Craig

1952

H. T. Crossley

1921

Thomas Albert John “Jack” Cunnings (?-1987)

1978

Adam Cuthand (?-1994)

1970

Harold D. Dalgleish

1970

Mohinder Singh Dhillon

2008

Olive Patricia Dickason (1920-2011)

2003

Robert George Brian Dickson (1916-1998)

1991

Hugh W. Dobson

1925

Gary Albert Doer

2010

Rev. Dr. J. Ralph Donnelly

1980

Walter Edward Donnelly (1890-1969)

1942

Sister M. Berthe Dorais

1974

Frederick John Douglas (1913-1998)

1957

Thomas C. “Tommy” Douglas (1904-1986)

1984

John A. Doyle

1925

Henry B. Duckworth

1945

Henry Edmison “Harry” Duckworth (1915-2008)

1984

S. W. Dyde

1911

Rev. Dr. G. A. Dyker

1941

Rev. Dr. George Fraser Dyker

1957

The Most Rev. Dr. Sigurbjorn Einarsson

1975

James Eldridge

2007

Robert W. K. Elliott

1954

Charles Endicott

1925

James Endicott

1910

John Herman Enns (1889-1974)

1964

Georges Erasmus

1992

Michael Ewanchuk (1908-2004)

1979

Valdimir Jónason Eylands (1910-1983)

1953

Jonathan F. Fanton

2011

James Farquharson

1904

Rev. Dr. William O. Fennell

1963

J. T. Ferguson

1910

Frank Prescott Fidler

1961

Mr. Robert Finch

1984

George Bernard Flahiff (1905-1989)

1972

Larry Phillip “Phil” Fontaine

2008

Thelma Bessie Forbes

1975

Charles Harkness Forsyth

1969

Harold A. Frame

1951

Ursula Franklin

1994

John Foster “Jack” Fraser (1930-2021)

1993

Paul D. K. Fraser

1986

Robert McKee Frayne

1949

Samuel Freedman (1908-1993)

1983

Edwin Gardiner Dunn Freeman (c1890-1973)

1958

Rev. Dr. John Freeman

1974

David Friesen (1911-2007)

1981

Northrop Frye

1958

Ethel Margaret Futers Fulton (1922-2014)

1985

Leonard Gaetz

1899

S. D. Gaudin

1932

Ronald Wilson Gibson (1903-1993)

1972

Gustave Gingras

1970

David A. Golden (1920-2012)

2011

Cecil Earle Gordon

1962

John King Gordon

1979

Allan E. Gotlieb

1985

William Roger Graham (1919-1988)

1969

Irving Guttman (c1928-2014)

1995

Robert Haddow

1913

Norma Jane Hall (1919-2007)

1975

Alexander Hamilton

1911

Alvin Chown Hamilton (1926-2014)

1996

Alan H. Hanna

1992

Hartley J. Harland

1961

Rev. Dr. H. Gordon Harland

1976

Wesley Harland

1967

Elijah Harper (1949-2013)

2011

Peter Alexander Herrndorf (1940-2023)

1993

Tomson Highway

1993

Josie Hill

2010

John Steven Hirsch

1985

John E. Hogg

1905

Benjamin Horch (1907-1992)

1974

The Right Rev. Dr. Wilbur Kenneth Howard

1975

Ernest Marshall Howse

1948

Allen Richard Huband (1903-1993)

1953

Charles H. Huestis

1916

James Edward Hughson

1916

Roderick Oliver Alexander Hunter (1915-2001)

1971

Herbert Moffat Irwin

1926

Patricia K. Irwin

2001

Sharon Hope Irwin

2008

John Jackson

1946

Thomas Jackson

1998

Cornelius John Jaenen

1981

F. E. Howley James

1952

Rev. Dr. Vincent J. Jensen

1977

Duncan James Jessiman

1976

Norman Jewison

1988

David Bruce Johnson

1962

George Johnson (1920-1995)

1992

Rev. Dr. Ernest Peter Johnston

1969

Stephen Juba (1914-1993)

1974

Won Yong Kang

1962

H. J. Keith

1925

Gertrude Allison Kent (?-1989)

1981

Rev. Frederick William Kerr

1931

J. Larkin Kerwin

1983

Tobasonakwut Kaagagewanakweb “Kelly” Kinew (1936-2012)

2011

Otto Klassen (1927-2018)

2007

Wanda Koop

2002

Robert Kozminski

2012

C. Ruth Krindle

2007

Leo Friman Kristjanson (1932-2005)

1980

Wilhelm Kristjanson

1972

Robert P. Kroetsch

1983

S. R. Laidlaw

1919

Homer Lane

1951

J. E. Lane

1933

Jessie Hermione “Jess” Lang (1916-2018)

1997

John Langstaff

2008

George Laughton

1926

Arthur Lavender

1956

Clarkson Brunskill Lawson

1936

Gordon Lawson (1904-1995)

1974

Ruston William Lawson

1975

Augustus Searle Leach (1909-1993)

1977

Vincent Leah (1913-1993)

1985

Douglas W. Leatherdale

2000

Dianne Leggatt

2007

Marion Lewis

1986

W. A. Lewis

1927

Richard J. Light

1991

Judge Walter J. Lindal

1971

Wilfred Cornet Lockhart (1906-1991)

1977

Shirley Elizabeth Perret Loewen (1936-2022)

2000

William H. Loewen

2000

Gerhard Lohrenz (1899-1986)

1974

Wesley Crawford Lorimer (1913-2010)

1969

John Alexander MacAulay (1892-1978)

1970

Roderick George McBeth [MacBeth] (1858-1934)

1885

Donald Bruce MacDonald

1961

James D. MacDonald

2005

Rev. James Sutherland Mackay

1927

Walter C. MacKenzie

1970

Clarence MacKinnon

1909

Murdoch A. MacKinnon

1916

George Campbell “Cam” MacLean (1921-2008)

1989

John MacLean

1971

Rev. Dr. Frank W. MacLean

1955

Rev. Dr. William Gordon MacLean

1966

W. A. MacLean

1966

J. W. MacMillan

1909

George William Maltby (c1915-1999)

1982

Anthony Theodore “Tony” Mann (c1921-1996)

1981

Clifford Manning

1920

Henry William Manning

1974

Lorna R. Marsden

1994

Joseph E. Martin

1995

William George Martin (1886-1973)

1943

Rev. Dr. Clifford S. Matchett

1953

Robert Ernest McCullagh (1869-1965)

1927

Robert McDonald

2010

Rev. Dr. Hugh McFarlane

1952

Raymond McFeetors

2007

Diane McGifford

2012

Rev. Dr. John L. McInnis

1944

Daniel McIntyre

1912

Donald F. McIntyre

1971

Earl Daniel McIntyre

1982

Chas. L. McIrvine

1922

Stanley J. McKay

1992

William John “Jack” McKeag (1928-2007)

1976

Gordon A. McKinnon

1997

John Fletcher McLaughlin

1916

Robert K. N. McLean

1968

Duncan M. McLeod

1929

Stanley R. McLeod

1954

George McMillan

1955

Rev. Dr. George Wallace McNeill

1957

Rev. Dr. James E. McNeill

1964

Marilou McPhedran

1992

Rev. Dr. William McPherson

1954

Duncan McRae

1946

J. W. Melvin

1925

Arthur Kazumi Miki

1999

Rev. Dr. Bruce A. Miles

1973

Joyce Milgaard

2007

J. George Miller

1924

J. S. Miller

1932

Rev. Dr. I. Marguerite Miller

1977

Frank Milligan

1976

John W. Moffat

1989

Randall Moffat

2007

Leo Mol (1915-2009)

1974

Alfred Maurice Monnin (1920-2013)

1972

Andrew Moore (1890-1974)

1975

Annie Mae McIntyre Moore (1889-1980)

1975

Ewart Horace Morgan (1896-1983)

1971

James Edward Munro

1923

Anne Ethel “Nan” Murphy (1902-1990)

1974

S. C. Murray

1907

Bernard Naylor (c1907-1986)

1980

Zara Nelsova

1985

Thomas Neville (c1869-1963)

1949

Don Newman

2007

William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)

1981

Nancy F. Olivieri

2006

Sylvia Knelman Ostry (1927-2020)

1984

David Owen

1953

J. Carlyle Parker

1946

Samuel J. B. Parsons

1952

Rev. Dr. David R. Patterson

1955

Florence Ferris Pearce (?-1981)

1974

Thomas Burridge Pearson (1885-1972)

1948

Russell A. Peden

1965

Fred Ralph C. Penner

1995

Edmund Guthrie Perry

1941

Michael Everett Joseph Phelps (1947-2019)

1992

John “Jack” Whitney Pickersgill (1905-1997)

1982

E. Leslie Pidgeon

1919

Rev. Dr. Lorne Pierce

1954

John C. Polanyi

2005

Margaret E. Prang

1978

Robert P. Purves (c1928-1997)

1996

Samuel Price Rattray (1908-1979)

1971

Donald G. Ray

1968

Andrew Dunn Reid

1935

W. S. Reid

1930

Helena Friesen Reimer (1905-1993)

1974

Bill James Richardson

1998

George Taylor Richardson (1924-2014)

1990

Hartley T. Richardson

2011

James A. Richardson

2008

John William Ridd

1949

H. Sanford Riley

2009

Leland F. S. Ritcey

1969

John Roberts

2007

William D. Roberts

2011

Hugh John Robertson

1926

Mary Robinson

2003

Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)

1968

Arnold G. Rogers

1989

Oscar Maurtua de Romana

1988

Allan Ronald

2006

Remi J. De Roo

1990

Thomas Bruce Ross (1904-2001)

1970

Warren Rothwell

1938

Mark C. Rumball (1857-1926)

1914

Sister Lesley Sacouman

2006

Rev. Dr. Tom Saunders

1959

Hugh Hamilton Saunderson (1904-1984)

1968

Theodore Peter Schaefer (1933-2007)

1982

David William “Dave” Schindler (1940-2021)

2002

Steven Schipper

2007

Peter Scott

1923

Jack Milburn Scurfield (1899-1974)

1974

Donald Bruce Sealey (1927-2005)

1984

Harvey L. Secter

1999

James Shaver

1936

Michael John Victor “Jack” Shaver (1918-2001)

1980

Carol Ann Warner Shields (1935-2003)

1996

Robert K. Siddall

1986

Mr. Haraldur Sigmar

1944

Saul Simkin

1974

Rev. Dr. Robert Murray Simmons

1966

Rev. Dr. Allan B. Simpson

1971

Calvin Murray Sinclair

2011

Berenice Barbara Warne Sisler (1924-2019)

1990

Charles Rhodes Smith (1896-1993)

1973

Edwin W. Smith

1937

Ian C. P. Smith

1990

Adam Grant Smith (1916-2000)

1970

D. M. Solandt

1925

Douglas B. Sparling

1959

Walter John Spence

1967

Leslie Spillett

2011

Arnold Theodore Spohr (1923-2010)

1983

Stanley Wesley McKay (1911-2003)

1981

Edgar Graham Standing (1895-1980)

1978

Joseph Alexander Stephen (1899-1966)

1964

William Stephenson (1896-1989)

1979

Frederick George Stevens

1938

Andrew Stewart (1851-1925)

1899

C. H. Stewart

1913

Rev. James Esek Stewart (1901-1986)

1966

Andrew W. Strachan

1936

Peter Strang

1912

S. C. Studd

1943

Antonio “Tony” Tascona (1926-2006)

1994

James M. Taylor

1972

Nelson Thibault

1987

Rev. Dr. Edmund J. Thompson

1956

Robert McDonnell Thomson

1888

Paul Henrik Thorbjorn Thorlakson (1895-1989)

1979

Harvey Thorleifson

2007

Joseph Thorarinn Thorson (1889-1978)

1970

P. B. Thorton

1930

Clarence I. Tillenius (1913-2012)

1970

Vic Toews

2010

Alejandro Toledo

2009

Bramwell Bernard Tovey (1953-2022)

1993

Donald Treffinger

2009

Alban James Tufts (c1867-1944)

1925

Harry G. Tuttle

1951

William D. Valgardson

1995

H. B. Wallace

1946

Allan Harvey Watson (1891-1978)

1969

James Snarr Watson (1870-1953)

1947

Sheila Watt-Cloutier

2006

Philip Weiss

2003

F. F. Westbrook

1912

Anne Wheeler

1994

Rev. Dr. Peter Gordon White

1964

M. Gladys Whitehead

1982

Rev. Dr. Alfred Ernest Whitehouse

1940

Rudy H. Wiebe

1986

Hamilton Wigle

1919

Rev. G. Duncan Wilkie

1959

Samuel Wilkinson

1931

Bertha Wilson

1992

Gilbert B. Wilson (1867-1962)

1914

Lois M. Wilson

1986

Roy F. Wilson

1971

George Woodcock

1975

Gao Ying

2006

Victor Yushechenko

2008

Joseph Zuken (1912-1986)

1974

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wesley College / University of Winnipeg (505 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)

Sources:

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 March 2024