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Student, Queen's University Faculty of Medicine, Kingston, Ont., 1905-1909. Physician. Leader in Tuberculosis research.

Sir Joseph Philippe Rene Adophe Caron was born in Quebec on December, 24, 1843, son of the Hon. Rene Edouard Caron (Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, 1873-1876) and his wife, the former Josephine deBlois. He was educated at the Quebec Seminary, and at McGill University, from which he received the degree of B.C.L. in 1865.He was called to the bar in Quebes that same year and created a Q.C. in 1879. He entered politics in 1872, when he unsuccessfully contested the constituency of Bellechasse for the Conservative Party. In the following year he succeeded in obtaining election to the House of Commons for the same party in the constituency of Quebec County, which he represented continuously until 1887, when he was elected for Rimouski. In 1880 he became Minister of Militia under Sir John A. Macdonald. For his services in this post during the North-West Rebellion of 1865 he was created K.C.M.G. In 1892 he was appointed Postmaster General, an office he held under the administrations of Abbott, Thompson, and Bowell. In 1896 he was elected for Trois-Rivieres-St. Maurice. He was not included in Tupper's cabinet in 1896 and retired from Parliament in 1900. In 1867he had married Alice, daughter of Charles Francois Xavier Baby. Caron died on 20, April, 1908.

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Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department Head of Mechanical Engineering (1946-1963), Dean of Faculty of Applied Science (1955-1963) and Vice Principal - Administration (1963-1970) at Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.

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George Gibson Coote, 1880-1959, was born in Oakville, Ontario. In 1901 he was employed by the Bank of Hamilton and in 1906 was transferred to Nanton, Alberta to open a branch. He managed the branch until 1908 then homesteaded in the area. In 1910 he married Jeanette Louise McKinnon, ?-1951, and they had two sons, Donald H. and George F. He was active on the Council of Local Improvement District No. 8, and joined the United Farmers of Alberta in 1911. He was elected as the UFA Member of Parliament (MP) for Macleod in the 1921 federal election, and was re-elected to Parliament in 1925, 1926 and 1930. He joined the Progressives in the House, and became a member of the "Ginger Group". He was the group's financial critic and actively pressed for banking reforms. He was defeated in the 1935 federal election. In 1936 he was appointed director of the Bank of Canada. He also served as director of the Alberta Wheat Pool, 1936-1952, and secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Chamber of Agriculture, 1938-1939.

Albert Vernon Corlett (1899-1970) was head of the Department of Mining at Queen's University from 1948 to 1964. Prior to that time he held various posts prospecting for, and managing, mines. Upon retirement he was engaged as a consultant for technical advice on investment and in arbitrations.