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Dr. George T. Ewan was a professor (emeritus) of Subatomic Physics and Particle Astrophysics at Queen's University. Dr. Ewan earned his BSc in Physics in 1948, and his PhD Nuclear Physics in 1952, both from the University of Edinburgh. He was a founding member of the SNO collaboration and the joint-leader of the project with H.C. Chen, University of California at Irvine. He served in this position during the preparation of the proposal and until funding was received in January 1990. He was Chairman of the SNO Management Committee from 1990 to 1999.
His earlier work before SNO involved the development of Ge(Li) detectors at Chalk River with A.J. Tavendale for which they received the Radiation Industry award of the American Nuclear Society. He also built with R.L. Graham and J.S. Geiger the world's highest resolution beta-ray spectrometer. He has published more than 100 scientific papers. Dr. Ewan passed away in Kingston on December 7 2020.

David Pulver studied at the London School of Film Technique. In the 1960s he lived and worked as a TV and film commercials producer in London, England. In 1977 he was the first manager of the National Film Theatre (Princess Court Cinemas) in Kingston, Ontario. He went on to become the entertainment editor of the Kingston Whig-Standard in the 1980s and and editorial writer in the early 1990s writing on topics on science, health and the environment. He was a member of the Eastern Ontario Film Co-op as well as a peace and anti-cruise missile activist.

Walter Travers was a salesman in Kingston, Ontario.

Bill Fritz was born in Ferrybank, Alberta on August 14, 1914. While attending Walkerville Collegiate, Fritz set several WSSA, WOSSA, and Ontario records. His 1931 440-yard time of 52.6 seconds was unbroken at the WSSA Intermediate level until 1953. The following year, Fritz set two WSSA Senior records. His 22.4-second 220-yard time lasted until 1975, and his 50.2-second 440-yard time, bettering his Junior record, held until 1965. At the 1932 WOSSA meet, Fritz ran the 440-yard dash in 50 seconds flat, setting a Canadian Inter-Scholastic record.

Fritz went on to study at Queen’s University, where he won eight intercollegiate championships in the 220 and 440-yard races. He was the ninth winner of the Jenkins Trophy, one of the university’s oldest ongoing honours. The prestigious trophy is awarded annually to the school’s most outstanding well-rounded scholar-athlete. During his racing career, Fritz is known to have trained through the winter in Kingston’s snowdrifts. This harsh regimen is said to have propelled him to starring performances against the world’s best at indoor meets in New York and at the Boston Millrose Games.

In 1933, at the age of 23, Fritz contributed to Canadian record in the mile relay that was not broken until ’47. Fritz, Art Scott, Glenn Sherman, and Ray Lauzon combined to set the mark while racing for the Windsor Olympic Club under coach Hec Phillips. Fritz achieved international recognition at the 1934 British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games) in London, England. Two years later, at the Berlin Olympics, Fritz finished fifth in the 400-metre final. As part of the Canadian mile relay team, Fritz won a gold medal at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia. Bill Fritz passed away on October 14, 1995 in London, Ontario.

Herbert Stone McDonald, the son of John McDonald of Gananoque, was a lawyer and an MPP for South Leeds. He graduated from Queen's University with a BA in 1959, and MA in 1861. He married Emma Matilda "Tillie" Jones in 1864, and had two children, Katherine and John. He was called to the bar in 1863, and practiced law in Brockville, Ontario. He served on Brockville Town Council from 1870 to 1871, and was elected MPP for South Leeds in 1871-1874. He left this post to become a judge for the county court of Leeds and Grenville in October 1873. After Tillie passed away in 1908, he remarried in 1919. McDonald passed away in 1921.

Stuart Wesley Griffiths, radio and television broadcasting executive, was born in Toronto in 1918 and educated at the University of Toronto. For sixteen years, 1941-1957, he worked with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Montreal and Toronto. In 1957 he went to Britain as Controller of Programs for Granada TV Network Limited. he returned to canada in 1961 and from 1961 to 1975 he served as the President and Managing Director of CJOH-TV, Ottawa, with Bushnell Communications Ltd. He resigned in 1975 and, until his death in 1986, served as a communications consultant.

Charles Thomas Asplund came to Kingston in 1968 to join the Faculty of Law at Queen's University where he worked until 1990. In his personal life he was an active member of the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and wrote poetry that was privately published. Tom Asplund passed away on September 29th, 1990.

Dr Maudsley received his medical degree from Queen’s University in 1962. A year after receiving a Fellowship for Royal College in 1968, he joined the newly created Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University as a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and served in various leadership positions. In 1988, he was appointed as the first Vice-Dean of Medicine at Queen’s University and also as professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. From 1989 to 1996 he co-directed the landmark project, Educating Future Physicians for Ontario. He retired from Queen's University as Professor Emeritus in 1996. From 2000-2002, Maudsley served as the Dean of Health Sciences at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. In 2004, he was appointed Executive Director of the Clinical Assessment for Practice Programme of the College for Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia and in 2008 became the Royal College’s Associate Director, Internationally Educated Health Professionals. Dr. Robert Maudsley passed away in Ottawa on October 25, 2012.

Dr. Janet Patricia Bews was born on December 18 1938. She was an adjunct professor in the Department of Classics at Queen's University. Dr. Bews received her B.A (Honours) from Queen's, followed by her M.A from King's College University of London, and her PhD from Royal Holloway College University of London. Her teaching specialties were in Latin and Classical Literature. In addition to her teaching career at Queen's, she also was a professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Trent University.