Roy Matthews Mitchell was born in Fort Gratiot, Michigan, in 1884. Mitchell attended the University of Toronto and received a BA in journalism, a career he worked in for 13 years. He later founded the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto where he was involved in staging dramatic productions. In 1919, he became the first director of the Hart House Theatre, leaving in 1921 to return to New York where he worked in the theatre, and later as a professor of Drama at New York University. He died in 1944.

"The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing was established in 1981 from the amalgamation of the Ministry of Housing (1973-1981) with the municipal affairs functions of the Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs (essentially the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister - Municipal Affairs and the Local Government Division).

Administratively, the Ministry consisted of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Deputy Minister, and four Assistant Deputy Ministers. The four areas over which the Assistant Deputy Ministers were responsible were: Land Development (renamed Real Estate in 1983); Community Planning; Municipal Affairs; and Community Development.

Agencies which reported to the Ministry included the Ontario Land Corporation, the Ontario Mortgage Corporation, and the Ontario Housing Corporation.

The Ministry existed until 1985, when it was divided to form the Ministry of Housing (1985-1995) and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs." (Source: Archives of Ontario: Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing 1981-1985)

"The branches of the Ministry were grouped together under the administration of either the Deputy Minister or one of three Assistant Deputy Ministers. The divisions over which the Assistant Deputy Ministers presided were the Corporate Resources Management Division, the Housing Policy Division (renamed the Housing Planning and Policy Division in 1993), and the Housing Operations Division (originally named the Social Housing Division).

In addition, several agencies reported to the Legislature through the Minister of Housing. These included the Ontario Housing Corporation, the Ontario Mortgage Corporation, the Residential Tenancy Commission, the Residential Rental Standards Board, and the Rent Review Hearings Board.

The Ministry continued to exist until 1995, when it was re-joined with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to form the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1995- )." (Source: Archives of Ontario: Ministry of Housing 1985-1995)

The post was created by the 1940 War Measures Act. The post was merged into the current post of the Minister of National Defence (Canada) in 1946.

Dr. Anne Millar completed her PhD in history at the University of Ottawa and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo, where she conducted oral histories of women in engineering.

Alexander M. Millar was born November 4, 1835 in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario to Frederick Gourlay Millar and Isabella Henderson. He became a solicitor, was called to the Bar in 1863, and practised in Berlin. He was appointed Q.C. in 1889. During the course of his career, he served in many official roles, including as solicitor for the town of Berlin from 1869 to 1884 and as Mayor of Berlin in 1884-1885. He married Margaret Warren in 1865 and had three children. Alexander Millar died December 11, 1918.

Major General Sherman Miles was the Assistant Chief of Staff G-2 (the head of the Military Intelligence Division) in the time leading up to World War II.

Miss Oktoberfest 1977

W. Howard Measures was born on October 16, 1894. “Howard Measures, public servant, was secretary to two Prime Ministers, R.B. Bennett and W.L. Mackenzie King. He originated Canada's diplomatic protocol service and was Chief of Protocol, Department of External Affairs and Director, Protocol Branch, Department of the Secretary of State.” (From Library and Archives Canada) He died on March 14, 1985.

Thomas Baker McQuesten was born June 30, 1882 in Cambridge, Ontario. He was a Liberal politician representing Hamilton in the Ontario Provincial Legislature from 1934 until 1943, serving as Minister of Public Works and Highways from 1934 to 1943, Minister of Mines in 1940 and Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1940 to 1943. He served on the Hamilton Board of Park Management from 1934-1948, and was involved in the creation of the Royal Botanical Gardens. He also served as chair of the Niagara Parks Commission. He died on January 13, 1948.

John McQueen was born February 20, 1827 to James McQueen and Helen McFarlane. He married Janet Sims on December 26, 1856 in Hawkesville, Ontario and died September 17, 1905 in Hillman, Michigan.

Janet Sims was born March 1, 1838 to James Sims and Janet Harvey Sims shortly after the family's arrival in Canada. She married John McQueen on December 26, 1856 in Hawkesville, Ontario and died in Hillman, Michigan on June 3, 1926.

Ian McPhee is a Canadian computer scientist and a founder of Watcom.

McPhee received a Bachelor of Mathematics in 1973, and his Masters of Mathematics in 1979 from the University of Waterloo. While he was an undergraduate student, he was assigned to work on Watfor by professor Wes Graham. In 1981, he co-founded Watcom, Waterloo's first software spin-off company.

McPhee became Watcom’s President in 1986.

In 1995 McPhee became the first recipient of the annual J.W. Graham Medal.

McPhee has served as the chair of the University of Waterloo Buildings and Properties Committee and member of the University of Waterloo Board of Governors.

He has also served as the director of NexJ Systems and Medshare Inc.