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Herbert Douglass Short was born in 1909 at Thetford Mines, Quebec. In 1933 he graduated from Queen's University with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. From 1935 to 1960, as a specialist in underground transmission cable systems, Short worked for Canada Wire and Cable (and its subsidiary Fabricon) as Development and then Chief Engineer. As consulting engineer he worked for Lacal Industries, 1963-1967, and Industrial Wire and Cable, 1967-1970. Also, as consulting engineer, he had his own firm from 1960 to his death in 1987.

George Stuart was a farmer in Pittsburgh Township, Ontario.

The office of the Vice-principal Health Sciences was responsible for ensuring harmonious relations between the University and the provincial Ministry of Health and with the institutions and organizations associated with Queen's that make up the Faculty of Health Sciences. The position was combined with the Dean of Medicine in 1988.

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James Smith Bangs was born in Hawkesbury, Ontario, on 7 February 1826, and died, as a result of drowning at Snake Rapids on the Madawaska River, on 23 April 1867, leaving a wife and seven children. It is likely that he was the son of Alonzo Bangs, reputed to be the first settler in West Hawkesbury. J.S. Bangs established himself as a storekeeper and fur trader, both in Pakenham, and following a fire that destroyed his general store, in Arnprior, Ontario.

The Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) was a joint federal, provincial, and municipal government funded organization which focused on emergency response during both a wartime or peacetime era. The organization was Canada wide and approved in Parliament in 1960. However, discussion of such planning and the need for the organization began in the later 1950s. This fonds specifically reflects the Kingston/ County of Frontenac area and the EMO’s actions and implementation in the region. This specific branch became active in 1960 and was defunded in 1975. The EMO was replaced in Ontario with new emergency planning and programs post 1980.

Physician and professor, Queen's University, Kingston, ON.

Alexander Grant Dexter was born in St. Andrews, Manitoba on February 3, 1896. Educated at the Collegiate Institute in Hamilton, Ontario, and at Brandon College, Manitoba, he joined the staff of the "Winnipeg Free Press" in 1912, and after serving in WWI from 1915-1919, he became the Ottawa Correspondent for the "Free Press" in 1923. He was the "Free Press' correspondent in London, England, for 2 years, returning to Ottawa in 1938. For some years he was Canadian correspondent for the "Manchester Guardian" and other British and American publications. He became Associate Editor of the "Free Press" in 1944, and was Executive Editor from 1946 to 1948, becoming Editor in 1948. Awarded the Cabot Medal for journalism by Columbia University in 1946, he was author of "Canada and the Building of the Post-War World," 1946, and also numerous pamphlets. He collaborated in various studies dealing with Canadian problems. He died on December 12, 1961, in Winnipeg.

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