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Sutton, Myron
MS1 · Person · October 9, 1903-June 17, 1982

Myron Pierman Mynie Sutton was born October 9, 1903 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and died there June 17, 1982. He began piano lessons at age nine with a church organist, and he began clarinet lessons when he was 17. He later took up alto saxophone. While attending Stamford Collegiate he played piano at dances, and at 18 he joined St. Anne's Symphonic Band, playing clarinet. At age 19 he organized a school band and joined a quartet in Niagara Falls, N.Y. He quit school in Grade 12 and played in pianist Joe Stewart's dance band from 1924 to 1926. He was also a member of the Birds of Paradise, a nine-piece band led by Eugene Primus. He declined trombonist J. C. Higginbotham's invitation to accompany him in New York City around 1927, preferring to join tuba player Lester Vactor's Royal Ambassadors, a 10-piece band working in Buffalo, until they disbanded in 1931. Back in Canada in 1931 he and pianist John Walden formed a six-piece band, the Canadian Ambassadors, which was based in Guelph, Ontario. In 1933 the band moved to Montreal. During the next six years, Sutton led the band through a series of short-term engagements in different cities.

He wrote many arrangements and at least one original composition, Moanin' at the Montmartre, for the Canadian Ambassadors. The Canadian Ambassadors disbanded in 1939. Between 1933 and 1941, he frequently lead small bands, usually quintets drawn from the Canadian Ambassadors. He registered two songs for copyright in the United States, To See You Smile and Dreams Seldom Come True. He was a member of the Canadian Clef Club, a musicians' association. In 1941, with the intention of quitting music, he gave away his clarinet and moved back to Niagara Falls to take care of his mother. He worked as a welder at Abex Industries from 1943 until he retired in 1973. Soon after returning to Niagara Falls he was asked to put together a band for a dance, and continued to lead the 10-piece group part-time until 1945. Thereafter he worked with several pick-up bands, including a quartet called the Casuals. He gave private saxophone lessons. He served more than 30 years on the executive board of the Niagara Region Musicians' Association, where he became a life member in 1967. He founded the Canadian Brotherhood Club of Niagara Falls in 1945 and served as president until his death. In May 1977 he was honoured by the Niagara Promotions Association for outstanding community service as a musician. He continued performing until two weeks before his death.

Redmond, Robert
RR1 · Person · 1923 -

Robert Bob Redmond was a saxophonist and clarinetist. Born in 1923 in Verdun, Quebec, he resides in Alexandria, Ontario. He was self-taught and began a professional career in 1941 with the Al King Orchestra in Montreal's Auditorium Ballroom. He played with the Stardusters and the Johnny Holmes Orchestra before joining the Canadian Army at age 18 in 1942 where he also worked as a musician, performing in Canada and Europe during World War II. In 1946 he returned to civilian life in Montreal and a job with the Johnny Holmes Orchestra. Between 1947 and 1950 he played with the Johnny Gilbert dance band and the Ray Dawe Orchestra. When Montreal nightclubs began to close he began work in a textile distributing company which he eventually purchased and operated for 30 years. He worked part-time in music with the Escorts, the Bob Hopkins Orchestra, and later his own orchestra.

JAM1 · Corporate body · 1988-1997

The Jazz Association of Montreal Inc. was founded in 1988 as a member-based, non-profit organization to aid and benefit jazz music in the city of Montreal. Its objectives were:
(1) To foster appreciation of jazz as an art form by making known jazz activities presented in the Montreal region and by producing educational and cultural programs;
(2) To encourage the development of young talent; to promote education in the field of jazz music; and
(3) To promote awareness of the aesthetics of jazz and its uniqueness in our culture.

The association, also known as Jazz Montreal, became inactive after 1997.

Sabbath, Lawrence
LS1 · Person · May 25, 1915 - June 29, 1993

Lawrence Sabbath was born in Montreal May 25, 1915, and died in Montreal June 29, 1993. He studied arts at Queen's University and law at McGill University. He was a drama and visual arts critic for The Montreal Star 1957-1979, The Montreal Gazette1979- 1987, and for other newspapers and magazines including the Toronto Star, the New York Times, Saturday Night, and Vie des arts. He was the first anglophone theatre critic to develop a consistent pattern of coverage for French-language theatre, to bring its achievements to readers outside Quebec, and to draw to the attention of Quebecers the accomplishments of francophone companies and performers outside Quebec. He was the first critic to recognize the enormous talent of playwright Michel Tremblay, whose first works were criticized for their use of Quebec vernacular. Lawrence Sabbath also gave talks on art and drama on television and radio, and gave courses in university and high schools. He was awarded a médaille d'or by the Université de Montréal in 1960 in recognition of his accomplishments. In 1990 he received the Imperial Oil Award for Excellence in Arts Journalism.

Vazan, Bill
BV1 · Person · 1933-

Bill Vazan was born in Toronto in 1933. As an artist located in Montreal, for many years he worked with photography and video as well as doing sculpture, primarily with rocks. Vazan's work can be seen in galleries around the world. He was one of the artists involved in Corridart dans la rue Sherbrooke (1976).

Mosher, Terry
TM1 · Person · 1942-

Aislin is the pseudonym Terry Mosher uses as the editorial cartoonist for the Montreal Gazette. He was born in Ottawa in 1942 and attended school in Montreal, Toronto, and Quebec City. He graduated from Montreal's École des Beaux-Arts in 1967. He worked for the Montreal Star following graduation and moved to the Gazette in 1972.

Aislin's work has been syndicated throughout Canada and he has freelanced for such publications as the New York Times, Time magazine, Punch, and Harper's. He has published some 30 books, either collections of his own works or books that he illustrated. He has won two National Newspaper Awards and prizes from the International Salon of Caricature. In 1985 he became the youngest person ever to be inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame. In 1997-98, Montreal's McCord Museum hosted a joint exhibition of the best caricatures of Aislin and Serge Chapleau, the editorial page cartoonist for Montreal's La Presse.

Aubes 3935
A1 · Corporate body · November 1981-March 1990

Aubes 3935 was founded in November 1981 by Annie Molin Vasseur who managed the gallery until its closure on March 25, 1990. The gallery specialized in art books, and, among other things, it organized a national (1984) and an international (1986) contest for Canadian art books. The gallery later expanded to exhibit contemporary art (painting, drawing, sculpture, installation art, etc.) by artists from Quebec, the rest of Canada, Europe, and the United States.

Brault, François
FB1 · Person · December 7, 1941-

François Brault, born in Montreal December 7, 1941, directed some 30 documentary films on liturgical art in Quebec for the National Film Board of Canada.

CUFS1 · Corporate body · 1974-

Organized in the wake of the Loyola College and Sir George Williams University merger in September 1974, the Office of the Treasurer of Concordia University assumed the responsibilities for general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable (Student Accounts), payroll, insurance, and operating budget. However, for some years, controlling of the capital budget was the responsibility of the University physical resources management area.

The main premises of the Office of the Treasurer have been on the Sir George Williams (SGW) campus but there was also an office mainly for Student Accounts on the Loyola campus until 1992.

Between 1974 and 1995, the Office of the Treasurer was under the direction of the Assistant Vice-Rector and Treasurer who was part of the portfolio of the Vice-Rector Administration and Finance until 1985 and then under the Vice-Rector Institutional Relations and Finance. In November 1995, part of a reorganization of the senior administration, the position of Vice-Rector Institutional Relations and Finance was split in two, creating the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO), reporting directly to the Rector, in order that the CFO could be charged exclusively with the management of the University’s financial affairs. With this administrative reorganization, the Office of the Treasurer was renamed Financial Services. Payroll was also moved under Human Resources at the same period.

In 1974, the first Assistant Vice-Rector and Treasurer was William (Bill) M. Reay – who had been before the merger, the Treasurer of Sir George Williams University. He stayed in office at Concordia until the end of 1981. He was followed by Wilfred (Fred) G. McManus until August 1988. Jean-Paul Lauly was then the Concordia Treasurer until the arrival of the first University Chief Financial Officer, Larry English, in July 1996.

Sheldon, Michael
MS1 · Person · 1918-2001

Frank Michael Sheldon was born in England in 1918. He graduated from Oxford University with a B.A. and an M.A. in History. In 1938 he began teaching English in Roumania. In 1940 he married Maire Claire (Mimi) Moisescu in Bucharest. He worked for British Army Intelligence during World War II. Decommissioned in 1945, he worked for the British Embassy in Belgium 1945-1947, and then British European Airways 1947-1948. He emigrated to Canada in 1948. He worked briefly for the Bank of Montreal and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation before joining Bell Canada's public relations office. In the 1960s he worked for the pharmaceutical company Smith Kline & French and in 1967 he became executive assistant to the principal of Bishop's University. In 1969 he joined Concordia University founding institution Sir George Williams College as assistant to the principal. Following the 1974 merger of SGW with Loyola College to form Concordia University, Michael Sheldon became executive assistant to the Rector of Concordia, where he remained until his retirement in 1985.

Sheldon published four novels: The Guilded Rule (1963), The Unmelting Pot (1965), The Personnel Man (1966), and Death of a Leader (1971). He also wrote numerous articles and short stories that were published in Canadian magazines, and a number of radio plays.

Michael Sheldon and his wife had three children: Christopher Charles, born in 1943, Sheila Janine, born 1948, and Anthony Michael, born 1950. Mimi Moisescu Sheldon died in 1985. In 1987 Michael Sheldon married Lotte Marcus. They moved to Victoria in 1996. Lotte died in 1998, and Michael Sheldon died in 2001.

Préfontaine, Jean
JP1 · Person · September 21, 1926-June 24, 2008

Jean Doc Préfontaine was born in Montreal September 21, 1926 to a musical family. His father, a biologist, played classical piano, and his mother sang opera; an aunt played piano and harp. While attending boarding school in Joliette, he began playing clarinet and flute. He later taught himself to play alto and tenor saxophone. After receiving an Arts degree from the Université de Montréal, he studied medicine for three years. From 1955 to 1963 he served in the Canadian Army, playing bassoon in various bands. In 1965-1966 he interned in psychology, including music therapy, at the War Veterans Hospital in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec. Between 1954 and 1967 he worked frequently as a musician and band leader in and around Montreal. In 1967 he founded Le Quatuor de Jazz du Québec (also known as Quatuor de Nouveau Jazz Libre du Québec, Jazz Libre du Québec, and Jazz Libre). As a member of the quartet, he performed in the musical revues Peuple à genoux, L'Osstidcho (1968), and L'Osstidchomeurt (1969), and worked with Robert Charlebois in concerts and recordings. He was a member of L'Infonie for a few concerts and recordings. With Jazz Libre, he helped organize La Colonie artistique de Val-David (1970), La Ferme du Jazz Libre du Québec (also known as Le Petit Québec Libre) in Ste-Anne-de-la-Rochelle, Quebec, and a coffee house called L'Amorce where Jazz Libre performed regularly. When Jazz Libre disbanded in 1974, he left full-time work as a musician. He became involved in teaching and social and cultural animation projects. He wrote and performed the music for the play L'Aube d'un rêve by Denis Wilford (1975). He moved to the Gaspé region in 1977 and continued teaching. Jean Préfontaine died on June 24, 2008 in New Carlisle, in Gaspésie.

Curran, John Joseph
JJC1 · Person · February 22, 1842-October 1, 1909

John Joseph Curran, judge and writer, was a prominent member of the Irish community of Montreal. Born in Montreal February 22, 1842, Curran was one of eleven children of Charles C. and Sarah Kennedy Curran of County Down, Ireland. Curran attended Collège Ste-Marie and Ottawa University. He graduated from McGill Law School in 1862 and was appointed to the Bar Association in 1863. In 1865 Curran married Mary Elizabeth Brennan, with whom he had seven children. He was named Q.C. in 1882, and in 1885 he became a judge for the Superior Court of Quebec. In 1881 Manhattan College awarded him an honorary LL.D.

Between 1882-1895 Curran won three consecutive elections to become the Conservative Member of Parliament for Montreal Centre. In 1894-1895 he was Solicitor General.

Curran wrote on the history of St. Patrick's Church, St. Patrick's Orphanage (founded by his father), as well as on the life of his friend Father Patrick Dowd.

Judge Curran's obituary in The Montreal Gazette on October 2, 1909 described John Joseph Curran as a good citizen, a model churchman, an ardent patriot, and an impartial judge who was respected for high character by men of all shades of opinion.

Desmarais, Lucien
LD1 · Person · September 4, 1925-November 16, 1988

Lucien Desmarais (he sometimes signed his name Des Marais and sometimes DesMarais) was born in St-Césaire, Quebec, September 4, 1925. In 1954 he married Angéline Choquette, with whom he had two children, Marie-Claire and Paul. He died in Montreal November 16, 1988. He obtained a diploma in general studies from Collège St-André in St-Césaire in 1944. From then until 1946 he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts of Montreal. From 1946 to 1948 he took courses at the Université de Montréal, in art history under Maurice Gagnon and then on the history of French-Canadian civilization with J.M. Gauvreau. In 1956 he took specialized courses in weaving and tapestry-making at the École du meuble of Montreal.

He began his career in 1946 as a decorator and as a designer of hand-woven fabric. From 1953 to 1954 he worked for the Centrale d'artisanat du Québec and the Quebec Office for Crafts and Small Industries, where he was in charge of display and craft exhibits. From 1955 to 1956 he was an assistant set designer for six National Film Board of Canada feature films. He also worked in theatre as a properties assistant and as an assistant set decorator. Beginning in 1958, he oriented his production toward the creation of hand-woven fabrics for high-fashion apparel, draperies, carpets, and upholstery. A pioneer and advocate of hand-woven fabrics for Canadian fashion, he collaborated with Montreal couturiers Marielle Fleury, Michel Robichaud, Diane Paré, Irène Chiasson, Jacques de Montjoye, Jean-Raoul Fouré, Denyse Delrue, and Anne-Marie Perron. His work was presented in collections of Canadian fashion in Montreal, Quebec City, Paris, London, Milan, and Brussels. He participated in numerous craft exhibitions in Quebec and abroad.

From 1951 to 1961 he was secretary and public relations officer for the Association professionnelle des artisans du Québec. In 1972 he founded the Association des artisans de la ceinture fléchée du Québec and, in 1977, he founded the Biennale de la nouvelle tapisserie du Québec (BNTQ. From 1982 to 1983 he was a member of the board of directors of the Fil d'Ariane, a sheltered workshop where handicapped adults could make tapestries. In 1983, he was an advisor for the Grand Prix des métiers d'art ( = the Grand Prize for Handicrafts). In 1986 he founded the Centre d'arts textiles anciens et modernes ( = the Centre for Ancient and Modern Textile Arts).

In 1960 he received a bursary from the Quebec Office for Crafts and Small Industries. In 1961 he received the first prize for weaving at the crafts exhibition of the artisans du Québec. In 1962 he received the grand prize for weaving at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. In 1967 he received a Canada Council grant. He was the Quebec delegate at the Wurzburg Canadian Festival in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1965, and in 1968 he represented the Canadian Guild of Crafts at the world congress of the World Crafts Council in Lima, Peru. In 1978 he was a Canadian delegate to the World Crafts Council congress in Kyoto, Japan. In 1981 and 1983 he was a BNTQ delegate at the International Biennial of Lausanne. In 1984 he was made a member of the Order of Canada.

He gave numerous speeches, and taught weaving and tapestry-making at the Canadian Guild of Crafts in Montreal, at the CÉGEP St-Laurent, at Algonquin College, Ottawa, at the Pointe-Claire Arts Centre, and at his studio. He was an occasional invited teacher for the Ontario Ministry of Education, the Prince Edward Island Crafts Council, the University of New Brunswick, and other institutions in Quebec. He authored articles for a number of magazines, and his book Le tissage debasse-lissewas published by les Éditions Formart in 1972.

CUCCBJS01 · Corporate body · 1981-

The Concordia Centre for Broadcasting and Journalism Studies has been involved with the study of media since 1981, as a research centre and as an archive. The centre prides itself as a hub of intellectual engagement with media by sociologists, journalism and communication scholars, historians, and literature specialists.

CUOAA1 · Corporate body · 1983-1999

The Office of Alumni Affairs provided the principal link between Concordia and its network of graduates, to strengthen this bond and to engender in its alumni and students, as future alumni, loyalty and support for the University. The office had its origins in the hiring of Gary Richards on July 1, 1983, as Executive Director of the recently formed Concordia University Alumni Association, reporting to the Rector and to the Association’s Board of Directors. He soon became known as Director of Alumni Affairs. In 1985, the publishing of Concordia University Magazine changed responsibility from Public Relations Department to Alumni Affairs. Gary Richards left the University in April 1989, then Carolishca Locas became Acting Director until the arrival of Ann Vroom on September 18, who stayed Director of Alumni Affairs for the following 10 years, until October 1, 1999. In accordance to the final report of the Advancement and Alumni Task Force (October 12, 1999), the offices of Alumni Affairs and University Advancement were organizationally and geographically consolidated in 2000. Both units moved to the fifth floor of the Faubourg Building and became one unit: Advancement and Alumni Relations (AAR).

Darby, Ray
RD3 · Person · 1912-1982