Feridun Hamdullahpur is a university administrator and engineer, who served as the University of Waterloo's sixth President and Vice-Chancellor from 2010-2021. His areas of focus as a researcher and supervisor include energy conversion, thermo-fluids and bio-mass gasification and combustion. In 2021 Hamdullahpur was announced as the inaugural Chancellor of the International Business University in Toronto, Ontario.

Born in Turkey, he completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Istanbul and completed a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the Technical University of Nova Scotia in Halifax. Prior to joining Waterloo, Hamdullahpur held various administrative positions at Carleton University in Ottawa, where he served as Provost and Vice President Academic (2006-2009) and Vice President Research and International (2000-2006), and at DalTech, where he served as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies (1993-95) and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research (1995-97). He was appointed Provost and Vice-President, Academic at Waterloo in September 2009.

In 2013, Hamdullahpur was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in acknowledgment of Professor Hamdullahpur’s leadership in education and innovation and in 2018 he was named a Specially Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In recognition of groundbreaking research in mechanical and mechatronics engineering and his visionary leadership in academia, he was appointed as a member of the Order of an Canada on December 29, 2022.

Mary Ham was born to Albert William Augustine and Edna Louise Kaufman in Kitchener, Ontario on January 5, 1931. She was raised in Kitchener, Ontario alongside her three siblings; Albert Jacob Augustine, John Ross Augustine and David William Augustine.

On June 4, 1955 Mary married James Milton Ham and together they had three children; Peter Stace Ham, Mary Martha Ham, and Jane Elizabeth Ham.

James Milton Ham was born in Coboconk, Ontario on September 21, 1920. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Toronto and graduated with a B.A.Sc. degree in 1943. He continued his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He graduated with his Science Masters in 1947 and his Science Doctorate in 1952.

Around 1954, James returned to the University of Toronto as an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. He became a full professor in 1959, head of the department in 1964, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering in 1966, and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies in 1976. James then served as the tenth President of the University of Toronto from 1978-1983.

James M. Ham was given several honorary degrees and public awards in recognition for his contributions to the engineering profession. In 1980, he was made an officer of the Order of Canada.

James Milton Ham married Mary Caroline Augustine on June 4, 1955 and together they had three children; Peter Stace Ham, Mary Martha Ham, and Jane Elizabeth Ham. He died of complications from Parkinson’s disease at the age of 76 on September 16, 1997.

Sarah Anna Anthes was born July 3, 1858 in Wilmot township, Ontario to parents Jacob Anthes and Magdalena Stricker. On June 15, 1887 she married Menno S. Hallman also of Wilmot and they had a daughter, Lizzie Hilda Hallman, born July 12, 1891. Sarah died of consumption [tuberculosis] September 26, 1893 at 35 years old. Her young daughter, Lizzie died a few years later on March 17, 1896. Both are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Menno S. Hallman was born December 26, 1857 in Wilmot township, Ontario to parents Samuel Hallman and Mary Snyder. On June 15, 1887 he married Sarah Anna Anthes also of Wilmot and together they had Lizzie Hilda Hallman, born July 12, 1891. Sarah died of consumption [tuberculosis] September 26, 1893 at only 35 years old. Her young daughter, Lizzie died a few years later on March 17, 1896. Both are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. Menno was remarried to Martha Snyder circa 1902. It does not appear they had any children. Menno died November 9, 1933 and is buried Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener. His widow Martha died August 25, 1964 and is also buried in Woodland.

Lyle S. Hallman was a developer, contractor and philanthropist in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Born in Preston, now part of Cambridge, Ontario, in 1922, he was the son of a carpenter. In 1945, after war service with the Royal Canadian Air Force, he started his own construction company. Hallman Construction Ltd. became the Hallman Group of Companies, as Lyle Hallman became a major land developer as well as as building, owning and managing apartment buildings.

A noted philanthropist in the Waterloo Region, Lyle Hallman and his wife Wendy donated funds to numerous campaigns, including the Lyle S. Hallman Swimming Pool and funding the first MRI in the Waterloo Region. They supported universities in the community, funding the Lyle S. Hallman Institute for Health Promotion at the University of Waterloo and the Lyle S. Hallman Chair in Child and family Welfare at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Lyle S. Hallman was the recipient of many awards, including the Order of Canada, the Canada 125 medal, the Paul Harris fellowship from the Rotary Club and an honorary doctorate from the University of Waterloo.

William Henry "Harry" Halliwell was born February 4, 1882 in Simcoe, Ontario to parents John James Halliwell and Annie Elizabeth Robinson. He married Maria "Mary" Charlotte Ahrens of Kitchener, Ontario on April 29, 1903. The couple lived in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario where William worked variously as a shoemaker, letter carrier and chauffeur and taxi driver. They had children: Charlotte Hazel; John Ahrens; Dorothy Ahrens; Elizabeth Helena; David E. and Ruth. William's death date is unknown.

Maria Charlotte "Mary" Ahrens was born July 26, 1876 in Kitchener, Ontario to parents Charles Andrew Ahrens and Henrietta Charlotte Roth. She married William Henry Halliwell of Baysville, Muskoka District on April 29, 1903 in Kitchener. The couple had six children: Charlotte Hazel; John Ahrens; Dorothy Ahrens; Elizabeth Helena; David E. and Ruth. Her death date is unknown.

Gerry Hall was a journalist and editor who worked for the Toronto Star for 37 years. Hall was in charge of various positions at the Star including the Travel, Sports, and Sunday editor, and managing editor for features. He retired in 1991. Hall died on September 12, 2018.

Nettie E. Hall (nee Jestin) was born August 15, 1891 to Obadiah Jestin (1864-1943) and Margaret Maud Jestin (1866-1950) in Eramosa Township. On June 29, 1910 she married Arthur Thomas Hall, son of Thomas Hall and Jane Doughty, also of Eramosa Township. The couple had children Dorothy (b. 1911), Minnie (b. 1913), Harvey (b. 1916), Margaret (b. 1917) and William (b. 1920). Nettie died in 1986.

Margareta Riehl was born in Muehlhausen Germany. She immigrated to Canada and married Jacob Hailer (1804-1882) with whom she had six children, including Catharine Hailer (1834-1910), who would marry Philip Ludwig Breithaupt.

Jacob Hailer was born in Wilferdingen, Grossherzogthum Baden, Germany and emigrated to North America in 1829. He established himself as a wheelwright in Kitchener in 1833 and was instrumental in establishing the Evangelical Association religion in Canada. He married Margareth Riehl (1807-1885) and together they had 6 children, including Catharine Hailer who married Louis Breithaupt.

The Haida are a nation and ethnic group native to, or otherwise associated with, Haida Gwaii (an archipelago located off the west coast of Canada and immediately south of Alaska) and the Haida language.

Martha Marie "Marie" Louise Breithaupt was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario on December 15, 1903 to parents Albert Liborius and Lydia Louisa Anthes. Maria was trained as a nurse and worked in that profession in Kitchener. She married Hugh Emerson Martin of Toronto on June 4, 1938.

Joseph Gerald “Gerry” Hagey (September 28, 1904-October 26, 1988) was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario by Menno Hagey and Esther Cornell. Hagey’s great-grandfather was Mennonite Bishop Joseph B. Hagey, an early settler to the Waterloo area from Pennsylvania. Hagey attended Waterloo College (later Wilfred Laurier University) completing his high school and University education there. After graduating he took a position as a sales clerk with B.F. Goodrich in Kitchener. After working for B.F. Goodrich for many years, he eventually rose to the position of National Advertising Director by the 1950’s. Throughout this time he was still actively involved with the affairs of Waterloo College, then a small church college affiliated with the University of Western Ontario. After sitting on the board, he was asked to be the president of Waterloo College in 1953.

During his time at B.F. Goodrich, he had become interested in the idea of students working in their respective industries while studying believing that it would provide experience and revenue for the students, revenue for the college, and assistance for the company. Although a controversial idea, in four years Hagey and his supporters had established a co-operative school of engineering. In the summer of 1957 the Waterloo College Associated Faculties opened, with Hagey as the president. In 1959 Hagey decided to resign his position with Waterloo College and devote his time to the Associate Faculties, which separated from Waterloo College and incorporated as the University of Waterloo. Hagey spent the next ten years developing Waterloo from a two portable school with 75 students to a multimillion dollar university with over 9,000 enrollments.

In 1969 Hagey retired from the University of Waterloo due to a battle with cancer that resulted in the removal of his larynx. In his later years he re-taught himself to speak after his surgery, and was awarded numerous awards and honorary degrees including the Order of Canada in 1986. Hagey died of pneumonia on October 26, 1988.

Irmengarde Louisa Hagen was born in Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener) in 1898 to Charles and Caroline Edith (nee Rehmann) Hagen. She was along time employee of J.M. Schneider Inc. Hagen died in 1999 and was buried in Preston Cemetery.

Alice Egan was born in Halifax in 1872. She attended Mount Saint Vincent Academy and the Victoria School of Art and Design (later the Nova Scotia College of Art), as well as at the Osgood Art School in New York. One of her first commissions came when she was selected to paint twelve plates for the Lady Aberdeen State Dinner Set, presented to Lady Aberdeen by the Canadian Senate at the time of the retirement of her husband as Governor General in 1898. In 1901 Alice Egan married John Hagen, an official of the Halifax and Bermuda Cable Company, and in 1910 transferred with him to Jamaica where she continued to work and teach. Her work was widely exhibited in the Islands and for her contribution to art in Jamaica Mrs. Hagen was awarded the bronze, and later the silver Sir Anthony Musgrave Medals, the first woman to be so honoured. In 1916 the Hagens returned to Halifax, settling finally in 1932 in Mahone Bay, where Alice Hagen began a new career as a potter, teaching, exhibiting and winning awards. Forty-eight pieces of her handpainted china, glass and pottery were presented to the Nova Scotia government and are displayed at the Citadel Museum in Halifax. Alice Mary Hagen died in January, 1972.

D. Mary Hackett was a long-standing employee of the YWCA and later the Y. Born in Wallenstein, Ontario on April 5, 1931 she graduated with honours with a degree in philosophy from McMaster University.

Hackett started working for the YWCA as a camp counselor in 1948, going on to become become Teen Program and Camp Sports Director for the Kitchener-Waterloo YWCA, and was named assistant executive director in 1954. She relocated to Ottawa in 1959, where she took a position as Club and Camp Director at Camp Daven. In 1970 she was named Executive Director following the merger of the YWCA and YMCA of Ottawa.

Hackett received numerous awards for her involvement with the Y including an appointment Companion of the YMCA Fellowship of Honours (1955); the Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee Medal (2002); and a YM-YWCA Woman of Distinction Award (Lifetime Achievement category).

Laura "Lola" Emma Ahrens was born in Berlin (Kitchener) Ontario to parents Charles Andrew Ahrens and Henrietta Charlotte Roth. She married George Henry Hachborn also of Berlin on September 26, 1894. The couple lived in Berlin and had four children: Marguerite Helen (Koenig) ; Laura Isabella Hachborn; Rudolph Albert and Robert Carl Hachborn.

Laura died December 9, 1939 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener alongside George who predeceased her on July 1, 1934.

James Rutherford and George Harrington Guy were sons of Harry L. Guy. H.L. Guy was general manager of the Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada and sat on the Board of Governors of the University of Waterloo. In 1933 H.L. Guy and his wife had a home built at 110 John Boulevard in the Westmount region of Waterloo.

Sir Tyrone Guthrie was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kentucky. At age 18, he received a history scholarship to St. John's College in Oxford, England. Guthrie also began acting while he studied there. He wrote a number of books on theatre, as well as an autobiography.

[Rob?] Gurdebeke worked at the Record 1988-1989.

Before retirement, David Gunby worked as a Professor of English Literature at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

The Guild of All Arts, founded in 1932, began as a co-operative arts and crafts community with similarities to Roycroft in East Aurora, New York. During the Second World War, the Guild became "HMCS Bytown", a training school for the WRENS, and later served as a rehabilitation facility. Finally, it developed into a historic country inn with extensive gardens overlooking the Scarborough Bluffs. The Guild's hotel operations and expansion were guided and overseen in detail by Rosa and Spencer Clark.

Founded by Walter M. Jackson (1863-1923) around 1909. Grolier was purchased by Scholastic in 2000.

1942: Grissol founded in the Rosemont area of Montreal, Quebec by Pedro Pedralli, an Italian immigrant. In the early 1950s, the Rosemont bakery was purchased by a Mr. Chouinard.

1961: Loney's Foods, owned by entrepreneur Yves Hudon, acquired Grissol. The name of the combined entitty was changed to Les Aliments Grissol Limitée / Grissol Foods Limited and all production was brought to a common location in the Ville Lasalle area of south Montreal, Quebec.

1961: Grissol buys a cookie plant in Ste-Martine, Quebec, 30 km south of Montreal, Quebec. The plant is expanded and state-of-the-art Melba toast making technology installed.

1960s: Production at the Loney's Foods Ville LaSalle facilities was expanded to include soup, pretzels, croutons, "bric-à-brac" and breadcrumbs while Melba toast was bread sticks were produced at the Sainte-Martine plant.

1969: Grissol acquired Biscuits Viau and moved the head office of Grissol Foods to Viau's offices on Ontario Street, Montreal, Quebec.

1972: Grissol including Viau and Loney's was acquired by Imasco Foods Limited, the food arm of Imperial Tobacco company.

1975: When the Ste-Martine plant ran out of space, some production of bread and Melba toast was taken to unused space in the Viau plant.

1980: After a factory fire destroyed a large part of the Grissol operations in Ste-Martine, Grissol employees rallied round and managed to rebuild the facilities. This rebuilding allowed all Grissol products to be made under the same roof in the present Ste-Martine plant.

1983: Imasco Foods Limited, including Grissol, was acquired by Culinar Inc. of Montreal, Quebec.

1999: Montreal cheese company Saputo Inc. buys Culinar, made up of the Vachon snack cakes businesses and the CFS (Cookies, Fine Breads and Soups) Division.