Pro Arte Singers (Kingston, ON)
The Pro Arte Singers, a 28-voice chamber choir, was founded by David Cameron in 1974 and turned professional in 1980. The conductors have been Cameron 1974-83 and Brian Jackson 1983-7, succeeded by Thomas Baker. The choir has premiered works by local composers David Barber, Richard Bronskill, John Burge, and David Keane.
The Department of Surgery dates from the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine in 1854, when Dr. James Sampson was appointed the first Professor of Clinical Medicine and Surgery. Today, the Department consists of eight separate surgical divisions: Cardiac, General, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Plastics, Thoracic, Vascular and Maxillofacial. The Department has 32 full-time faculty plus numerous adjuncts and is accredited for the subspeciality resident training hospitals: the Kingston General Hospital and the Hotel Dieu Hospital. Faculty and residents provide tertiary care for patients at these hospitals, as well as being involved in a variety of research endeavours in surgery. The main office of the Department is located in Kingston General Hospital.
The Kingston Lawn Bowling Club was established in 1933. Lawn bowling in Kingston began in 1914 on property owned by Queens University. The current property was purchased in 1932, when there was a membership increase due to the fact that women were now allowed to join.
R. Ormand Benson was a Queen's student (Commerce '48) who served in the Second World War and came back to Kingston to resume his studies,moving into the Lasalle Barracks residence with his wife. Lasalle Barracks had been used by the Canadian Womens' Army Corps personnel until the end of the war and were then acquired by Queen's University by agreement with the Federal Government and its Crown Corporation, Central Mortgage and Housing Limited in 1946 and turned into married students' residences.