Photographs of OAC Presidents, chiefly photoreproductions of portrait paintings, 1879-1967. 1879- 1967.

Creelman, George C. (George Christie), 1869-1929

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CREELMAN, GEORGE CHRISTIE, educator and office holder; b. 9 May 1869 in Collingwood, Ont., son of James Rutherford Creelman and Isabella Christina Patterson; m. 8 Sept. 1892 Ada Ross Mills, daughter of James Mills, in Guelph, Ont., and they had two daughters and three sons; d. 18 April 1929 near Beamsville, Ont. Descendants of northern Irish settlers in Nova Scotia, George Creelman’s parents moved to New Brunswick and then, in the 1860s, to Ontario. Creelman would spend most of his life in th...

Ontario Agricultural College. President. (1928-1947 : Christie)

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The No. 4 Wireless School specialized in training wireless air gunners (WAGS) and saw approximately 5,150 went through the course. The trainees also went to a training facility near Brantford (Burtch) for airborne training where they practiced operating radio equipment in Tiger Moth and Norsemen aircraft. The 21st Entry graduated on Nov. 21, 1941 and from then until the 95th Entry graduated on Dec. 1, 1944. The School turned out one Entry a month. The No. 4 Wireless School Association was formed...

Ontario Agricultural College. President. (1950-1967 : Maclachlan)

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Christie, G. I. (George Irving), 1881-1953

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George Irving Christie was born in Winchester, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) in Guelph in 1902 before migrating to the United States for post-graduate training. He acquired a B.S.A. degree in Iowa in 1903 and his D.Sc. from the same university in 1925. Christie became secretary of the Indiana Corn Growers in 1906. In 1908 he was appointed Superintendent of Agricultural Extension. In 1917, Christie became the Indiana State Food Directo...

Mills, James W. (James Willard), 1937-

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James Mills, Sr., traveled to California in 1883 and lived in Elsinore until the mid-1880s, when he moved to Riverside. In Riverside Mills served as Justice of the Peace and spent his free time developing a citrus nursery, which grew into a large citrus property and several joint business ventures in the citrus industry. In 1895 Mills worked with the original organization of the California Fruit Growers Exchange, and he oversaw the citrus developments of the Kuhn and William Guilford citrus indu...

Ontario Agricultural College. President.

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Johnston, William

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Union Army soldier, 8th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. From the description of Papers, 1864. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135375 Pioneer, clerk of Jefferson County (Ky.) Court. From the description of William Johnston : miscellaneous papers, 1780-1810. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49244113 External evidence suggests that William Johnston was the keeper of the volume. He was a cabinetmaker and joiner in Mill Creek...

University of Guelph. President. (1950-1967 : MacLachlan)

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Ontario Agricultural College. President. (1879-1904 : Mills)

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Reek, William Robert.

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Ontario Agricultural College. President. (1920-1928 : Reynolds)

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Ontario Agricultural College. President. (1947-1950 : Reek)

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Reynolds, J. B.

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Ontario Agricultural College. President. (1874-1879 : Johnston)

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MacLachlan, John Douglas.

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Ontario Agricultural College. President. (1904-1920 : Creelman)

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