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Bader, Alfred

Bader, Alfred

  • CA QUA02572
  • Person
  • 1924-2018

Alfred Bader was born in Vienna, Austria in 1924. After Kristallnacht he was included in the first Kindertransport from Vienna to Britain in December 1938. In 1940 he was interned in a British detention centre until being transferred to another centre on Quebec's Ile aux Noix later that year; while there he studied for McGill University's matriculation exams, passing them in 1941. After World War II he studied chemistry and engineering at Queen,s University, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in 1945. Emigrating to the United States, he pursued graduate studies at Harvard, earning an M.Sc. in organic chemistry in 1948 and then a Ph.D. in 1949. During a sea voyage to Liverpool that year he met Isabel Overton.

After his studies Bader began work as a research chemist with PPG Co. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1950-1954, and then became chief chemist for Aldrich Chemicals Company (1954-55), and subsequently its president (1955–81) and chairman (1981–91). He served as president of Sigma-Aldritch Corporation (1975-80) and its chairman (1980-91), then as chairman emeritus (1991-92). Alfred Bader became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1964. He has received honourary degrees from several universities in the United States, Canada and England. Alfred Bader died on December 23, 2018.

Pittsburgh Historical Society

  • CA QUA12285
  • Corporate body
  • 1976-2022

The Pittsburgh Historical Society was founded in 1976 upon the dissolution of the Pittsburgh Township Historic Buildings Committee. The Society ceased operations in 2022.

Flint, Theodore Otto

  • CA QUA12283
  • Person
  • 1943-2003

Theodore "Ted" Flint was a real estate agent in Kingston, Ontario.

Flint, Eveline Isabelle

  • CA QUA01619
  • Person
  • 1938-2022

Eveline Isabelle Flint (nee Jackson) was born in Terrace BC, she studied at UBC and worked as a journalist for a short time before moving to London, England, marrying her husband Ted Flint (1943-2003), and having their only son. The family made Kingston their permanent home in 1968. After spending 12 years working at Queen's University in the Personnel Department Eveline embarked on a long career as a Financial Advisor. She assisted many friends, former colleagues and other clients in preparing for, and enjoying their retirement.

Eveline's passion was community engagement. While at Queen's, Eveline was founding president of the University Staff Association and a member of the first two Principal's Committees on the Status of Women. She was on the selection committee for the first Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, an organizer for the 1985 Courage to Dream Conference (which planted the seed for the creation of the community foundation) and a board member of The Ban Righ Foundation for Continuing Education for Women.

Among her community activities, Eveline was past president of The Kingston Arthritis Society, Medic Alert Chair for Kingston Life Underwriters, and a member of the Grand Theatre Summer Festival Advisory Committee for several years. Eveline was the last president of The Martello Tower Society, and led the reorganization into The Community Foundation of Greater Kingston. She was an Honorary Life Member of the Board of the Community Foundation for Kingston & Area.

Ethel Brant Monture

  • CA QUA06796
  • Person
  • 1892(1894)-1977

Author, lecturer, activist. Great-great-granddaughter of Joseph Brant.

Huggard, Amy J.

  • CA QUA01259
  • Person
  • 1888-?

Amy J. Huggard (nee Ross) lived in Northwest River, 20 miles north of Goosebay before later moving to Kingston, Ontario. Aside from being a teacher, Huggard and her husband had great interest in North American Indigenous and Inuit culture.

Box, John Howard

  • CA QUA12282
  • Person
  • fl. 1920s

John Howard Box was a graduate of Queen's University. He served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War.

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