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Corley, Ruth
RC4 · Personne · [19-?]
Cam, Roger C.
RCC1 · Personne · [19-?]
Dufort, Russell
RD1 · Personne · 1923-2017

Russell (Russ) Dufort est né en 1923. Sa carrière musicale a débuté à l'adolescence lorsqu'il jouait de la batterie avec The Stardusters, un big band local. Plus tard, Dufort a joué avec le célèbre Johnny Holmes Orchestra. Il a aussi parfois joué dans le trio d'Oscar Peterson. Il faisait partie d'une des premières sessions d'enregistrement chez R.C.A. Victor. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Dufort était batteur de l'orchestre de l'Aviation royale canadienne à Ottawa, Saskatoon et Vancouver. Il a aussi joué de la batterie à l’École de bombardement et de tir de Dafoe, en Saskatchewan.
Dufort a quitté le Johnny Holmes Orchestra lorsqu’il devenait nécessaire de trouver un emploi plus stable pour répondre aux obligations familiales. Il travaillait d'abord au Canadien Pacifique, puis à Canadair Limited, où il était employé pendant plus de 40 ans. Il a continué à jouer de la musique les fins de semaine, d'abord avec le musicien montréalais Bud Hayward, puis en formant son propre quintette, le Russ Dufort Orchestra. Un moment important de sa carrière a été d’être le chef de l’orchestre qui a joué entre les sets lors d'un concert de Duke Ellington dans les années 1960.
Dufort était présent à l'inauguration de la salle de concert Oscar Peterson de l'Université Concordia, où il a retrouvé son vieil ami Oscar Peterson. Dufort est devenu membre honoraire à vie de la Guilde des musiciens de Montréal en 2003.
Dufort a continué à jouer de la batterie avec des musiciens en visite à la maison de retraite dans laquelle il résidait. Il est décédé à Pointe-Claire, Québec, le 23 mai 2017.

Diubaldo, Richard
RD1 · Personne · September 27, 1940 - July 1, 2007
Darby, Ray
RD3 · Personne · 1912-1982
Daniells, Roy
RD4 · Personne · 1902 - 1979
Dunlop, Roy
RD6 · Personne · [19-?]
Gard, Robert E
REG1 · Personne · 1910-1992
Groome, Reginald K.
RG1 · Personne · 1928-1999

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.
Tobias, Rytsa Helene
RHT1 · Personne · 1919-2000

Rytsa Helene Tobias, professor of English at Concordia University, was born in Winnipeg on November 7th, 1919 and died in Montreal on April 14th, 2000. She was the daughter of Claire Ripstein Tobias and Norman Cecil Tobias. In 1947, Rytsa enrolled as a night student at Sir George Williams College from which she graduated as a day student in 1951 (BA). Upon her graduation, she received the Birks Medal, as the highest ranking graduating student in Arts, and the Lieutenant-Governor’s Silver Medal for the highest standing in the History Major. Following her graduation, she joined the Sir George Williams faculty as English lecturer in September 1951, was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor in 1956, Associate Professor by 1962 and Full Professor of English, in 1972. From 1972 until her retirement in 1985, Rytsa was to teach English as a full professor at Sir George Williams University and, after its 1974 merger with Loyola College, at Concordia University. The Rytsa Tobias Memorial Medal, successor to the Birks Medal, was endowed by the Tobias Family and is presented by a Tobias Family member to the highest ranking Concordia University student graduating with a BA degree. It was first awarded in 2004.

Lucas, Rupert
RL1 · Personne · [19-]
Lait, Robert
RL2 · Personne · [19-?]
Wilkins, Robert N.
RNW1 · Personne · 1947-

Robert N. Wilkins was born in Montreal in 1947. He graduated from Sir George Williams University in 1969 (BA) and was a high school history teacher in Montreal for 35 years. In retirement, he was initially a regular contributor to the Westmount Examiner, and later a columnist for The Gazette (“Looking Back” and "Montreal Diary” pages). He is the author of Montreal 1909 (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue: Shoreline, 2017). Using extracts from the 1909 editions of The Montreal Star and his own comments, he gave in this book a fascinating day-by-day account of the fast-growing Montreal during the Edwardian era (1900-1910).

Pallen, Robert
RP1 · Personne · 1930-2003

Robert H. Pallen was born in 1930. He was married to Anne, and they had children. He died in Montreal in 2003. Pallen graduated in Chemistry from Sir George Williams University in 1952. He pursured graduate studies and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario.

He joined Loyola of Montreal as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. After Loyola College merged with Sir George Williams University to form Concordia University in 1974, he was Associate Professor of chemistry at Concordia University from 1975 to 1989 and then Associate Professor, chemistry and biochemistry, from 1990 to his retirement in 1996.

He held many administrative positions. He was secretary of the Loyola Science Faculty Council 1972-1973. From 1973-1979 he was Assistant Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science (Loyola). From 1977-1985 he was Associate Dean of Division III, Faculty of Arts and Science. From 1985 to 1996 he was Associate Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Following retirement he pursued his interest in music, registering as a student in the Faculty of Fine Arts. He was active in the Concordia University Pensioners' Association.

In 1983 he institute the annual Expo-Science, a collaboration between Concordia University and the Pointe Claire Cultural Centre, Stewart Hall.