McNeil-Hordern graduted from Brandon University in 1987. She was the Executive Assitant to the President during Perkins' era and during Mallea's ear (1985-1990) she ran the Planning Office. McNeil-Hordern is married to former Brandon University Dean of Arts and member of the Religion Department, Peter Hordern.
Custodial History
Photograph was tranfered to the McKee Archives from the Public Communications Office in the winter of 2007.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alison McNeil-Hordern and her son Scott Greenlay was taken at a special event to mark Brandon's centennial in 1981. For the occassion McNeil-Hordern wore her mother's wedding gown; Greenlay wore his grandfather's wedding suit.
McNeely was a guest lecturer in jazz piano in the School of Music. He was in residence at Brandon University in 1994 and 1995; both times in January or February. The residencies were set up with the help of an Icelandic restaurant-owner in Winnipeg named Thrain Christiansson (sp?), who helped fund a few projects for the jazz curriculum. Christiansson had heard McNeely play solo piano in Brandon at the Jazz Festival in 1993.
Custodial History
Photograph was tranfered to the McKee Archives from the Public Communications Office in the winter of 2007.
Scope and Content
Portrait of Jim McNeely.
Notes
History/Bio information from Jim McNeely (May 2008).
See BUPC 1.1.429 for biographical information on Kathy Nichol. See RG 6 Brandon University fonds, 7.2.1 Dean of Science for biographical information on Peter Letkeman. Mark Delmage was a Lab Instructor in the Chemistry Department from January 1977 - July 1984. Chris Macdonald and Carl Belke taught in the Chemistry Department from September 1970 - June 1998 and September 1973 - August 2004 respectively. Rhonda Mathers was a Clerk/Typist for Chemistry/Geography from April 1979 to May 1983.
Custodial History
Photograph was tranfered to the McKee Archives from the Public Communications Office in the winter of 2007.
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Chemistry Department in a chemistry lab in the John R. Brodie Science Centre. Includes: Mark Delmage, Chris MacDonald, Peter Letkeman, Kathy Nichol, Carl Belke and Rhonda Mathers (Secretary).
Notes
Photograph appeared in the Winter 1981 issue of Alumni News.
Barry Corenblum joined the Psychology faculty in 1975. Cliff Anderson was a faculty member from 1968-2001. Barbara Gfellner joined the Psychology faculty in 1978. Ken Daniels was a faculty member from 1972-2005. Tom Stacey was an Instructional Associate from 1968-1987, and then the Board Secretariat Coordinator on a consultant basis from October 1987 to August 1990. Alexander Wilson was a Lecturer in the department from 1978-1981.
James (Jim) Lee Walker was born on October 11, 1944. He completed a double major in psychology and biology at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska (c. 1965) before obtaining his Master's degree in general-experimental psychology and his Ph.D. in physiological psychology from the University of North Dakota (UND). His first academic position was as a UND Assistant Professor of Psychology.
At UND Walker met fellow psychology graduate student Lilly Schubert. They marrried in Jamestown, North Dakota in 1969. In 1975, their son Thomas John (T.J.) Walker was born.
Jim joined the Psychology Department at Brandon University in 1971. After completing her internship at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill the following year, the Brandon University Psychology Department also hired Lilly. During their time in Brandon, the couple completed a comprehensive study on farm-stress; the study resulted in them being invited to provide input to The Senate Agriculture Committee and later to federal government officials during the formative stages of the Canadian Rural Transition Program.]
The Walker's left Brandon University in 1987, when Lilly became the Director of the University of Manitoba Counselling Centre. During their Winnipeg years, Jim operated his own private consulting business. He was also instrumental in developing the initial program of The Canadian Undergraduate Survey Consortium and completed major consulting/research projects for the Roblin Commission reviewing future roles of technology in University Education in Manitoba, and a national survey of International Students for the Canadian Bureau for International Education. While living in Winnipeg Jim also provided his professional services to establish one of the first Special Care Units (SCU) for Alzheimer's patients. The SCU was established at the Salem Home in Winkler, Manitoba.
In the summer of 2000, Lilly accepted the position of Dean of Student Affairs at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Jim was diagnosed with cancer in 1997 and then again in 2004. James (Jim) Lee Walker died in St. John's, Newfoundland on April 14, 2008.
Custodial History
Photograph was tranfered to the McKee Archives from the Public Communications Office in the winter of 2007.
Scope and Content
Portrait of members of the Psychology Department. Back (L to R): Barry Corenblum, Cliff Anderson, Barbara Gfellner, Jim Walker, Ken Daniels. Front (L to R): ?, Tom Stacey, Lily Walker, Alexander (Sandy) Wilson.
Notes
Biographical information for Corenblum, Anderson, Gfellner, Daniels, Stacey and Wilson was provided by Human Resources (June 2008). Biographical information for the Walker's was taken from Jim Walker's obituary. Additional biographical information for Jim Walker is available in his biography file.
Tomasin Playford obtained a Four Year Specialist Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandon University in 1996 and continued her education at the University of Saskatchewan where the focus for her master’s degree was in zooarchaeology. The summer of 2003 marked her tenth anniversary of archaeological field work, most of which has been in southern Manitoba.
She has worked at a number of archaeological sites either as a crew member or as site supervisor. Over the past few years, Tomasin has been teaching several archaeology courses at Brandon University and the University of Saskatchewan. In addition to field work, the SCAPE project has made it possible for her to analyze the faunal assemblages from several sites in southern Manitoba in order to establish subsistence strategies.
During the summer of 2003, Playford instructed the Brandon University Archaeological Field School at the sites in the Tiger Hills, Manitoba.
Custodial History
Photograph was tranfered to the McKee Archives from the Public Communications Office in the winter of 2007.
Scope and Content
Portrait of Tomasin Playford.
Notes
History/Bio taken from the SCAPE (the Study of Cultural Adaptations in the Prairie Ecozone) website, available at: http://scape.brandonu.ca/studentbio.asp?ID=8 (May 2008).
Renee Robinson has been on faulty at Brandon University since the fall of 1996 in the School of Health Studies. She teaches in all three programs offered by the School. Robinson has been a Registered Psychiatric Nurse since 1978 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mental Health from Brandon University in 1991. She has also received a Masters degree in Community Health Sciences from the University of Manitoba (1996) and is pursuing a PhD in community health, also at the University of Manitoba.
Custodial History
Photograph was tranfered to the McKee Archives from the Public Communications Office in the winter of 2007.
Scope and Content
Portrait of Renee Robinson.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Brandon University website, available at: http://www.brandonu.ca/academic/healthstudies/memberprofile.asp?ID=16 (May 2008).
Sallows attended Brandon University as a student in the 1980s. In c. 2003 he was working on his M.A. degree from the University of Manitoba on wolf genetics. Arndt, who became a Zoology faculty member in August 2000, was to be on his committee, but left Brandon University in July 2003 for British Columbia.
Custodial History
Photograph was tranfered to the McKee Archives from the Public Communications Office in the winter of 2007.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Tim Sallows and Allan Arndt.
Notes
History/Bio information from Tim Sallows (May 2008) and Human Resources (June 2008).
Severyn was President of the Brandon University Foundation in 2000. She won the Apex Award in 2003 and is also a past member of the Board of Governors.
Custodial History
Photograph was tranfered to the McKee Archives from the Public Communications Office in the winter of 2007.
Scope and Content
Portrait of Dale Severyn, standing in front of the Brandon College Building.
