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Lawyer in Lower Canada, son of the Rev. John Stuart.

Presbyterian minister and author.

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A graduate of the University of Toronto in 1945, Professor Basmajian became a member of the University of Toronto medical department in 1949. In 1957 he came to Queen's University as head of the department of Anatomy, a position he held until 1969, when he resigned to accept a post as director of research at Emory University Research and Training Centre.

The Dickey Family, as documented by these records, begins with John Dickey, 1795-1851, who emmigrated from Ireland to Canada in the late 1820's. He became a school teacher and later a Presbyterian clergyman. His son, James Dickey, became a prosperous farmer and politician in the Williamsburg area. John Sutherland Dickey, the son of James Dickey, became a school teacher and later a medical doctor.

Major Reginald Richard Dixon (Retd), former Co-ordinator of Interpretive Projects, National Parks and Historic Sites, Parks Canada was Superintendent of Bellevue House National Historic Site during restoration in 1966-67. Bellevue House, a Tuscan villa built in the 1840's by Kingston merchant Charles Hales, was the home of Sir John A. Macdonald and his wife Isabella,1848-1849. The house was restored to the period as a project of Parks Canada. Bellevue House was officially opened 24 May, 1967 and was visited by Queen Elizabeth the following July.

James Douglas, Queen's third Chancellor (1915-1918), led quite a varied life as a Presbyterian minister, a metallurgist, and industrialist, and a historian. He was born in Quebec City and educated at Queen's (BA 1858) and The University of Edinburgh, where he was ordained as a minister in 1861.

Shortly afterward, he made a surprising career change, becoming a mining chemist in Quebec. In 1875, he entered industrial life in the US. He discovered valuable copper deposits in Arizona, invented new metallurgical processes for the reduction of copper, and reached the presidency of three major mining companies.

Douglas also founded a huge smelting centre in Douglas, Arizona, which was named in his honour. Throughout his career he retained a deep interest in and affection for both Canada and Queen's. He wrote several works of Canadian history and donated close to $1 million to various University causes.

In 1910, Douglas established the Douglas Chair in Canadian and Colonial History. It was the first Chair in Canadian History in Canada, and in an unusual step, he had an actual chair made to accompany his gift. The chair was made out of teak, and was handcarved with Canadian symbols.

Douglas' biggest gift was to provide half of the funds for Douglas Library, which was completed in 1924 and named in his honour. He was elected Chancellor in 1915 after the death of Sir Sandford Fleming and served until his own death in 1918.