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Prospector, Businessman, 1879-1938. Albert John Ridley left his parents' farm in Ridgetown, Ontario after high school to join the Klondike Gold Rush. Having journeyed west, he headed north from Vancouver in September 1899, to Skagway. Following a year of travel and periods of sedentariness, he and his two companions reached Lousetown near Dawson City in July, 1900. He remained in the Klondike until the fall of 1903. After his return to Ontario, he took up various business ventures in Canada and the United States. He finally settled in Birmingham, Alabama in 1908.

Psychiatrist, 1919- . A.C. Walsh was unofficial class photographer for the class of '43 in Medicine. The photographs in this collection were sent to the Archives from his office in Pittsburgh, where he has been a practicing psychiatrist.

Author, Naturalist, 1907- . Kerry Wood, also known as Nobby, began his writing career as a contributor to Edmonton and Red Deer newspapers. He has since produced 19 books; thousands of short stories, columns and articles; and hundreds of radio and televison programs. He has won Governor General's Awards for Juvenile Fiction for his books The Map-Maker (1955) and The Great Chief (1957) and was awarded the first Vicky Metcalf Award in 1963 for his sustained contribution to Canadian juvenile literature. He has also been recognized for his work as a naturalist, for helping to create 26 wildlife sanctuaries in Western Canada. The University of Alberta granted him an honorary doctorate of laws in 1969.

Author, Poet, 1901- . Son of Arthur and Gertrude Balmer Watt, Ted Watt was a bush pilot, reporter, and author. As a reporter he flew on the first airmail flight to Aklavik in 1928, and he covered the shooting of the Mad Trapper, Albert Johnson. He was a naval intelligence officer in World War II, earning the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Mr. Watt was a member of the information branch of Health and Welfare in Ottawa from 1957 to 1969. He is the author of numerous magazine articles, poems, and books, including a history of the Edmonton Grads and Great Bear, which describes the Great Bear Lake region.

Zoologist, Marine biologist, 1914-1986. Donald M. Ross came from Cambridge University in 1961 to join the University as professor and head of the Department of Zoology. In 1964 he was named Dean of Science, a position he held until 1976. He retired as Professor Emeritus in 1979. A marine biologist, his research focused on the biological behaviour of marine animals and colour changes in fish. He was instrumental in the establishment of Bamfield Marine Research Station on Vancouver Island in 1970. His films of marine animal behaviour have been shown at universities throughout the world.

Author, 1927- . Mrs. Sheppard, daughter of Karl A. Clark, oil sands pioneer, is the author of Oil Sands Scientist: the letters of Karl A. Clark, 1920-1949 (University of Alberta Press, 1989).

Mathematician, Administrator, 1916-1991. Dr. Max Wyman joined the University staff in 1943 as a mathematics lecturer. He became a full professor in 1956, Chair of the Department of Mathematics in 1961, Dean of Science in 1963, Vice-President (Academic) in 1964 and president of the University in 1969, which position he held until his retirement in 1974. In 1976 Dr. Wyman was appointed University Professor. Other areas of service included work on various commissions, including the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission and the Board of Review for Provincial Courts in Alberta (Kirby Commission). He also served as Chair of the Alberta Human Rights Commission, 1974-1979.

Educator, Administrator, Teacher, 1890-1969. After a varied teaching career in Saskatchewan and Alberta, Herbert E. Smith was appointed assistant professor of Philosophy at the University in 1929. Following a wartime leave of absence, he served as Director of Summer Session (1945-1949). In 1949 he was granted a full professorship, and from 1950 until his retirement in 1955 he was Dean of the Faculty of Education. He also taught as a special lecturer in Psychology from 1935 to 1950. Under his deanship, the education faculty expanded its teaching program to become a centre for graduate study and research.

Engineer, 1907-1968. An alumnus of the University, "Ward" Porteous returned to the campus in 1930 as an instructor in electrical engineering. He became a full professor in 1955. He was a co- founder of the campus radio station, CKUA; between 1939 and 1940 he designed and installed the station's transmission expansion facilities.

Zoologist (1893-1982). Joseph Dewey Soper worked as a naturalist with the National Museum of Canada (1923-1927) and led Baffin Island expeditions for the Northwest Territories Branch of the Department of the Interior. Later he served as chief Federal wildlife officer, Canadian Wildlife Services, for the Prairie Provinces (1934-1948) and Alberta, Northwest Territories and Yukon (1948-1952). As an explorer, he made corrections to the map of Baffin Island. As a zoologist, he was one of the first scientists to study the wildlife of the Arctic, discovering a new sub-species of ringed seal and the breeding ground of the blue goose on Baffin Island. Three geological features on the island and several zoological sub-species were named after him. For his contribution to the field of Arctic and Prairie Zoology, in 1960 he was given an honorary doctorate and research associateship in zoology by the University of Alberta.