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Leger-Anderson, Ann
Person · 1936-2006

Ann Leger-Anderson was born in Reading Pennsylvania, on August 15, 1936. She received her post secondary education from Ursinus College and Clark University, and earned a Ph.D. in History from the University of Iowa with specialization in American History. Leger-Anderson briefly taught at Idaho State University prior to moving to Canada in 1966 to teach at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus.

Although, Leger-Anderson was trained in American history, her focus and research was on Canadian prairie women’s history. As one of the first historians to work in this field, Leger-Anderson made a strong impact in this area with her role as a professor teaching undergraduate students, supervising undergraduate and graduate students, creating research networks; and publishing.

Leger-Anderson eventually became a Canadian citizen; however she continued to teach American History and remained tied to that interest. When she retired from the University of Regina in 2004 she was granted the title of Professor Emerita, and continued to involve herself with many organizations as, for example, a member of the Editorial Board of the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan and a Chairperson and Research Fellow for the Canadian Plains Research Centre. She also maintained an association with the Organization of American Historians.

Leger-Anderson was one of founding members of the Women in Alberta and Saskatchewan History and the chair and for the Canadian Committee on Women’s History. She also acted as an editor for their newsletter. To enhance public awareness she led walking tours on women’s history. As a Research Fellow she assisted other researchers by conducting surveys of archival resources.

Leger-Anderson continued to live and work in Regina, Saskatchewan until her death on February 22, 2006.
Leyton-Brown, Howard
Leyton-Brown, Howard
Person · 1918-2017

Howard Leyton-Brown was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1918. He began violin lessons at the age of seven and at twelve, obtained a three year university scholarship, eventually graduating with a Diploma of Music form Melbourne University. In 1937, Leyton-Brown moved to England with his mother and sister, where he continued to study the violin. He also went on to study in Germany and Belgium.

With the advent of the Second World War, Leyton-Brown joined the Royal Air Force, spending time in Estevan, Saskatchewan as an instructor as well as flying with the bombing command, which led to his receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1948, Leyton-Brown joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra as deputy concertmaster, eventually becoming concertmaster.

Doubts about the future of the London Philharmonic brought Leyton-Brown back to Estevan where he began to search for employment in Canada's music world. In 1952 he became head of the string department at the Conservatory of Music in Regina. In 1955, he became Director of the Conservatory, a position which he occupied until his retirement in June of 1986. His activities within the Department of Music at the University of Regina led to a Full Professorship in 1966.

Leyton-Brown has been an integral part of the Regina Symphony Orchestra, conducting the Symphony from 1960 to 1971 and becoming concertmaster in the mid-seventies. In 1971, Leyton-Brown completed a Doctorate of Musical Arts and Musical Performance at Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the same time Leyton-Brown had been appointed to the Canada Council for a four year term (1971 to 1974) and was also actively involved with the Saskatchewan Arts Board as a member from 1966 to 1972, and as Director in 1967

Leyton-Brown also taught at the American Congress of Strings in Cincinnati in 1984 and Dallas in 1985 and in 1986 he conducted the South Saskatchewan Youth Orchestra during its tour of China and Japan. During his career, Howard Leyton-Brown has been broadcast as a soloist with orchestra and in recital on CBC radio as well as in Australia, England, Iceland and Switzerland. He has appeared on numerous television programs, including two years of weekly chamber-music programs for CKCK TV in Regina.

Leyton-Brown was invested into the Order of Canada on April 29, 1987 and retired professor emeritus from the University of Regina in 1988, he received the Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1991, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 1996, and in 2002 was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal.

Howard Leyton-Brown passed away in 2017.
McCrorie, James
McCrorie, James
Person · 1936-2013

James Napier McCrorie was born in Montreal in 1936. At McGill University Jim studied sociology and came to Saskatchewan to work with the Saskatchewan Farmers Union. He completed a Ph.D. degree through the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1964 and the next year he joined the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus.

Social activism and teaching were important issues to Jim, issues such as North Sea oil development, Scotland's Roderick MacFarquar, rural development and sustainability. The Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, a part of the International Brigades involved in Spain’s Civil War 1936 to 1939, and the 1935 On-to-Ottawa Trek were also of special interest to McCrorie.

McCrorie became Director of the Canadian Plains Research Center in the 1980's and retired in 1996. He passed away in 2013 and was the author of, or contributed to, many publications.
McLeod, Thomas
Person · 1918-2008

Thomas Hector McLeod was born in 1918 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. McLeod attended Brandon College where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. After graduate studies at Indiana University, where he attained his A.M. in 1941, he returned to Brandon College as an Assistant Professor from 1941 – 1944. He received a Masters degree in Public Administration (1948) and a Ph.D. in economics and government (1959). Both of these degrees were from Harvard University. From 1944 to 1952 McLeod worked as a public servant for the Province of Saskatchewan; for Tommy Douglas on many political campaigns and became his first economic advisor. By 1952 he was the Deputy Provincial Treasurer (Deputy Minister of Finance). In 1952 McLeod moved to Saskatoon to become a Professor of Administration and Dean of the College of Commerce at the University of Saskatchewan and in 1964 he returned to Regina to become the first Dean of the new College of Arts and Sciences for the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, a position he held until 1971 when he became Special Advisor on University Affairs and Public Administration to the President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). From 1974 to 1983 Thomas McLeod worked in the public service of Canada. In a fifteen year span McLeod moved around the world. Turkey, Iran, Africa, Central America, the Carribean, Thailand and Nigeria saw him in roles as a consultant advisor for the Ford Foundation in Turkey (5 months). In Iran in 1961-62, he was advising on the preparation of a national seven-year economic development plan and in 1969 he was a member on the special planning commission for the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. From 1971 to 1975, in Africa, Central America, the Carribean and Thailand, Thomas McLeod worked as a special advisor and later Director of Program Evaluation for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and in 1980-81, while on leave from the Government of Canada, he was the Academic Director of the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute in Ilorin, Nigeria. From 1952 to 1994, in addition to those involvements mentioned above, Thomas McLeod was also involved with the University of Saskatchewan’s University Hospital as a board member and held various posts with the United Church in Saskatoon; he was a member of the Royal Commission on Public Accounting, Saskatchewan; a member of the Minister of Education’s special committee on Adult Education; Chairman of the Royal Commission on Taxation for Saskatchewan; Chairman of the University (of Saskatchewan) Senate Committee on “The Role of the University in the Province”; President of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada; President of the Association of Colleges of Commerce and Business Administration for Canada, and for twenty years, (1974 to 1994), was Treasurer of the Douglas-Coldwell Foundation. Acknowledging the contributions to his profession and his community he was awarded the Honourary Designation of C.A. by the Institute Chartered Accountants, Saskatchewan; the Vanier Medal was awarded by the Institute Public Administration of Canada; from his alma mater, Brandon University, he was awarded an L.L.D., as well as an Alumni Outstanding Service Award, an L.L.D. from the University of Saskatchewan and in 2002 Thomas McLeod received the Order of Canada. McLeod formally retired in 1985 but continued to work on a biography of Tommy Douglas with his son, Ian McLeod. The book, Tommy Douglas: the Road to Jerusalem was published in 1987, he also edited Post Secondary Education in a Technological Society.
Murray, Lucy
Person · 1902-1967

Lucy Murray was born in 1902, the middle of three daughters born to Walter Murray, the University of Saskatchewan's first President. She was born in Halifax in 1902 and moved to Saskatoon with her parents in 1909. Lucy attended the University of Saskatchewan and earned a B.A. and B.Ed. in 1923. At the University of Toronto she obtained an M.A degree in 1925 and in 1935 she was awarded a Doctoral degree from the University of Chicago. Lucy Murray wrote The Ideal of the Court Lady in England, 1558-1625, which was published in 1935. From 1936 to July 1967 Dr. Murray taught English at the Regina Campus of the University of
Saskatchewan and was an Associate Professor of English until she passed away in July 1967.