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Founding Members | Presidents | Board Chairs | Sources
Incorporated in 1965 by two Acts of the Manitoba Legislature, the Museum (opened July 1970) and Planetarium (opened May 1968) in Winnipeg became joined as the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature. It was later renamed the Manitoba Museum.
Founding Members
James Stuart Anderson (1911-1994)
Harry Crowson Ashdown (1885-1971)
James Harry Ashdown (1922-2009)
Arthur Bradwyn Brown (1906-1977)
George McLeod Brownell (1899-1979)
James William “Jim” Burns (1929-2019)
Roland Gerard Couture (1910-1993)
Harry James Gibson
Robert John “Jack” Heron (1919-1987)
Milton Carman Holden (1903-1975)
Philip Kenneth Isaac (1928-2021)
Edward Isaac Leith (1906-1999)
William Russell “Russ” Leslie (1891-1985)
Gerald William Malaher (1903-1984)
Francis Alexander Lavens “Frank” Mathewson (1905-1994)
William James Mayer-Oakes (1923-2005)
James Archibald McLeod (1904-1979)
Dallas Medd (1921-1987)
Rosslyn Brough “Ross” Mitchell (1880-1972)
William Lewis Morton (1908-1980)
William Scott Neal (1914-1993)
George Taylor Richardson (1924-2014)
Conrad Sanford Riley (1916-1999)
Jennifer Mary Walker Shay (1930-2018)
Charles Gordon Smith (1902-1990)
Henry Gordon Harvey Smith (1902-1973)
Richard William Martin “Dick” Sutton (1920-1995)
Ian Maclaren Thompson (1896-1981)
Lorna Marion Thorlakson (1924-2014)
Mary Elizabeth Tisdale (1895-1992)
Gunter Voss (1926-?)
Presidents
First Vice-Presidents
Second Vice-Presidents
Board Chairs
Period |
Chair |
1966-1977 |
Francis Alexander Lavens “Frank” Mathewson (1905-1994) |
1977-1979 |
William Scott Neal (1914-1993) |
1979-1981 |
William John “Jack” McKeag (1928-2007) |
1981-1983 |
Prof. E. O. Anderson |
1983-1987 |
Beverly A. Scott |
1987-1990 |
James R. Lewis |
1990-1992 |
Roger B. King |
1992-1994 |
Augustus Searle Leach (1939-2021) |
1994-1996 |
Rudy C. Isaak |
1996-1998 |
Dr. June M. James |
1998-2000 |
Bill Davis |
2000-2002 |
Arthur R. Pearson |
2002-2003 |
James A. Dolynchuk |
2003-2006 |
Bill Baines |
2006-2008 |
Dr. John McFerran |
2008-2010 |
Ken Ross |
2010-present |
Sangeet Bhatia |
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Civic Auditorium (200 Vaughan Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: The Manitoba Museum (190 Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg)
Sources:
“Dr. Speechly retires as museum president,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 March 1947, page 3.
Minutes of the Manitoba Museum Association, 1932-1965.
“Notice of application to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 February 1965, page 72.
This page was prepared by James Burns and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 January 2023
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