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William McCartney was a builder and contractor, residing in Kingston, Ont.

Kathleen McCartney was a graduate of Queen's University.

Clara V. McCarthy was a photographer based in St. John, NB.

Hal McCarney, football coach, for Queen's University, began his affiliation with Queen's in 1948 when he competed as a football player until his graduation in 1951. In his final season as an athlete with Queen's, McCarney earned the Jenkins Trophy which is bestowed annually to the top graduating male athlete. At the conclusion of his playing career he joined the team in another role becoming an assistant to the legendary Frank Tindall. During this time he was a founding member of the Queen's Football Club and also arranged to have the original and live 'Boo Hoo' the bear attend games.

In 1973, McCarney retired from coaching but maintained close ties with the team attending games, practices and providing other advice and support associated with Queen's Football. During his tenure as a player and as an assistant coach, McCarney helped Queen's to eight provincial titles and its first Vanier Cup title in 1968. He was inducted into the Queen's Football Hall of Fame in 1991 as a builder and a player. The 1991 ceremony was only the third induction ceremony in the schools rich football history, making McCarney one of its earliest members. In 2003, Queen's Athletics and Recreation also honoured McCarney for his service by inducting him into Queen's Coaches Hall of Fame. McCarney passed away 17 September 2008.

Joseph Newell McCarey was born in 1912 in Kingston, Ontario. He graduated from Queen's University in 1935 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. In 1945 he became a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario. From 1935 to 1967 McCarey was employed by a number of different firms in Canada and abroad. After 1967 he was self-employed as a consultant, specializing in bulk materials handling. As a consultant McCarey was responsible for the conceptual and definitive designs for the mechanical handling equipment for a number of special projects. He passed away in 1992.

James Joseph McCann was a physician and politician from Renfrew, Ontario. He was born at Perth, Ontario on March 29, 1886. He attended Perth public and high schools and studied medicine at Queen's University, graduating in 1909. After working for two years as a medicial practitioner with the Canadian Pacific Railway in Sudbury, Ontario, he did post-graduate work at the University of Chicago, where he was connected with the Cook County Hospital. He married Ceclia Devine in 1913 (deceased 1941). He married Blanche Hélène Desjardins of Luskville, Quebec in 1943.

For more than 30 years, Dr. McCann was Coroner for Renfrew County, and Medical Health Officer for the town of Renfrew. He was president of the Ontario Health Officers' Association in 1934, and president of the Canadian Public Health Association in 1935. He represented Canada at the International Medical Conference in Atlantic City in 1942, was Chairman of the Canadian delegation to the World Health Organization in 1950, and Vice-Chairman of the Canadian delegation to the United Nations in 1955.

He was first elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal member for Renfrew in the general election of 1935, and was re-elected for five consecutive terms until his defeat in 1957. Throughout his political career, he served as Minister of National War Service (1945-1948), Minister of National Revenue (1945-1957) and Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys (1950). He was responsible for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), National Film Board (NFB) and the Division of Government Office Economies Control.

Dr. McCann passed away 11 April 1961.

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D.L. McCann was a student in the School of Mining at Queen's University.

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Dr. George Alexander McCallum was appointed superintendent following the unexpected death of Dr. R. Maurice Bucke. He assumed additional responsibility during his tenure by lecturing on mental diseases at Western University. Previously, he taught school at Ringwood, Ontario before entering the Medical Department of the University of Victoria College, Toronto. In 1866, he received his M.D. degree and eventually established a country practice in Dunnville, Ontario.

In his 1902 annual report to the inspector, he argued for proper care and isolated housing for patients suffering from tuberculosis, protesting that patients confined to asylums were susceptible to infection. He also argued for a nurses training school, with specific instruction in the management of the mentally ill at the asylum to secure the most "intelligent care and treatment for our inmates." Dr. McCallum saw additional benefit in staff morale. He felt they would have greater interest in their work and should have specific training in mental health. Dr. McCallum left London when he was appointed superintendent of the Asylum at Penetanguishene in 1908.

Dr. McCallum was also a naturalist and sportsman interested in the preservation and protection of fish and game. He maintained a life-long interest in ornithology and membership in the Ornithological Section of the Entomological Society of Ontario. Also interested in indigenous archaeology his collections of relics from the Dunnville area are at Queen's University. In later years, he lived with his son in New York, New York where he was elected Fellow of the New York Zoological Society and became Pathologist of the New York Aquarium.