Peter Madden was born October 14, 1939 in the Toronto area. Between his 12th and 31st birthday, he spent many years first in reformatories and later in prison. He wrote his first play, Criminal Record (1971), while incarcerated at Collins Bay Penitentiary. The production of this play was invited to the Dominion Drama Festival in 1971. Later, it was adapted into a film, Cell 16, produced by the National Film Board (NFB), and Peter Madden was paroled from Collins Bay Penitentiary as a writer for the NFB. Since his release in 1971, Peter Madden committed himself to writing. In 1974, he wrote the script for the NFB-film One Man and the play The Night No One Yelled, which was produced by Beggars’ Workshop in Montreal. Peter Madden’s script Leave my Kids Alone was released by the NFB in 1990 under the title The Ticket Back. Peter Madden worked as a writer, playwright, screenwriter, and poet for the remainder of his life. He predominantly wrote about prisons, crime, and incarceration. Some of his plays were produced as radio dramas for the CBC. From 1972 to 1977, Peter Madden was Artistic director at the Beggars’ Workshop Theatre in Montreal. In 1977, he was awarded for the screenplay of the NFB-film One Man. Peter Madden lived in Montreal from 1971 until his death on September 9, 2006. He had two sons.
Mary Mahon was born in County Armagh, Ireland, probably in the 1890s. She came to Canada early in the 20th century. She lived in the municipality of Maisonneuve (later Montreal). According to her obituary she was a staunch adherent to the cause of Irish liberty. She was the first person to fly the Sinn Fein flag in Canada, in 1918. She died in Montreal on August 17, 1943.
Moses Charles Malone was born in Montreal 13 January 1875 and died in Los Angeles 14 January 1922.
Father Patrick G. Malone, S. J. was born June 28, 1918 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and died in Pickering, Ontario, on February 26, 2001. Although born in Belfast, he grew up in Toronto where he received his early education. He entered the Jesuits at Guelph, Ontario in 1936 and followed their program of studies. He also studied politics and economics at the University of Toronto (M.A. 1945). In July 1946, he was assigned to the Jesuit Seminary in Toronto, to begin theological studies and was ordained to priesthood on June 27, 1949. After a further year of studies in theology there, he went for a year of spiritual theology at the Institut Saint-Robert-Bellarmin in Belgium. On his return to Canada in 1951, Father Malone’s first assignment was at Saint Mary’s University and High School in Halifax as professor and Dean of Studies. In 1956, he was appointed President of Saint Mary’s University. On August 15, 1959, Father Malone became the 13th Rector and first President of Loyola College in Montreal and held the position until the end of the academic year 1973-1974. In the context of the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, he had also been appointed Vice-Rector and Principal of Loyola Campus on August 10, 1973, by the Board of Governors of the coming new institution which officially became Concordia University in August 1974. Only a few months before, on March 20, 1974, Father Malone announced his resignation from both positions. Father Malone received an Honorary degree from Concordia University at its Inaugural Convocation (Loyola Faculty of Arts and Science) in June 1975.
Norman Manson graduated with the first Sir George Williams College graduating class, known as the Guinea Pig Graduating Class of 1937. He taught in the Sir George Williams School of Retailing, the Business School, and University. He was the first secretary of both the Association of Alumni of Sir George Williams College and the Society of the Order of Guinea Pig, a unit within the alumni association. Norman Manson died February 2, 2003.