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Konrad, Herman W.

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  • 1935-1997

Dr. Herman W. Konrad was born in Poplar Hill, Alberta on November 5th, 1935. In his early 20s he volunteered with the Mennonite Central Committee, serving two years in Paraguay building roads, learning Spanish, and discovering what would become a life-long passion for Latin America. He received his BA from the University of British Columbia (History and Psychology) in 1962 and his MA from the University of Chicago (Renaissance and Reformation, and Early Modern European History) in 1964. His doctoral specializations at the University of Chicago were in Anthropology (Acculturation and Contemporary Latin American Indigenous Sectors) and History (Colonial Economic and Institutional History of Latin America and Spain). He received his PhD in 1973.

During his post-graduate studies, Konrad worked as a researcher for the Interdisciplinary Water-Management Research Project, Department of Geography and the Social Psychology Laboratory at the University of Chicago. He also directed the Institute Interuniversitario para Investigaciones Fundamentales en ciencias Sociales en Yucatán, in Mérida, México where he met his future wife Candelaria Arceo and began work on his long-term research into the chicle industry. He joined the University of Calgary in 1969 and held a position in history and anthropology until his death in 1996.

Konrad traveled extensively throughout México, gathering information from the field and from the archives for his studies. He was active in the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, holding various executive positions including President. He founded the Canadian Association for Mexican Studies and in 1996 was awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest honour for a non-diplomatic, non-Mexican citizen. The award was bestowed on Konrad by the President of México in recognition of academic contributions to Mexican studies, and to the establishment of Canada-México academic relations.

Konrad’s scholarly activities were voluminous, stemming primarily from both his academic and personal interest in Latin America in general and the area of Mérida, Yucatán in particular. He was also an excellent interdisciplinary researcher: one of his many research projects involved viewing the Calgary Stampede through an anthropologist’s lens. He wrote almost fifty articles and chapters, gave over a hundred presentations and addresses, and published five books including his doctoral work A Jesuit Hacienda in Colonial México: Santa Lucia 1576-1767, NAFTA in Transition co-edited with Stephen Randall, and Los estudios sobre México en Canadá. Logros y nuevas direcciones. He was planning on publishing four more books, including his work on the chicle industry, when he died in 1997. He was posthumously awarded the prestigious Tremblay Weaver Award from the Canadian Anthropology Society in 2005.

Krouse, H.R.

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Dr. H. Roy. Krouse received both his BSc and PhD from McMaster University. He was head of the Department of Physics at the University of Calgary from 1972 to 1980. He continues to hold the position of Professor of Physics (as of 1996). He was a member of the Secondary School Science Curriculum Committee and also of the Physics Ad-Hoc Committee to 1973.

Lewis, David J.

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<p>Dr. David John Lewis was born in Montreal, Quebec on 28 May 1920. He received his early education at Selwyn House School in Montreal and later at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. Dr. Lewis then attended McGill University, graduating on 29 May 1941 with a Bachelors of Arts "First Class Honors in Language and Literature.";<p>While at McGill, Dr. Lewis worked during the summers at the Ottawa Journal newspaper and upon graduation he was offered full time employment there, manning the Sports Desk and later the Police and Fire beat. Dr. Lewis left the Journal in March 1941 upon appointment to the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve as a probationary Sub-Lieutenant. He saw service at Dieppe, and in the invasions of Normandy, North Africa and Sicily. He was discharged from service on 29 July 1945 as Lieutenant RCNVR. <p>Following his service in the Navy, Dr. Lewis enrolled at the University of Toronto and received his Medical Doctor degree in 1950. He completed his junior internship at the Toronto General Hospital and his senior internship at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. From 1952-1954 he was a Junior and Assistant Resident in Psychiatry, and later an Instructor in Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. At the end of his rotation there, Dr. Lewis worked at the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals in London, England supported by a R. Samuel McLaughlin Travelling Fellowship. It was during his stint in London that Dr. Lewis became involved in his two first major research projects -- the efficacy of the Funkenstein tests (the reliability of adrenaline and mecholyl injections) and drug assisted therapy using Lysergic Acid Diethylamide or LSD. <p>Upon his return to Canada, Dr. Lewis was employed as Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto (1956-1958) and was eventually promoted to Associate Professor and Clinical Teacher (Medicine) (1958-1965). Dr. Lewis supervised and trained interns and residents at St. Michael's Hospital as part of his appointments. <p>In 1965 he moved to Montreal as Associate Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University and Associate Psychiatrist at the Royal Victoria Hospital. His involvement in undergraduate teaching included service on the Permanent Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Medical Education and as Chairman on the Subcommittee on Multiple Paths to the M.D. Degree. He was also very active in furthering graduate education with service as the Coordinator of Postgraduate Education and on the Committee on Revision of the Postgraduate Medical Curriculum. Dr. Lewis did extensive work on his research into Lilliputian Studies, or Little Men hallucinations during his appointments in Toronto and Montreal. <p>While at McGill, Dr. Lewis was also the Clinical Director of the Allan Memorial Institute (1966-1971), a psychiatric hospital allied with both the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Psychiatric Department at McGill University. During Lewis' tenure there he served under Dr. Robert Cleghorn, himself a protégé of the first Director of the Allan Memorial Institute, Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron who died in 1967. Dr. Cameron's practices with psychiatric patients would later come under federal investigation in the 1980s. Dr. Lewis retained contact with Dr. Cleghorn until his death in 1995; Lewis' involvement with both Cleghorn and Cameron would inform some of his later research interests. <p>In 1971 Dr. Lewis accepted an appointment as Clinical Director, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary. He remained involved in undergraduate teaching as a Subcommittee member and teacher of the Continuity Course and as Precepter of Clinical Clerkship with responsibilities for units on alcoholism, suicide, and death and dying. Dr. Lewis was also involved in teaching the Growth and Development courses. He was twice acting head of the Department of Psychiatry in 1975-1976 and 1979-1981. <p>Dr. Lewis spent his 1977-1978 sabbatical researching the administration of, and patient treatment in affective disorder wards or clinics in Europe and New York. His advocacy for the creation of an Affective Disorders Clinic at the University of Calgary was successful and Dr. Lewis became the Director of the newly formed clinic from 1978 through 1985. Several of his major research projects were a result of his involvement in the clinic, or by-products of his research there: affective disorders, therapeutic communities, milieu therapy, lithium studies and psycho-immune studies. <p>Dr. Lewis retired as Professor Emeritus from the University of Calgary in 1985 but remained closely involved with teaching and the practice of psychiatry. He remained a part-time Clinical Professor of Psychiatry from 1985-1987 and a Senior Psychiatrist until 1991. <p>From 1992-1998 Dr. Lewis and his wife Catherine and Len Birkins compiled and edited the reminiscences of fellow WWII veterans of the Combined Operations of the Royal Canadian Navy resulting in the two volume book "From St.Naziere to Singapore: the Canadian Amphibious War 1941-1945". During the same period, Dr. Lewis also investigated the history of psychiatric treatment of post traumatic stress disorder, also called 'battle fatigue', giving particular attention to Canadian psychiatrist Arthur Doyle's work on the subject during WWII in Italy. In his retirement, Dr. Lewis remained an active participant in veterans' activities relating to the navy through reunions, commemorative events, interviews in newspapers and articles and exhibits in the Tecumseh Naval Museum and the Military Museums in Calgary.</p>

Manning, E. Preston

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Ernest Preston Manning was born in Edmonton, Alberta on June 10, 1942 to Alberta premier Ernest Manning and his wife Muriel Preston. After graduating from the University of Alberta in 1964, Manning ran unsuccessfully as a Social Credit candidate in the 1965 federal election before joining the National Public Affairs Research Foundation, a conservative think tank. During 1966-67, he researched his father's book, "Political Realignment", and co-wrote the White Paper on Human Resource Development for the Social Credit government in Alberta. The White Paper led to the creation of the Department of Youth, a Human Resouces Council and the Alberta Service Corps. In 1968 Ernest and Preston Manning established Manning Consultants Ltd., an Edmonton-based research and management consulting firm which specialized in long-range strategic planning for the energy sector, communications planning, native and community economic development, and federal-provincial relations research. The company remained in business until 1988 when Manning entered federal politics. In 1987 Preston Manning was a key organizer of the Western Assembly on Canada's Economic and Political Future held in Vancouver in May, which led to the formation of the Reform Party of Canada in November of that year in Winnipeg. Preston Manning was elected by party members as its leader during the founding assembly, a position he was to hold until 2000. In the 1988 federal election, Reform was unsuccessful in winning even a single seat, but in 1993, the Party won 22 of 26 seats in Alberta, and 24 of 30 in British Columbia: an overwhelming success for a new political party. Manning was elected Member of Parliament for the Calgary South West constituency, the riding he represented until his retirement from politics. In the 1997 federal election, only 10 years after the founding of the Party, Reform won 60 seats and became the Official Opposition. In early 2000, successive Liberal election victories led Manning and Reform to dissolve the Party and to form the Canadian Alliance Party in what proved to be an unsuccessful attempt to unite supporters of the political right wing in Canada. In July of that year, Preston Manning lost his bid for the leadership of the new Party to Stockwell Day. Manning retired from federal politics at the beginning of 2002. After his retirement from politics Preston Manning became a Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute, a Canadian economic think tank, and Arthur J.E. Child Fellow of the Canada West Foundation, an independent, non-partisan public policy research institute dedicated to introducing Western perspectives into current Canadian public policy debates. Manning was also a Distinguished Visitor in Canadian Public Policy at the University of Calgary and a Dean's Distinguished Visitor in Political Science and Canadian Studies at the University of Toronto. Preston Manning has written numerous books, including "The New Canada" (1992) and "Think Big: My Adventures in Life and Democracy" (2002). He married Sandra Beavis in 1967. They have five children. Preston Manning wrote numerous books, including "The New Canada" (1992) and "Think Big: My Adventures in Life and Democracy" (2002).

Manning, Ernest C.

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Ernest Charles Manning was born September 20, 1908 in Carnduff, Saskatchewan, son of George H. Manning and Elisabeth M. Dickson. He was educated at a rural school outside Rosetown, Saskatchewan. After listening to many of William Aberhart's radio broadcasts, he enrolled in the new Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute in 1927. He was raised in a nominally United Church family, but became a committed Baptist during his time at the Institute. Quickly taken under the wing of William Aberhart, Manning became the Institute's first graduate in 1930. He remained with the Institute and began assisting and speaking on the Institute's radio broadcast "Back to the Bible Hour". While at the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute, he met the pianist for the church and radio broadcasts, Muriel Preston. They married in 1939; the bride was given away by Premier Aberhart. They had two children, Keith and Preston. During the early 1930's, William Aberhart became interested in the social credit theories of Major C. H. Douglas. Although he had not expressed an interest in politics as a young man, Manning was also influenced by these theories and joined Aberhart in the promotion of the new Social Credit League. In 1935, Manning ran and won a seat in the Alberta provincial legislature under the Social Credit banner in the multi-member electoral district of Calgary. After the landslide Social Credit victory, Aberhart appointed Manning the portfolios of Provincial Secretary and Minister of Trade. He held these two cabinet roles from 1935-1943. After Aberhart's death in 1943, Manning was elected leader of the Alberta Social Credit League and Premier of Alberta. He won seven elections as Premier of Alberta and held cabinet positions of Provincial Treasurer (1944-1954), Minister of Mines and Minerals (1952-1962) and Attorney General (1955-1968). He resigned his seat in 1968. During his tenure as premier, oil was discovered in Leduc, raising revenues for the province. He was fiscally and politically conservative, and moved away from most of the social credit theories in which his party had been founded. Despite his busy schedule as premier of Alberta, Manning continued his involvement with the "Back to the Bible Hour," later known as "Canada's National Bible Hour". This radio program eventually was broadcast to over 90 stations in Canada. After sixty years of involvement in the radio broadcast, he turned the reigns of the show over to the Global Outreach Mission in 1990s. Manning also wrote a book, "Political Realignment: A Challenge to Thoughtful Canadians," published in 1967. This book endorsed socially conservative policies in the federal sphere and sold over 30 000 copies. After his retirement from the Alberta legislature, Ernest Manning was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1970 where he served until 1980. He was appointed to the Privy Council of Canada in 1967, Companion of the Order of Canada in 1969, and was honoured with numerous awards, certificates and honorary degrees. The community of Aurora, Alberta was renamed "Manning" after the premier. Ernest Manning died in Calgary, Alberta on February 19, 1996.

Markotic, Vladimir

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Dr. Markotic was born in Banjaluka, Yugoslavia on 16 July 1920. He studied at the Universities of Zagreb and Graz (Austria) before emigrating to the United States in 1947. He obtained his Master of Arts degree in Anthropology from Indiana University in 1955, and in 1963 was awarded a PhD in Anthropology from Harvard. During his university years, Dr. Markotic was awarded a Hemenway Fellowship of American Archaeology and Ethnology from Harvard University and a Robert C. Winthrop Scholarship. He was also honoured by being made a Thaw Fellow of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard, an Associate of Current Anthropology and a Fellow of the American Anthropological Association. At Indiana University he acted as research assistant for an Air Force research project, then as a teaching assistant for the Institute of East European Studies. He conducted excavations at Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, in Charlottesville, Virginia during the years 1958-1962. In 1962 he accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Archaeology at Illinois State University, and in 1965 came to the University of Calgary as an Assistant Professor of Archaeology. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1969. Dr. Markotic retired as Associate Professor Emeritus in 1986, but remained a part-time researcher for the Department of Archaeology until 1990. He died in Calgary in November 1990 at the age of 74. Dr. Markotic was a specialist in Old World Archaeology, but his interest and activities were in fact much wider. His research notes and papers indicate that, in addition to the study of archaeology and evolution, he had an enduring interest in linguistics and written language; ethnology; a wide variety of issues pertaining to Bosnia and Croatia, including the church, heresy, medieval tombstone inscriptions, and kinship; and in Sasquatch and other such creatures. Professor Markotic was a Croatian patriot and was well known as one of the foremost experts in the history of the Croatian community in Canada -- the achievements of whom he sought to publicize and celebrate through publications, symposia and conferences. He was closely involved with both the local Croatian community and with the Croatian-Canadian National Federation.

Marshall, F.C.

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Dr. Marshall was born on June 8th, 1930 in Prince Albert and was educated in Yorkton and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The family moved to Calgary in 1940 where Marshall attended Junior High and High School. Dr. Marshall received his BSc. from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his medical degree in 1954. Postgraduate work started with an internship at the Calgary General Hospital, followed by two years in Montreal at the Royal Victoria and Montreal General Hospitals. Dr. Marshall then went to New York City, taking a year of surgery at Bellevue Hospital and then three years of urological training at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Marshall was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons and a Diplomat of the American Board of Urology. Dr. Marshall began his practice as a urological surgeon at the Royal Alexandria Hospital in Edmonton in 1962. From 1980 to 1982 he was chairman of the Communications Committee of the Alberta Medical Association. Dr. Marshall has been involved with the western independence movement since 1981. He ran for the leadership of the Western Canada Concept Party in July 1984 in the first-ever satellite leadership convention, an idea concieved and developed by Dr. Marshall. Jack Ramsay won the leadership convention. Dr. Marshall later ran as a candidate in two Alberta provincial elections and in July 1987 he ran as an independent candidate in the federal by-election in the Yukon. In August 1987 Dr. Marshall was one of a group of Albertans who were instrumental in forming a new political party, the Western Independence Party of Canada. At the founding convention of the party in Edmonton in October 1987, Dr. Marshall was elected interim leader. He remained active in the organization until 1993. Dr. Marshall died August 10th, 2002 in Edmonton.

Mitchell, Victor

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  • 1929-2006

Victor Edward Mitchell was born January 29, 1929 in Vancouver B.C. He graduated from Victoria High School in 1947 and received his B.A. from the University of British Columbia in 1950. After completing a Professional Teaching Certificate he taught drama in Ladner and served two years as the High School principal in Slocan. He moved to England for a short time to study theatre at the London Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was a tutor at Westminster City School in 1959. Mitchell received a Canada Council grant to study theatre production at Stanford University where he received his Master of Arts in 1964. He was in the midst of writing his PhD dissertation when he was hired at the University of Calgary.

Mitchell was the Head of the Drama Division in the Department of Fine Arts from 1965-1968. He then became first Head of the new Department of Drama 1968-1974 in the newly formed Faculty of Fine Arts. Under his direction the department grew rapidly in the 1970s, following Mitchell’s production centred curriculum that blended academic and practical studies around the preparation and performance of stage plays. Mitchell chose plays that challenged both his students and the audience including Volpone, The House of Atreus, In the Penal Colony, and Spring Awakening. He also conducted summer theatre study tours for the Faculty of Continuing Education: London, Stratford and Edinburgh in 1982; and Stratford, Niagara-on-the-Lake, and New York in 1983. Mitchell retired from the University in 1984 and was awarded Professor Emeritus status.

Mitchell was very active in educational and community theatre groups in Calgary. Among his many activities he was a founding member and on the Board of Directors of MAC 14 Theatre (1965-1968), the Musicians and Actors Club that was the precursor to Theatre Calgary; a founding director of Prairie Players, a professional touring company (1966-1968); and a founding member with Joyce Doolittle of Calgary Youth Drama Society and the Pumphouse Theatre. Mitchell was also the founder and director of several productions for the Riverside Theatre Company and The Alternative Theatre Company. Among the many productions he directed and/or acted in were: The Importance of Being Earnest, Every Man in his Humour, Ten O’Clock Mail, Echoes in the Attic, Hosanna, and Saved. Mitchell continued to act and direct in his retirement in Victoria, and was honoured with a theatre named for him at the Pumphouse Theatre in 1984.

Mitchell travelled widely in his retirement, touring Vietnam and Turkey, visiting friends in England and Europe and frequently spending his winters in Thailand and the Philippines. He died in Victoria, B.C. on July 22nd, 2006.

Mossop, Grant D.

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Grant Dilworth Mossop was born in Calgary, Alberta on April 15, 1948 to Cyril and Freida Mossop. He attended Rideau Park Elementary/Junior High School and Western Canada High School, graduating in 1966. He was one of the first Honours B. Sc. Geology graduates of the University of Calgary in 1970, and went on a year later to earn his M.Sc. degree. Awarded the 1851 Commission Scholarship to study at Imperial College, University of London, he received his PhD degree in geology in 1973. After completing his PhD, he returned to the University of Calgary as a Post-Doctoral Fellow (Geology). His graduate and post-doctoral research dealt with Devonian carbonate rocks in the Alberta subsurface and with evaporate rocks in the Canadian Arctic and Europe. In 1975, Dr. Mossop joined the Alberta Research Council in Edmonton, Alberta as a Research Officer. He became Manager of Oil Sands Geology Research in 1978 and was promoted to Head of the Alberta Geological Survey in 1980, a position he held until 1984, when he stood down in order to return to full-time research. During 1984-85, Dr. Mossop was an Academic Visitor at Oxford University. Upon his return in 1985, he resumed employment at the Alberta Research Council as a Senior Research Officer at the Alberta Geological Survey. In 1991, he joined the Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary office, as Director, Institute of Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology. He held this position for ten years, during a period of severe government cutbacks. He stepped down as Director in 2001, but continued to work with the Geological Survey of Canada as a Research Scientist and Chief Editor. Dr. Mossop was one of Canada's most widely recognized and respected sedimentary geologists. His most outstanding contribution to the fabric of Canadian geoscience was the compilation of the nature and origin of the sedimentary rocks of western Canada, the Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, published in 1994. In addition to his work on the atlas, Dr. Mossop was actively involved in the geoscience profession in a number of different capacities. He authored over fifty scientific papers and made numerous presentations at conferences. He was an active member in several geoscience societies and boards, served as President of both the Geological Association of Canada (1986-1987), and the Canadian Geoscience Council (1989), and was a member/chair of numerous associated committees. He was an accomplished educator, and was an Adjunct Professor/Lecturer/Short Course Instructor at both the University of Alberta (1976-1986) and The University of Calgary (1978-2005). He was also an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer (1980-1981), and writer/presenter of BBC/ACCESS films on the geology of Western Canada (1987) and several other science programs for television. Dr. Mossop received numerous awards and honours throughout his career, including the Link Award (1978) and the President's Award (1995) from the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, as well as the Ambrose Medal (1995) and the Distinguished Service Award (1997) from the Geological Association of Canada. In 1998, Dr. Mossop was presented with the University of Calgary Alumni Association's "Distinguished Alumni Award". In 2003, he received the National Managers' Community Leadership Award from the Government of Canada. His commitment and extensive service to Canada were recognized by the award of the Commemorative Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2002. Dr. Mossop was actively involved in community work throughout his life, including serving on boards of music societies and museums and being involved in local church administration. He was also an accomplished cellist. He toured with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada in 1965 and 1966, and played with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra for eight years. In 2002, Dr. Mossop was elected as a Senator to the University of Calgary Senate, where he served on a number of senior committees. He married Ruth in 1969 and they had three children: Jenny, Jonathan, and David. Dr. Mossop passed away suddenly from natural causes in October 2005.

Nickle Arts Museum

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The Nickle Arts Museum is a broadly focused educational organization forming an integral part of the University of Calgary. With over 12,000 feet of exhibition space, the Nickle's purpose is to exhibit and study aesthetically or historically significant information, knowledge and artifacts including, but not limited to, objects of art, numismatics and archaeology; to acquire art and numismatic materials; and to offer opportunities for university teaching and research in aesthetics, museology and related areas. The Nickle aims to stimulate open discussion and creativity involving students, faculty and the general public in all aspects of the Nickle's work. The Museum is named for Samuel C. Nickle, a Calgary oil executive who founded Northend Petroleums and Anglo-American Oils in the 1940's. In 1970, Mr. Nickle donated one million dollars to the University's Building Fund for the construction of "a building that will contribute to the education and overall benefit of both students and the community at large, by including facilities for the maintenance and display of works of art, artifacts, archaeology and numismatics". The Nickle Arts Museum opened on January 12, 1979. The Nickle's art collection focuses on artworks of the geographic area of Western Canada, but also extends to art of national and international importance, including works by Northern Canadian artists. The art collection currently consists of over 3,000 items. Most of these are works on paper with a growing number of paintings, sculptures and ceramics. The Nickle also manages a small African and Asian collection consisting of 19th and 20th century artifacts. The Nickle Coin Collection is one of the most important such collections in Canada. The original donation of coins was the gift of Carl O. Nickle that accompanied his father's donation in 1970. The collection has since grown to over 16,000 items of primarily Greek, Roman and Byzantine coins. Since 1996, the Nickle has also been the coordinator and focal point of the Minor Program in Museum and Heritage Studies, a course of study providing students with theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the Cultural and Heritage sector. The Nickle Arts Museum is led by a Director who reports through the Director of Information Resources to the Vice-President (Academic). The Director is responsible for the overall administration and programs of the Museum and the collections of The University of Calgary and the Museum. The Director is an ex officio member of the Board of Directors of the Nickle Arts Museum and is responsible for the development of policies governing the exhibiting and collecting procedures of the Museum, providing direction and leadership for the development of the collections of the University and for the research programs associated with these collections. When the Museum opened in 1979, the Director initially reported to the Vice-President (Services). Following a review in 1980, the Director of the Nickle Arts Museum reported to Vice-President (Research). In 1984, given the greater instructional profile of the Museum, a General Faculties Council Review Committee moved the reporting relationship to the office of the Vice-President (Academic) through the Associate Vice-President (Academic). The administration of the Museum was restructured with the establishment of a Board in 1985, chaired by the Associate Vice-President (Academic). In 1999, following a further restructuring of Information Services, the Director of the Nickle Arts Museum now reports to the Director of Information Resources. The Museum's Board of Directors is appointed by the President and consists of the Chair, the Dean of Fine Arts, a representative from the Departments of Archaeology and Classics, the Directors of Community Relations and the Nickle Arts Museum, and the Curators of Numismatics and Art. The Board advises the Director of the Museum on matters pertaining to the general operations of the Museum, including its budget, funding, collecting, exhibiting and related activities such as research, conservation, publishing and sales. Five committees report to the Board: the Executive (an advisory and coordinating body); Art; Numismatics; Archeology; and Community Relations Committees. The Art, Numismatics and Archaeology Committees make recommendations about purchases or gifts for the permanent collections; about suitable exhibitions and lectures; and about educational possibilities and all publishing relevant to the permanent collections. The Community Relations Committee works with the other committees in publicising the Museum and in organizing an annual Nickle Arts Lecture series. In 1993, a Task Force was appointed by the President in response to the University Budget Committee's recommendations that the University drastically reduce its annual contribution to the Nickle Arts Museum. The Task Force eventually heard over 100 submissions from the campus and the community.

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