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Martin Duckworth is a film director, cinematographer and movie editor. He was a part-time instructor at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema between 1990 and 2012.

• In 2015, at the Prix du Québec, Duckworth won the Prix Albert-Tessier for an outstanding career in cinema.

Howard Fink started teaching at Sir George Williams University as an Assistant Professor in English on May 1st, 1964. Fink, Roy Kiyooka and Stanton Hoffman created the Sir George Williams Poetry Reading Series in the Fall of 1966, helped by Wynne Francis and Irving Layton.
Fink was promoted to Associate Professor on September 1, 1969. He was instrumental in the organization of the Face to Face national conference on contemporary English-Canadian theatre that took place at Concordia University in February and March 1975. Fink had worked on rescuing CBC radio drama scripts from the 1930s to 1970 for four years when they were officially transferred to Concordia at a ceremony held on December 7, 1976. The Radio Drama Project would grow up and blossom into the opening of the Centre for Broadcasting Studies in 1981. Fink was promoted to Full Professor in 1985 and was Acting Chair of the English department in 1993. He was granted the Distinguished Professor Emeritus title upon his early retirement in June 1997. Fink would later become the Centre for Broadcasting Studies’ head of archives. He wrote and co-authored many articles and publications on the history of radio broadcasting of theater and drama. Fink passed away on January 21, 2023.

• Howard Fink was the faculty advisor of the Literary Society of Sir George Williams University in 1967.
• He was one of the founding members of the Association for the Study of Canadian Radio and Television (ASCRT). The association was created after the Learned Society convention held in Fredericton, in 1977. Their first annual Congress was held at Concordia in October 1978.
• Fink was the Canadian editor of the international literary publication Stand in 1982.
• Fink’s collaboration with Philip Rouyer, head of Institute for Theatre Research resulted in an agreement with the University of Bordeaux in 1985, encouraging interchanges of students, professors and researchers in the fields of theater, communications and press studies.

Barry Frank joined Sir George Williams University as a faculty members in Physics in 1965. He was promoted to Full Professor in 1986. Frank passed away on January 27, 2019.

• Frank received his 50 years of service recognition at the Annual Long Service and Retiree Luncheon held December 10, 2015
• The Department of Physics' Inaugural Barry Frank Memorial Lecture took place at Concordia University on September 6, 2023.

François-Marc Gagnon was an affiliate professor on the Department of Art History. Son of famous art critic Maurice Gagnon, he was born in Paris but eventually moved to Montreal with his family. He studied theology with the Dominicans in Ottawa from 1956 to 1962 but Gagnon would go back to France in 1968 to do his doctorate on Jean Dubuffet at Paris Sorbonne. Gagnon had been hired by the Département de l’histoire de l’art of Université de Montréal in 1966 and he would teach there until retiring and getting a professor emeritus honour in 2000. He would however quickly get back to work, founding the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art at Concordia University in 2001, after a substantial gift was made by the financial analyst and art collector. Gagnon is well known for his presence at Télé-Université and Canal Savoir but also for the many conferences, books and exhibition catalogues, scholarly articles he took part in. He passed away on March 28, 2019.

• Gagnon’s first publication was his doctorate thesis, Jean Dubuffet, aux sources de la figuration humaines, published by the Presses de l’université de Montréal in 1970.
• His 1975 book La Conversion par l’image, Un aspect de la mission des Jésuites auprès des Indiens du Canada au XVIIe siècle won the Prix Saint-Marie en Histoire, given by the Government of Ontario.
• Gagnon was the recipient of the Governor-General’s Award for his book on Paul-Émile Borduas in 1978.
• In 1987, Gagnon became a member of the Royal Society of Canada.
• Gagnon received an honorary degree from Concordia University, in June 1992.
• Gagnon was named to the Order of Canada in 1999.
• On March 6 2001, The new Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art welcomed Gagnon as his first Chair. Gagnon gave a lecture on Cornelius Krieghoff for the occasion, at the Faculty Club.
• Gagnon was honoured by the Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) with the 2007 Prix André-Laurendeau, in recognition for his exceptional contributions made to research.
• Gagnon was awarded the 2010 Prix Gérard-Morisset as part of the Prix du Québec for his significant contribution to the preservation of the province's cultural heritage.
• The Codex Canadensis and the Writings of Louis Nicolas book has won its Concordia editor the 2013 Canada Prize in Humanities, given by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
• In 2015, Gagnon was inducted into the Order of Quebec.

P. André Gervais earned his Bachelor of Arts from Loyola College in 1954. Gervais joined the Concordia Board of Governors in June 1983, was elected Vice-Chair in 1985, Chair in 1987, and stepped down in September 1992. He continued to sit on sub-committees of the Board of Governors, namely the Personnel and Communications committees. Gervais passed away on August 14, 2016.

• Marc Gervais -P. André Gervais’s bother- graduated from Loyola College in 1950 and went on to become a Communication Studies professor at Concordia.
• Gervais chaired an ad hoc committee that reviewed the search for and evaluation of senior Concordia administrators and produced a report that was approved in May 1984.
• Gervais read the citation at the spring 1986 convocation ceremony for honorary degree recipient Robert Choquette.
• Gervais was the special guest at the reception following the annual general meeting of the Toronto chapter of the Concordia University Alumni Association on May 5, 1988.
• At the April 1992 Senate meeting, Gervais was asked to answer questions about the much-argued rejection of a candidate chosen by the Advisory Search Committee for Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Administration. Mohsen Anvari had then been “officially informed” that the committee had “unanimously recommended” him as Dean before Christopher A. Ross was announced as Dean. Gervais explained that the delay in making the announcement had been caused by an “unprecedented” review of the findings of the Advisory Search Committee.
• Gervais was behind an extensive review of University evaluation and search committees that was launched in the fall of 1991 and chaired by then Vice-Chairman Reginald K. Groome. The Ad Hoc Committee on the Revision of the Composition, Rules and Procedures of Evaluation Committees and Advisory Search Committees published its report in December 1992.
• In 1991, Gervais completed the first major revision of University by-laws.
• During his tenure as Chair, Gervais chaired the ad hoc committee in charge of examining revisions to the Board of Governors standing committees. As a result of Gervais’s recommendations, the number of committees was reduced from 18 to 13.
• Gervais received Concordia University Alumni Association’s highest honour, the Award of Merit, at the Alumni Recognition Awards reception on January 19, 1995.
• Gervais received the honour of Governor Emeritus in June 1996.
• Gervais was named Trustee of the Canadian Irish Studies Foundation in 2001.
• The P. André Gervais Graduate Scholarship in Theological Studies was inducted at the Graduate Awards Breakfast on December 2, 2003. The award was one of 10 named endowments in the Gold Scholarship Bank created by Harriet and Abe Gold in honour of several of their friends.

Tom Gibson was an artist and an associate professor at the Studio Arts department of Concordia University. Born in Edinburgh, he spent the beginning of his adult life travelling before moving to Montreal in the mid-1970s. His first artistic practice was painting but by the mid-60s, he had already made photography his main media. Gibson started teaching photography at Concordia University in 1976. He created the first photography MFA program at the Faculty of Fine Arts - the first of this kind in Canada. In 1982, the Gallery II at the Sir George Williams Art Galleries presented the show ‘Tom Gibson: Selected Photographs 1965-1980’. In 1985, he was Director of Graduate Studio Arts at Concordia University. He sat on the Council of the Faculty of Fine Arts from 1985-1986 to 1988-1989. Gibson was a member of the Board of Graduate Studies in 1986-1987 as a representative of the Faculty of Fine Arts. In 1993, the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (CMCP) organized a retrospective exhibition and catalogue of his work titled ‘Tom Gibson: False Evidence Appearing Real’ at the Saydie Bronfman Centre. Gibson retired from Concordia in 1996. In April 2006, the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery presented the show ‘Collection 2: Sur le vif’, featuring works by Tom Gibson and Sam Tata. The McClure Gallery in Montreal presented his last exhibition ‘Three Montreal Photographer’ in May 2021. Tom Gibson passed away on June 1, 2021. His works remain presented in many collections including those of the National Gallery of Canada, the International Museum of Photography in Rochester, New York, and the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO).

• Tom Gibson received his first Canada Council of Arts award in 1968 to photograph in Mexico.
• Gibson was also instrumental in the creation of the undergraduate program in photography, along with Gabor Szilasi, Katherine Tweedie and Tim Clark in 1982-1983.

Alan B. Gold was named Chancellor at a special meeting of the Board of Governors on February 5, 1987 with a mandate set to end on December 31, 1991 that was eventually extended into the Fall of 1992. At the time of his appointment, Gold was Chief Justice of the Quebec Superior Court.On June 12, 1987 he was installed as Chancellor at the Engineering and Computer Science Spring Convocation. In July, 1992 Gold stepped down from his role as Chief Justice and on September 30, 1992, handed down the chain of office as Chancellor, following which he became Chancellor Emeritus and an Honorary Life Member of the Concordia University Alumni Association (CUAA). Gold passed away on May 15, 2005.

• At the June 17, 1987 Fine Arts Spring Convocation, Gold gave an address to honour Leon Bellefleur.
• During the Oka/Kahnawake dispute in 1990, Gold was named a mediator by then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
• At the Fall 1992 Convocation, Gold received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree (LL.D.) and gave the convocation address.

Reginald K. Groome held a Concordia Board of Governors seat as representative of the community-at-large from 1980-86, when he was elected and served as Vice-Chair until 1991. After retiring as President of Hilton Canada Inc. in 1990, Groome was elected Chair of the Board of Governors in September 1992, a role maintained until 1999. Groome chaired the Search Committee for a Rector in 1994 and 1999. He died on September 20, 1999, in his seventh year as Chair of the Board of Governors. A memorial for Groome was held at the Loyola Chapel on November 17, 1999.

• Groome received the Order of Canada in 1980.
• In 1991 Groome was appointed Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Revision of the Composition, Rules and Procedures of Evaluation Committees and Advisory Search Committees. The Committee (often referred to as the Groome Committee) produced a report in December 1992 that was widely regarded as a significant step toward demonstrating transparency from the University in that it presented shortlisted candidates to the internal community before candidates were finalized by the Board.
• On November 13 1992, Groome was invited as a keynote speaker at the Commerce and Administration Awards of Distinction Luncheon.
• In 1996 Groome received the award of the Bronze Wolf from the King of Sweden. The award is considered the highest honour given by international scouting, an organization for which Groome volunteered for many years and from which Groome received his first scouting award -the Boy Scouts of Canada’s Silver Acorn- in 1964.

Frank Guadagni was an associate professor of mathematics, physics and engineering. He taught at Loyola College from 1942 to 1964. Guadagni graduated from McGill university in 1937 in metallurgical engineering with highest honours and was awarded the Governor-General’s medal. After five years working in the industry, Guadagni joined Loyola’s faculty in 1942 and contributed to the establishment of the Engineering faculty. Until 1959, he was the sole Engineering professor taught all the Chemistry classes from 1942 to 1953. Frank Guadagni passed away in 1964.

• In March of 1962, Guadagni attended the Canadian Conference on Education as a delegate from the National Conference of Universities and Colleges, along with the Legal Advisor (Slattery), the Rector and the Dean of that time.
• The Guadagni Lounge was given its name in honour of professor Guadagni shortly after his passing.

September 27, 2008: A conference is held in the Department of History to celebrate Hill's retirement.

Mel Hoppenheim was the founder, President and CEO of the Cité du Cinéma Mel. Hoppenheim attended the evening courses at Sir George Williams University. In 1996, he headed the Cinema Advisory Board, a group that aimed to address the long-term issues the cinema department was facing at the time. During the launch of the Campaign for a New Millennium on October 29, 1997, Hoppenheim pledged $1 million on his and his wife’s behalf to create the School of Cinema. Following the gift, the Department of cinema was re-named the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in December 1997. The Faculty of Fine Arts awarded Hoppenheim an honorary doctorate at its Spring 2009 Convocation ceremony. He passed away on July 27, 2022.

• Panavision (now Panavision Canada), a company Hoppenheim founded in 1965 as a movie equipment rental service, won an Oscar in 1982, the first-ever award for technical achievement.
• Since 1985, the annual Year-End Screenings of the cinema department is awarding the Mel Hoppenheim Award to the outstanding performance in film production to a student.
• Hoppenheim was awarded an Award of Distinction from the Faculty of Fine Arts at their inaugural presentation ceremony, held on May 7, 2002.
• In 2005, Hoppenheim was the special guest of the first edition of the Art Matters festival. He lead a panel of discussion on the future of Quebec cinema. He was presented with an Achievement Award (Builders Category) at the same event.
• Mel Hoppenheim was presented the Motion Picture International Business Leader of the Year Award at the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles, in 2006.
• Hoppenheim was appointed Member of the Order of Canada in 2015.