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Professor Walker (1907-1992) was born at Toronto. He received his B.A. from University College, University of Toronto in 1928. After a brief period as a Wall Street "Runner" Professor Walker returned to his studies, receiving an Honours B.A. in English in 1931 and a M.A. in 1943 from Selwyn College, Cambridge. From 1941 to 1944 he lectured at the Ordnance School, Barriefield, emerging with the rank of Major in the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. In 1944 he joined the staff at Queen's University as an instructor in the English Department, where he remained until his retirement in 1972. While at Queen's he served as Commander of the Canadian Officers Training Corps, and was Queen's representative on the Military Studies Committee, National Confederation of Canadian Universities. He also worked closely with the Ontario Ministry of Education in the 1950s and 1960s concerning Grade XIII studies and examinations.

Robert Charles Wallace was born in Scotland in 1881. He was educated in Scotland graduating from Edinburgh University and taking a Ph. D. from Gottingen University. He was a Professor of Geology at the University of Manitoba from 1912 to 1928. From 1918 to 1921, he was a Commissioner of Northern Manitoba, and from 1926 to 1928 was a Commissioner of Mines and Natural Resources. That same year, he took overhe accepted the Presidency of the University of Alberta, a posiiton he held until 1936, at which time and until his retirement in 1951, he served as Principal of Queen's University. Dr. Wallace was a president of the Royal Society of Canada and of the National Conference of Canadian Universities. He was a member of the National Research Council of Canada, and a past president of the Research Council of Ontario. He was also an honorary member of the Royal Canadian Institute, and was the first Canadian member of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In 1947, he was the only Canadian universtiy head selected by the Prime Minister to represent Canada at the London Conference that created UNESCO. In retirement, Dr. Wallace was Executive Director of the Arctic Institute of America, a consultnat to the Ontario Goverment on university problems, and a member of the Defence Research Board of Canada.
Dr. Robert Charles Wallace, died 29 January 1955, and is buried in the 'Queen's Plot' at Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario.

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Charlotte (Carlotte) Elizabeth Whitton was born in Renfrew, Ontario in 1896. She entered Queen's University in 1914 and graduated with an M.A. in 1917. Dr. Whitton followed a career in social work and politics. She was co-editor of Social Welfare and became first full-time Director of the Canadian Council on Child Welfare in 1926. In 1941 she gave up this post to write and act as consultant to both federal and provincial governments on social services and welfare. Dr. Whitton was elected controller of the City of Ottawa in 1950 and became the first woman mayor of a Canadian city in 1951. She served four terms as mayor and was active in city politics until 1972. Dr. Whitton received many honours during her lifetime, among them: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1934); the Service Medal of the Order of Canada (1967); honourary doctorates from such institutions as King's College, Halifax (1939) and Smith College, Mass. (1955). She died in Ottawa in 1975.

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Dr. James Williamson was born in Edinburgh in 1806. He studied at Edinburgh University from 1822 to 1829, and came to Queen's University in 1842, holding the Chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Williamson remained at Queen's until his death in 1895. Williamson married first the daughter of John Gilchrist, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, by whom he had an only child, James Gilchrist Williamson. His first wife died in 1847, and subsequently Williamson married the younger sister of John A. Macdonald.

Ian E. Wilson, archivist, Librarian and Archivist of Canada from 2004 to 2009 (b at Montréal, Qué, Apr 1943). Wilson, the first Librarian and Archivist of Canada, was instrumental in the amalgamation of the National Library of Canada and the National Archives of Canada into Library and Archives Canada. Wilson began training as an archivist when he attended the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, later obtaining a master's degree from Queen's University in 1974. He began his career at Queen's University archives in 1967. He relocated to Saskatchewan and became its provincial archivist from 1976 to 1986, serving a term as the chair of the Saskatchewan Heritage Advisory Board during that time. He later moved to Ontario and was appointed Archivist of Ontario in 1986, holding the position until his appointment as National Archivist of Canada in 1999.

Throughout his career, Wilson has been involved in several organizations and activities aimed at furthering the development of archival institutions across Canada. In the late 1970s, he chaired the Consultative Group on Canadian Archives on behalf of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The group's report, Canadian Archives, also called the "Wilson Report," was released in 1980 and is considered "a milestone in the history of archival development in Canada." Wilson was president of the Ontario Historical Society from 1975 to 1976 and president of the Champlain Society from 1995 to 2003. In 1987 he became the honorary vice-president of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, a position he continues to hold. He served on the Information Management Sub-Committee of the Treasury Board of Canada and was appointed their information management co-champion for the Government of Canada in 2002. In September 2000, he was elected vice-president of the International Council on Archives.

The year 2002 was a landmark for library and archival services in Canada as Wilson and the national librarian at the time, Roch Carrier, began the initial stages to amalgamate the National Library and the National Archives. Both Carrier and Wilson led the process to create a new institution that could address rapid changes in the delivery of library and archival services in Canada, services that had become increasingly similar with the advancement of digital technology. The process culminated with the establishment of Library and Archives Canada in 2004, and Wilson assumed the position of the first Librarian and Archivist of Canada in July of that year. In 2008 Wilson was elected president of the International Council on Archives, an organization that promotes the preservation of the archival heritage of humanity around the world. At the same time Wilson continued his work amalgamating national library and archival services in Canada and initiating several key ventures such as widespread access to early census data, and the acquisition of the entire Peter Winkworth rare art collection in 2008.

Ian Wilson retired from his position as Librarian and Archivist of Canada in 2009 and was succeeded by Daniel Caron. Upon retirement Wilson accepted an offer by the University of Waterloo to help establish a campus in Stratford, the Stratford Institute, a national think tank dealing with the impact of digital media. He continues to hold the title of Librarian and Archivist of Canada Emeritus and remains president of the International Council on Archives.

In recognition of his contribution to Canadian archives, Wilson was awarded honorary doctorates of letters from York University (2002) and the University Of Saskatchewan (2010), and an honorary doctor of laws from Queen's University (2009). In 2003 he was elected Fellow of the Society of American Archivists and appointed Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France. He became a member of the Order of Canada in 2002.

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