New Brunswick Educators

Alphée Belliveau Director of the N.B. Provincial Normal School French Preparatory Department: 1879-1883 Director of the N.B. Provincial Normal School French Department: 1883-1920 Mr. Belliveau was born in Belliveau Village near Memramcook in 1851. After studies at St. Thomas Academy, he studied at St. Joseph College in Memramcook. At age 20 he began teaching in Memramcook in the first Acadian school operating under the School Act of 1871. In 1874 he went to Nova Scotia where he taught for five years in Grosses-Coques and Saulnierville. On May 1, 1879 he became the temporary director of the French Preparatory Department in the Provincial Normal School in Fredericton and on August 1, 1879 his appointment became permanent. In 1883 an organizational change saw the French Preparatory Department become the French Department with M. Belliveau as its director, a position he held until his retirement in 1920. Upon retirement his wife and he moved to St. Louis-de-Kent. Directeur du P.N.S. Département Francophone D'Ètudes Préparatoires du N.-B.: 1879-1883 Directeur du P.N.S. Département Francophone du N.-B.: 1883-1920 M. Belliveau est né en 1851 au village Belliveau près de Memramcook. Après avoir suivi des études au Saint Thomas Académie, il étudia au collège Saint-Joseph à Memramcook. C'est à l'âge de 20 ans qu'il commença l'enseignement à Memramcook dans l'école qui fut la première école acadienne tenue sous le Ecole Act de 1871. En 1874 il alla en Nouvelle-Écosse où il enseigna durant cinq années dans les localités de Grosses-Coques et Saulnierville. M. Belliveau devint le directeur effectif du département préparatoire francophone (fondé le premier novembre 1878) à partir du premier mai 1879. Le premier août 1879 son affectation devint permanente. En mai 1883 un changement organisationnel opéré au département préparatoire francophone en faisait «Le département francophone» avec M. Belliveau en charge. Il occupa ce poste jusqu'à sa retraite en 1920. Son épouse et lui déménagèrent alors à St.Louis-de-Kent.	Dugald Cameron Blue (Photo: Archives & Special Collections, Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick) University of New Brunswick Professor of Education: 1955-1980 University Registrar: 1968-1974 University Secretary: 1974-1979 Acting Dean of the Faculty of Education: 1977-78 Born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1926, Dugald Blue earned MA and MEd degrees from the University of St. Andrews. Coming to teach at the University of New Brunswick in 1955, his special interests related to the education of exceptional children, reading and testing. He was the father of two sons: Robert and Malcolm. He died in 1980.	Grace Louise Caughlin Teacher, Head of Business Department and Assistant Director Carleton County Vocational School: 1920-1959 Born in Milltown, NB in 1888, Grace Caughlin was one of the pioneers in vocational education in the province of New Brunswick. She was renowned for the quality of her teaching and for her deep interest in her students. Following graduation from Milltown High School, she studied at the Business School operated by the Sisters of Mercy in Calais, ME. A graduate of the New Brunswick Provincial Normal School, she held First Class and Superior Teaching Licenses and also furthered her education at St. Francis -Xavier and Columbia Universities. As well as teaching at Carleton County Vocational School where she served over time as head of the Business Department and Assistant Director, she also taught at several summer schools for teachers and served as a mentor for teachers in the field. She was the author of Everyday English for Canadians, a text that was used across Canada. Apart from her distinguished career as a teacher and administrator, she was actively involved in community and church affairs. She was, for example, the founder of the first New Brunswick Home and School Association and served for several years as national president of the Catholic Women's League. In recognition of her service as educator, community and church worker, St. Francis Xavier University conferred an honorary MA on her in 1936 and St. Thomas University bestowed an honorary LL.D. on her in 1960. She died in 1974.	Clinton Dow Director of the Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Centre (Moncton): 1946-1948 Principal and Director of the Provincial Technical Institute: 1948-1949 Principal and Director of the New Brunswick Technical Institute: 1950-1964 Principal and Director of the New Brunswick Institute of Technology: 1965 Coordinator of New Brunswick Trades and Technology Schools: 1966-1970 Principal and Director of the New Brunswick Institute of Technology: 1971-1973 Principal and Director of the New Brunswick Community College (Moncton): 1974-1977 Born near Woodstock, Clinton L. Dow attended the Provincial Normal School during 1934-1935 and in 1937 began pre-medical studies at UNB. When the Second World War broke out, he joined the Carleton and York Regiment and saw service in the United Kingdom and the Central Mediterranean. After the War he became director of the Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Centre (Moncton) and began to serve in 1948 as the principal and director of its successor institution (which underwent several name changes during his tenure) until his retirement in 1977. However, he interrupted his positions as principal and director to serve for four years in Fredericton as coordinator for all the trades and technology schools in New Brunswick. He held certificates and diplomas in public administration and technical subjects as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree. He retired as a colonel of the Militia in 1969. In 1986 he published The Tech: A History of the New Brunswick Community College - Moncton.
	(Photo : Archives et collections spéciales, Bibliothèque Harriet Irving, Université du Nouveau-Brunswick) Professeur d’éducation Université du Nouveau-Brunswick : 1955-1980 Registraire d’université : 1968-1974 Secretaire d’université : 1970-1979 Doyen par intérim de la Faculté d’éducation : 1977-1978 Né en 1926 à Glasgow (Ecosse) Dugald Blue obtint ses diplômes MA et sa Maitrise en éducation à l’Université de St. Andrew. En enseignant à l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick en 1955, il s’intéressait particulièrement à l’éducation de l’enfance en difficulté, de la lecture et de l’évaluation. Il était le père de deux fils : Robert et Malcolm. Il est mort en 1980.	Enseignante : Chef du département des affaires et Directrice adjointe de l’Ecole professionnelle du Comte Carleton : 1920-1959 Université du Nouveau-Brunswick. Née à Milltown, N-B. en 1888, Grace Caughlin était une des pionnières dans l’éducation professionnelle au Nouveau-Brunswick. Elle était renomme pour la qualité de son enseignement et l’intérêt profond qu’elle prêtait aux étudiants. Après avoir reçu son diplôme au Lycée de Milltown, elle étudia à l’Ecole de commerce que dirigeaient les Sœurs de la Miséricorde a Calais. Diplômée de l’Ecole normale provinciale du Nouveau-Brunswick, elle avait les licences pour enseigner la première classe et l’enseignement supérieur, puis elle suivit une formation complémentaire dans deux universités : l’Université St. François Xavier et l’Université Colombie. Non seulement elle enseigna à l’Ecole professionnelle du Comte Carleton ou elle fit des heures supplémentaires en temps que Directrice et Directrice adjointe au Département de commerce, mais aussi, elle donna des cours aux enseignant(e)s plusieurs fois en été et devint leur conseillère dans ce domaine. Elle était l’auteure du livre Everyday English for Canadians, qui fut utilise à travers le Canada. En plus de sa carrière distinguée en tant qu’enseignante et administratrice, elle était très impliquée dans la communauté. Par exemple, elle était la fondatrice de la première Association de foyer école du Nouveau-Brunswick. Elle était la présidente nationale de la ligue des femmes catholique pendant de nombreuses années. En reconnaissance de son service d’éducatrice, d’agente de développement communautaire et de l’église, l’Université de St. François Xavier lui octroya un grade honorifique MA en 1936, et l’Université de St-Thomas lui octroya un grade honorifique LL.D en 1960. Elle mourut en 1974.	Directeur du Centre de réadaptation professionnel des anciens combattants (Moncton) : 1946-1948 Président et directeur de l’Institut technique provincial : 1948-1949 Président et directeur de l’Institut technique du Nouveau-Brunswick : 1950-1964 Président et directeur de l’Institut technologie du Nouveau-Brunswick : 1965 Coordonnateur des Ecoles de commerce et technologie du Nouveau-Brunswick : 1966-1970 Président et directeur de l’Institut de technologie du Nouveau-Brunswick : 1971-1973 Président et directeur du Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (Moncton) : 1974-1977 Né à proximité de Woodstock, N.-B., Clinton L. Dow a fréquente l’Ecole normale provinciale de 1934-35. C’est en 1937 qu’il commença ses études pré médicales à l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick. Quand la deuxième guerre mondiale éclata, il rejoignit le régiment Carleton et York et servit au Royaume-Uni et dans la région centre de la Méditerranée. Après la guerre, il fut directeur du Centre de Réadaptation professionnelle des anciens combattants (Moncton). De 1948 jusqu’ à sa retraite en 1977, il était président et directeur de l’institution (qui changea de nom a plusieurs reprises lors de ses fonctions). Néanmoins, il interrompit son poste de président et de directeur pendant quatre ans pour servir dans écoles de commerce et technologie en tant que coordinateur au Nouveau-Brunswick. Il obtint des certificats et des diplômes en administration publique et des sujets techniques ainsi qu’un BA. Il prit sa retraite en tant que colonel de la Milice en 1969. En 1986, il publia The Tech : A History of the New Brunswick Community College – Moncton.
Rheta Inch Staff member of Carleton County Vocational School 1919-1926 Head of Saint John Vocational School Home Economics Department. 1926-1944 Supervisor of Home Economics Education with N.B. Vocational Board. 1944-1957 Head of Two-Year Education Program for Home Economics teachers. 1946-1953 Born in 1892, New Jerusalem native Rheta Inch taught in the first vocational school to open in New Brunswick: The Carleton County Vocational School which opened in Woodstock in 1919. In 1926 she became Head of the Home Economics Department of the Saint John Vocational School. Appointed supervisor of Home Economics Education for New Brunswick in 1944, she took on the office of Head of the newly developed two-year Home Economics Teacher Education Program that was conducted at the Saint John Vocational School until 1953 when it was transferred to Fredericton. Over the years she both taught and attended many summer schools. Among summer schools she attended were those at the Universities of Wisconsin, Cornell and Columbia. By 1929 had earned a Columbia University Bachelor of Science degree. She was a great-grandniece of James R. Inch, formerly president of Mount Allison University and chief superintendent of education for New Brunswick. She died in 1978.	Thelma L. Keirstead Public School Teacher: 1933-1949 Instructor in Reading at the New Brunswick Teachers College: 1949-1959 Chair of the Department of English at the New Brunswick Teachers College: 1959-1972 Thelma Keirstead was born in Alma in 1913. After graduating from Mount Allison University in 1933 she began her teaching career in a one-room school with 11 grades in Moose River, Cumberland County, NS. After teaching in Albert Mines, Hillsborough and Peticodiac, she taught English at Fredericton High School from 1946-1949. During these years she also earned an MA from Columbia University in 1942. In 1949 she became a faculty member at the New Brunswick Teachers College with responsibility for the teaching of reading. Prior to her retirement from Teachers College in 1971 she served for several years as Chair of its Department of English and played an important role by serving on several administrative committees.. In 1972 the University of New Brunswick bestowed upon her an LLD (honoris causa) for her contributions to education both within the university community and the teaching profession. Upon her retirement she returned to live in Alma where she presently resides.	Robert James Love University of New Brunswick Professor Emeritus University of New Brunswick Professor: 1946-1972 Chair of UNB Department of Education: 1950-1962 Director of the UNB Summer School: 1947-1961 Director of UNB Extension: 1948-1972 Dean of the UNB Faculty of Education: 1962-1972 Born in Glassville, NB, Robert Love attended UNB as a Beaverbrook Scholar. He earned both a BA(1928) and an MA (1930) from UNB. In 1935 he was awarded a BPaed from the University of Toronto. He served both as teacher and principal at Sussex, St. Andrews and Bathurst. After service with the North Shore Regiment, he went to teach Economics and Education at UNB. He also served as an assistant to university president Milton Gregg, helping to establish Alexander College for returning veterans. He was awarded an honorary EdD (1970) by the University of Maine and an LLD (1972) by UNB. For his many contributions to teacher education he was made a fellow of the Canadian College of Teachers and an honorary life member of the Canadian Education Association.	Margaret J. Macdougall Head of the Port Elgin Regional High School Commercial Department: 1951-1959. Teacher, Organizer and First Supervisor of Programs at the New Brunswick Institute of Technology, Moncton, in Business Teacher Education: 1959-1973; Business Technology: 1959-1965; and Business Occupation Programs: 1961-1971. Professor of Business Education and Coordinator of Business Education in the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Education: 1973-1985. Following high school graduation, Margaret Macdougall studied business education at St. Michael's Academy, Chatham, and worked in business before attending the New Brunswick Teachers College during 1949-1950. While teaching at Port Elgin, she completed the five-year program leading to the Chartered Accountants Association earning the Designation of C.P.A. in 1959, the first woman in New Brunswick to complete this program. With the merger of the C.P.A. Association in 1967, this designation became C.A. She played a major role in establishing the Business Teacher Education and Business Technology programs at the New Brunswick Institute of Technology and in the transfer of the Business Teacher Education component to the University of New Brunswick in 1973. In 1983, she coauthored with Prof. G.A. Roussie the text Handbook on Testing and Evaluation in Business Education. Her study The Evolution of Business Education, 1784-1984 (469 p.) was published in 2001.
Membre de la Faculté a l’école professionnelle du Comte Carleton: 1919-1926. Directrice de l’Ecole professionnelle de Saint Jean dans le service des sciences domestiques 1926-1944 Superviseure d’Education des sciences domestiques pour le Conseil professionnel du N.-B. : 1944-1957 Directrice de programme d’éducation d’une durée de deux ans pour les enseignants des sciences domestiques : 1946-1953 Née en 1892 à New Jérusalem, un village du Nouveau-Brunswick, Rhéa Inch enseigna dans la première école professionnelle qui s’est ouverte à Woodstock au Nouveau-Brunswick en 1919 sous le nom de l’Ecole professionnelle du Comte Carleton. En 1926, elle devint directrice des services des sciences domestiques de l’école professionnelle de Saint Jean. Nommée superviseure de l’enseignement des sciences domestiques en 1944, elle entra en fonction comme directrice du nouveau programme d’enseignement des sciences domestiques pour les enseignant(e)s. La durée de ce programme était de deux ans et il eut lieu a l’Ecole professionnelle de Saint Jean jusqu'à 1953 puis transfère a Fredericton. Au cours des années, elle donna de nombreux cours d’été et en pris aussi, certains a l’université du Wisconsin, à Cornell et la Columbia. En 1929, elle obtint un Bachelier es science de Columbia Université. Elle était l’arrière-nièce de James R Inch, autrefois président de l’Université de Mount Allison et surintendant principal de l’éducation au Nouveau-Brunswick. Elle mourut en 1978.	Enseignante de l’école publique : 1933-1949 Enseignante de lecture a l’Ecole normale du Nouveau-Brunswick : 1949-1959 Professeure en chaire du Département d’anglais a l’Ecole Normale du Nouveau-Brunswick : 1959-1972 Thelma Keirstead est née à Alma, N.-B. en 1913. Après avoir termine ses études a l’Université de Mount Allison en 1933, elle commença d’enseigner la 11^e, l’unique classe, à Moose River, Comte Cumberland, NE. Apres avoir enseigne à Albert Mines, Hillsborough et Petitcodiac, elle enseigna l’anglais a lycée de Fredericton de 1946 a 1949. Au cours de ces années, elle obtint en 1942 son MA à Colombie Université. En 1949 elle devint membre de l’école normale du Nouveau-Brunswick et elle était responsable de l’enseignement de la lecture. Avant de prendre sa retraite de l’Ecole normale du Nouveau-Brunswick, elle fut professeure en chaire pendant plusieurs années dans le secteur anglais et joua un rôle important en servant dans plusieurs comites administratifs. En 1972, l’Université de Nouveau-Brunswick lui octroya un grade honorifique LL.D. (honoris causa) pour ses contributions en éducation aussi bien dans le domaine universitaire que dans la profession enseignante. Quand elle prit sa retraite, elle retourna vivre à Alma.	Professeur de l’Université de Nouveau-Brunswick : 1946-1972 Professeur en chaire de l’Université de Nouveau-Brunswick ministère de l’Education : 1950-1962 Directeur de l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick Nouvelle Ecole pour les cours d’été : 1947-1961 Directeur de l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick pour les Programmes de cours de perfectionnement : 1948-1972 Doyen de l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick Faculté d’éducation : 1962-1972 Professeur honoraire de l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick : 1972- Né à Glassville, N.-B., Robert Love fréquenta l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick en tant que savant de Beaverbrook. Il obtint aussi bien son BA (1928) que son MA (1930) a l’Université du Nouveau Brunswick. En 1935, on lui décerna un Baccalauréat en Pédagogie de l’Université de Toronto. Il travailla aussi bien en tant qu’enseignant que directeur dans les écoles à Sussex, à St. Andrew et a Bathurst. Après avoir servi le Régiment au Cote-Nord, il enseigna l’économie politique et la pédagogie à l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick. Il aussi assistant du recteur d’université, Milton Gregg, et aida établir Alexander Collège pour le retour des anciens combattants. L’Université du Maine lui octroya le titre honorifique DEd (1970) et U.N.B. un LLD (1971). Pour ses nombreuses contributions dans l’enseignement de la pédagogie, il fut nommé membre du Collège canadien des enseignants et membre honoraire a vie de l’Association canadienne d’éducation.
Helen MacFarlane Assistant-County Superintendent: Albert-Westmorland Counties: 1949 - 1955 Faculty Member of the New Brunswick Teachers College: 1955 - 1973 Division of Student Teaching (University of New Brunswick Faculty of Education): 1973-1980 A graduate of Sussex High School, the New Brunswick Provincial Normal School and the University of New Brunswick, Helen became assistant county superintendent of schools for the Counties of Albert and Westmorland in 1949. In 1955 she joined the faculty of the New Brunswick Teachers College where she taught primary methods and language arts. As well, she was responsible for placing and supervising student teachers in their teaching practica. In 1973 she became a member of the Division of Student Teaching in the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Education. With Nellie Winters and K. M Repka she was co-editor of Creative English: Grade 6, a text in the Copp-Clark Canadian Language Development Series. She retired in 1980.	Beatrice Mahoney Instructor in Home Economics, N.B.P.N.S./N.B.T.C.: 1942-1953 Head, Department of Home Economics, N.B.T.C.: 1953-1973 Professor and Head, U.N.B. Home Economics Section of the Division of Vocational Education: 1973-1974 Born in Johnville, NB, Beatrice Mahoney attended the N. B. Provincial Normal School during 1931-1932. In 1940 she earned a License in Teaching Home Economics Education from Mount St. Bernard College, Antigonish, and in 1942 she joined the faculty of the Provincial Normal School. Her BSc from Syracuse University in 1949 was awarded Magna Cum Laude. Upon graduation from Syracuse she was made a member of the Home Economics Honor Society Omicron Nu. In 1956 Columbia University conferred upon her the degree Master of Education.	James Willard McNutt Vocational Education Board: Supervisor of Industrial Classes: 1940-1950 Assistant Regional Director, Canadian Vocational Training for New Brunswick: 1943-1945 Regional Director, Canadian Vocational Training for New Brunswick: 1945-1950 Director, New Brunswick Vocational Education Branch: 1950-1969 Born in 1904, J. Willard McNutt taught Industrial Education at Fredericton Composite High School in 1928 and between 1929-1933 and 1936-1939 he taught Industrial Education at the Newcastle Composite High School. In 1939 he was seconded to serve on the Vocational Education Board of the New Brunswick Department of Education. He played a key role in the field of Vocational Education as it related to the training of veterans of the Second World War, to the founding of the Provincial Technical Institute of New Brunswick in Moncton and to the advancement of Vocational Education at both the secondary and post-secondary levels of education in New Brunswick. He was a graduate of Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. He died in 1999.	Fletcher Peacock Director of Manual Training and Home Economics: 1911-1918 Director of Vocational Education for New Brunswick: 1919-1926 Secretary of the Vocational Education Board: 1919-1926 Principal of the Saint John Vocational School: 1926-1937 Director of Educational Services for New Brunswick: 1937-1949 Chief Superintendent of Education for New Brunswick: 1945-1949 Born in Bayfield, Westmorland County, in 1884, Fletcher Peacock attended the Provincial Normal School in 1903-1904. After graduating with a BA from Mount Allison University in 1911, he was appointed director of manual training and household science for the province of New Brunswick. He became director of vocational education and secretary to the newly established Vocational Education Board in 1919. After serving as principal of the Saint John Vocational School from 1916 to 1937, he was appointed the first director of educational services for New Brunswick and chief superintendent of education in 1945, a position he held until felled by a heart attack in 1949. In 1944 he was elected president of the Canadian National Educational Association He also earned an MA from Teachers' College (Columbia). In 1932 Mount Allison University bestowed an honorary LL.D. on him.
C. Kay Smith Teacher of English and Drama at Alma College in St. Thomas, Ontario: 1940-1942 Teacher of English and Drama at the Saint John Vocational School: 1942-1972 Born in Saint John in 1911, Kay Smith was a graduate of Saint John High School and Mount Allison Ladies' College. She also studied drama at Columbia University in New York. She first taught English and Drama at Alma College in Ontario. She then began a distinguished teaching career at the Saint John Vocational School, where her annually directed play by Shakespeare became one of Saint John City's cultural highlights. A distinguished Canadian poet, her first collection of poetry appeared in 1951. Four other volumes followed, the last being The Bright Particulars in 1987. She has been widely anthologized; and for her contributions to Canadian poetry she was made an honorary life member of the League of Canadian Poets in 1988. Other honors include an honorary LL.D. from the University of New Brunswick (Saint John) in 1988 and the Alden Nowlan Award for Literary Arts in 1991. Her death occurred on September 18, 2004.	Wendle B. Thompson Principal of Vocational Training at the New Brunswick Institute of Technology: 1946-1950 Supervisor, Coordinator and Director of Vocational Education for New Brunswick: 1951-1970 Member and later Chair of Board of Governors of New Brunswick Higher Education Commission: 1970-1974 Member of the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission: 1974-1980 Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the New Brunswick Community College: 1974-1980 W. B. Thompson was born in Aberdeen, SK and attended school there before receiving technical training at Saskatoon Technical College. He served as an instructor in the Educational Section of the RCAF during the Second World War. After the war he accepted a position as Principal of Vocational Training at the Technical Institute in Moncton and from 1`946 to 1950 he combined teaching and study, completing his BSc (Honours) in Industrial Education at Bradley University/ In 1951 he joined the staff of the provincial Department of Education where he held positions as Supervisor, Coordinator and then Director of Vocational Education. In 1970 he became a member (and subsequently chairman) of the Board of Governors of the New Brunswick Higher Education Commission. When this body was replaced in 1974 by the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission, he became a member of its Board of Governors and, in addition, accepted a position as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the New Brunswick Community College; a position he held until his retirement in September, 1980. In 1975 St. Thomas University bestowed an honorary LLD on him in recognition of his many contributions to education in New Brunswick. In 1982 Dr. Thompson headed a working committee sponsored by C.I.D.A. to visit China and to conduct a survey of several Chinese companies. As a result, a Management Training Centre was established in Chendu, China.	Dr. Walton Kelsey Tibert Public School Teacher in Nova Scotia: 1900-1905, 1906-1916 Organizer and Supervisor of Training for New Brunswick Veterans: 1916-1922 Director of Vocational Education for New Brunswick: 1926-1950 Regional Director of War Emergency Training and Rehabilitation Training: 1939-1946 Born in 1883 in Little River, NS, W. K. Tibert completed Grade 8 and then spent six years in the fishing industry. Returning to school at age 22, he completed Grades 9 and 10 and received a teacher's license while working part-time. Further teaching and study led to attendance at the NS Provincial Normal School in 1900. Further teaching and study, including one year at Acadia University (1905-1906) led to his being asked in 1916 to organize and supervise training of discharged veterans in New Brunswick. This work, which was completed in 1922, was followed by a period of selling insurance. In 1926, having worked closely with Dr. Fletcher Peacock, he succeeded him as Director of Vocational Education for New Brunswick. He retired from this position in 1950. While serving as Vocational Education Director, he also held between 1939 and 1946 the position of Regional Director of War Emergency Training for men and women working in war industries, a position whose mission changed to the rehabilitation of discharged military personnel after the war ended. While a resident of New Brunswick, he served in many voluntary capacities, including the presidency of the New Brunswick Federation of Home and School (1940-1945) and a directorship of the Fredericton YMCA (1920-1943) and many years of service to the Brunswick Street Baptist Church in Fredericton. For his distinguished career Acadia University bestowed an honorary LL.D. on him in 1950.	Collection Musée l'Université de Moncton Dr. Marguerite Michaud Member of the New Brunswick Provincial Normal School Faculty: 1940-1946 Member of the New Brunswick Teachers College Faculty: 1953-1967 Vice-Principal of the New Brunswick Teachers College: 1960-1967 Member of the Saint Thomas University Faculty: 1967-1973 Born in Buctouche in 1903, Dr. Michaud graduated from St. Mary's Academy, Chatham. Upon completing a BA at Saint Francis-Xavier University, she became the first Acadian woman to earn a university degree. Over the years she continued her academic studies, earning a Diploma of Professor of the French Language from the Sorbonne, an MA from Columbia University and a PhD from the University of Montreal. She also received honorary doctorates from Saint Thomas University, Saint Joseph's University and Saint Francis-Xavier University. She was also a professor emerita of the University de Moncton. Many honors were bestowed upon her, including the Order of Canada (1964), a Silver Medal from Queen Elizabeth II in commemoration of the Monarch's quarter century on the throne (1977), Le Prix de Mérité de l'AEFNB (1979) and membership in La Compagnie des Cent-Associés Francophones (1981). She held teaching positions in several New Brunswick centres before joining the faculty of the Provincial Normal School (Teacher's College) in Fredericton. A researcher and scholarly writer as well as an educator, she published numerous articles and books. Her portrait, executed by Claude Picard, hangs in la Dr. Maguerite Michaud Bibliothèque in Fredericton Membre de la faculté de l'Ecole Normale Provinciale de Nouveau-Brunswick: 1940-1946 Membre de la faculté de l'Ecole Normale Provinciale de Nouveau-Brunswick: 1953-1967 Adjoint-Directrice de l'Ecole Normale Provinciale de Nouveau-Brunswick: 1960-1967 Membre de la faculté de l'Université Saint Thomas: 1967-1973 Née Bouctouche en 1903, Dr. Michaud est diplôme Sr. Mary's Académie Chatham. Elle a reçu un licencie d'arts de l'Université Saint François-Xavier et tait la première femme Acadienne à obtenir un diplôme. Elle continuait ses études par complétant un diplôme du professeur de la langue française de la Sorbonne, un maître des arts de l'Université Columbia et un doctorat en philosophie de l'Université de Montréal. Elle a reçu les licences honorifiques de l'Université Saint Thomas, l'Université Saint Joseph's, l'Université Saint François-Xavier. Aussi elle tait un professeur honoraire de l'Université de Moncton. Elle tait accorde plusieurs honneurs: L'Ordre du Canada (1964), un médaille d'argent de La Reine Elizabeth II (1977), le Prix de Mérité de L'AEFNB (1979) et une qualité de membre en La Compagnie de Cents-Associés Francophones (1981). Elle a enseigné en plusieurs centres de Nouveau- Brunswick avant de joindre la faculté de l'Ecole Normale Provinciale Fredericton. Elle a conduit beaucoup de recherches et a écrit et a publié beaucoup d'articles de revue et livres. Son portrait par le peintre Claude Picard est dans la Bibliothèque Dre. Marguerite Michaud Fredericton. Dr. Michaud est morte a Moncton en 1982.
	Directeur de Formation professionnelle a l’Institut de Technologie: 1946-195 Superviseur coordonnateur et directeur d’éducation professionnelle au Nouveau-Brunswick : 1951-1970 Membre et ensuite président du Conseil des gouverneurs du Conseil d’administration d’enseignement supérieur du Nouveau-Brunswick : 1970-1974 Membre du Conseil d’administration de l’enseignement supérieur des provinces Maritimes : 1974-1980 Professeur en chaire et Président-directeur général du Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick : 1974-1980 Wendle B. Thompson est ne à Aberdeen SK ou il fit ses études scolaires avant de suivre une formation technique au Collège technique de Saskatoon. Il servit en tant qu’instructeur dans le service d’enseignement des Forces armées royales cambodgiennes (FARC) pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale. Après la guerre, il accepta up poste en tant que Directeur de formation professionnelle a l’Institut de Technologie à Moncton. De 1946 à 1950, il put aussi bien continuer son travail d’enseignement que ses études, pour obtenir son Bachelier es sciences avec distinction, dans la formation industrielle à l’Université de Bradley. En 1951, il obtint différents postes au Ministère provincial d’éducation : Superviseur, coordonnateur et directeur d’éducation professionnelle. En 1970, il devint membre (et par la suite président) du comite de direction de la commission d’administration d’enseignement supérieur du Nouveau-Brunswick. En 1974, quand cette commission remplaça le Conseil d’administration de l’enseignement supérieur des provinces maritimes, il fut choisi comme membre du Comite de direction, et en outre, il accepta un posta en tant que Président-directeur général du Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick. Il y travailla jusqu’ à sa retraite en septembre 1980. En 1975, l’Université de St. Thomas lui octroya un grade honorifique LL.D en reconnaissance de ses nombreuses contributions à l’enseignement au Nouveau-Brunswick. En 1982, docteur Thompson dirigea un comite de travail patronne par ACDI pour visiter la Chine et mener une enquête sur les sociétés chinoises. En conséquence, un Centre de formation en gestion fut établi à Chendu, en Chine.	Enseignant a l’école publique en Nouvelle-Ecosse : 1900-1905, 1906-1916 Organisateur et superviseur de formation des anciens combattants au Nouveau-Brunswick : 1916-1922 Directeur de formation professionnelle au Nouveau-Brunswick : 1926-1950 Directeur Régional pour la formation d’urgence en temps de Guerre et de réadaptation a la vie civile : 1939-1946 Né en 1883 à Little River, NE, WK Tibert étudia jusqu'à la 8^e. Ensuite, Il travailla six ans dans l’industrie de la pèche. Il retourna à l’école à 22 ans pour terminer la 9^e et la 10^e. Il obtint un brevet d’enseignement et travailla à temps partiel. Il enseigna et étudia davantage ce qui lui permit de suivre des cours à l’Ecole normale de la Nouvelle-Ecosse en 1900. Ensuite, il continua d’enseigner et d’étudier à l’Université Acadia (1905-1906). De ce fait, il put organiser et superviser la formation des anciens combattants au Nouveau-Brunswick. Cette tache prit fin en 1922. Ensuite, il commença travailler dans une compagnie d’assurance. En 1926, qu’il avait travaille en étroite collaboration avec docteur Fletcher Peacock, il le remplaça dans sens fonctions de Directeur de formation professionnelle au Nouveau-Brunswick. Il s’est retire de ce poste en 1950. Pendant qu’il était directeur professionnel, il travaillait aussi en tant que Directeur régional pour former d’urgence les hommes et les femmes qui travaillaient dans l’industrie de guerre entre 1939 et 1946. A la fin de la guerre, la mission de ce poste fut consacrée à la réadaptation des militaires libères. Résidant du Nouveau-Brunswick, il fit beaucoup de bénévolats : président de l’Association foyer école (1940-1945) ; directeur de YMCA de Fredericton (1920-1943). Il servit aussi de nombreuses années à l’église baptiste de Fredericton (rue Brunswick). Pour sa carrière si excellente, l’université Acadia lui octroya un grade honorifique LL.D en 1950.

Finley Eldon MacDiarmid Born in 1899, Finley Eldon MacDairmid graduated from the New Brunswick Provincial Normal School in 1920. He obtained a BA from Mount Allison University in 1930 and an MA from the University of New Brunswick in 1934. He taught at Midgic Elementary School, Devon Superior School, Florenceville High School, Woodstock High School and the New Brunswick Teachers College. In 1949 he received an honorary doctorate from Mount Allison and was appointed Chief Superintendent of Education (later called the Deputy Minister of Education). He served in this role until his retirement in 1963.	Robert Harris Chapman Robert Harris Chapman was born in Port Elgin, NB, in 1903. He graduated from school at the age of 15 and from the New Brunswick Provincial Normal School in 1919. In 1923 he received a BA from Mt. Allison University. In 1930 he received a MA degree from the same institution. In 1947 he was awarded an MA from Columbia University. He served as principal in the Middle Sackville High School, the Hartland High School and the Sackville High School. In 1935 he was appointed county superintendent of schools for the counties of Westmorland and Albert, a position he held until he was appointed provincial Director of Teacher Training in 1953. He served as director until his death in 1966. Additional information about Dr. Chapman is to be found in Education Profile (December 1966): p.5.	Louis Azarias Doucet Louis-Azarias Doucet was born on July 23, 1918, in Petit-Rocher, N.B. where he attended elementary school and the Petit-Rocher Superior School from which he graduated. He then attended the New Brunswick Provincial Normal School graduating in 1937. From graduation until 1941 he consecutively earned second, first, first class superior and Grammar School teaching licenses. His post-secondary studies included a B.A. program at Université Sacré-Coeur (1953); studies at Laval University (1955) and the University of Alberta (1963). As well, he pursued a university level short course for school inspectors at Banff. In 1963 his alma mater, Université Sacré-Coeur, conferred an honorary M.Ed. degree on him. In 1983 the Université de Moncton conferred on him the degree Doctor of Education. His teaching career included three years at the elementary level at Miscou Centre (1937-1938) and Petit-Rocher North Schools (1939-1941). This experience was followed by serving at Université Sacré Coeur as a mathematics teacher in the high school and Belles-Lettres and Rhetorique at the first-year college level (1941-1949). During this period he also served in the Canadian Officers’ Training Corps achieving the rank of Captain. As well, he served as an instructor in the Cadet Corps at the high school level. From 1949 to 1952 he served as Assistant Superintendent to the Gloucester County Superintendent of Schools, and in 1952 he was appointed Superintendent of Schools for the County. In 1965 he assumed a number of responsibilities for the Provincial Department of Education in Fredericton becoming successively Director of Administration and Associate Chief Superintendent of Education. Among his many tasks were: Executive Secretary of the Committee on the Organization and Boundaries of School Districts (Elliot-Finn Report); Coordinator of District Organization (Implementation of the Elliot-Finn Report); and Chair of the Departmental Committee recommending transfer of Teacher Education to the Universities (1971). He also served the Department of Education and the wider provincial community as a member of a consultant firm studying reclassification of all provincial civil servants (1971-1972); as a member of the Canadian Delegation to a meeting of French-speaking countries at Madagascar (1972); as President of the New Brunswick Non-instructional Educational Employees Association (1972-1973); and as a member of the Interdepartmental Committee on Educational Planning based on the MacLeod-Pinet Report (1973). During its first year of operation (1977-1978), he acted as Secretary-Treasurer of Le Centre Communautaire Ste-Anne, Fredericton. A much cherished honor was receiving the medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice from Pope John XXIII on November 16, 1962. Following his retirement on March 31, 1983, he wrote at the request of the Minister of Education a brief history of public education in New Brunswick: Two Centuries of Progress (1974-1984). M. Doucet continues to live in Fredericton. His beloved wife, Agnes, mother of their nine children, passed away on July 22, 2007.
Né en 1899, Finley Eldon MacDiarmid termina ses études en 1920 à l’Ecole normale provinciale du Nouveau-Brunswick. Il obtint un BA de l’Université Mount Allison en 1930, et un MA de l’Université du Nouveau Brunswick en 1934. Il enseigna à l’Ecole primaire à Midgic, à l’Ecole supérieure de Devon, au Lycée de Florenceville et de Woodstock, et au Collège des enseignants du Nouveau-Brunswick. En 1949, il reçut un doctorat honorifique de Mount Allison et fut nommé Directeur principal de l’Education (plus tard ce titre devint Sous-ministre de l’Education) qu’il servit jusqu'à sa retraite en 1963.	Directeur des lycées à Middle Sackville, Hartland et Sackville : 1919-1935 Surintendant de comte des écoles à Westmorland et à Albert 1935-1953 Directeur de formation des enseignants : 1953-1966 Robert Harris Chapman est ne à Port Elgin N.-B. en 1903. Il termina ses études secondaires à l’âge de 15 ans ; ensuite il fréquenta l’Ecole normale provinciale du Nouveau-Brunswick et obtint son diplôme en 1919. Il eut deux diplômés de l’Université de Mount Allison : baccalauréat es arts en 1923 et une maitrise es arts en 1930. En 1953, l’université ou il avait fait ses études lui conféra un honorifique LL.D. Il servit en tant que directeur aux lycées de Middle Sackville, de Hartland et de Sackville avant de devenir superintendant des écoles des comtes de Westmorland-Albert. En 1953, il devint Directeur de formation des enseignants. Il servit en tant directeur jusqu'à sa mort en 1966. Pour de plus amples renseignements au sujet de docteur Chapman, veuillez vous référer à Profil d’éducation (décembre 1966) p. 5.	ETUDES: Elémentaires et secondaires à Petit Rocher, N.-B. Ecole Normale, Fredericton, N-B.: 1936-1937 Brevets d’Enseignements obtenus: 2e classe en 1937 1re classe en 1939 Supérieure en 1940 Grammaire en 1941 B.A.: Université Sacré Coeur, Bathurst, N.-B. en 1947 Cours d’été vers le B. Ped. à l’Université St. Joseph en 1953: 1½ credit Cours abrégés pour inspecteurs d’écoles (aucun crédit universitaire) Universitaire Laval en 1955 Universitaire d’Alberta en 1963 MILICE: C.E.O.C. (C.O.T.C.) Sous-Lieutenant 1941 Lieutenant 1942 Capitaine 1944-1945 ENSEIGNEMENT ET ADMINISTRATION: 1937 à 1940 3 ans Ecoles Elementaires du N.-B. 1941 à 1949 8 ans Mathématiques à l’Université Sacré Coeur, Bathurst, N.-B. au niveau High School et deux premières années du cours collégial (Belles-Lettres et Rhétorique) 1949 à 1952 3 ans Adjoint au Surintendant des Ecoles du Comté de Gloucester, N.-B. (Inspection des Ecoles) 1952 à 1965 13 ans Surintendant des Ecoles du Comté de Responsabilité général des écoles publique du niveau primaire au secondaire, au point du vue enseignement et administration (Pendant cette période le nombre d’élèves a passé de 11,772 à 18,689 et le nombre d’enseignements de 362 à 703.) 1965: Permuté au ministère de l’education à Fredericton au poste d’adjoint au sous-ministre de langue française, officiellement désigné Director of Administration DECORATIONS: 1962: Médaile “Pro Ecclesia et :Pontifice de S. S. Jean XXIII 1963: M. Ed. (Honoris Causa): Université Sacré Coeur 1983: D. Ed.: Université de Moncton SITUATION FAMILIALE: Il est né le 23 juillet 1918. Son épouse Agnes, la mère de leurs neuf enfants, est décédée le 20 juillet 2007.
Edna C. Macdougall Cameron B.A., B.Ed. 1918-2009 Edna was born in Hexham (Black River Bridge), Northumberland County, January 20, 1918, the daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Stothart) Macdougall and was later married to William F. Cameron (1912-1970). She was also the great, great granddaughter of the first school teacher in Black River, Hugh Macdougall. Her first four years of schooling were in the rural school of Little Branch, a mile and a half distant from her home. From Grade 5 she attended the Chatham Grammar School, graduating in June 1935 with a First Division Junior Matriculation. The following year, she graduated from the Provincial Normal School with a First Class, Superior License. Her graduation from PNS coincided with the depression years when qualified teachers far exceeded the demand and the ability of school districts to pay teachers was often doubtful. However, she was fortunate to obtain her first teaching position in the not too distant community of Kouchibouguac, specifically the Patterson School, nestled between steep hills on a winding country road (now part of Kouchibouguac National Park). This was a small school of farm children, probably numbering no more than 15 or 16, but covering all the Grades 1 to 8. She was also fortunate in that her pay, $250 yearly, was always paid, if irregularly. In September 1938, she assumed the principalship of the two-roomed Boom Road Superior School (Northwest Miramichi). Though special arrangements, the usual Grades 1 to 10 enrolment was extended to include Grade 11. She therefore, had 8 to 10 students to prepare for Junior Matriculation as well as a Grade 8 class prepare for High School Entrance Examinations. With upwards of 40 students, this was no easy task for a young 20-year old. The following year, she moved back to the adjoining district, Whitneyville, where she again taught Grades 1 t0 8. From there she went back to her home area to teach one term in the one-year old Miramichi Rural High School and then to Chatham Grammar School where she taught Grades 4 and 5 until her marriage in July, 1943. In 1946, she resumed teaching, this time in Ferry Road, Grades 1 to 8 and the following year returned to the Chatham Grammar School. Here she taught the high school classes of History and Latin, first in the old Grammar School building, and then in the newer building erected on the same property. While in the latter building, she was appointed Vice-Principal, qualified for a Grammar School License, completed her first degree, regularly marked Provincial History Departmental Exams, and continued a lifetime involvement in church and community activities. When the reorganization of schools, curriculae and districts took place, she moved from her own classroom to the District Office as one of the two District 10 Supervisors, where she continued until her retirement in 1974. In 1970 she completed a B.Ed. at St. Thomas University. Retirement from paid educational employment did not mean retirement from the field of education. For many years following retirement, she served on the local School Board, was one of three or four local teachers instrumental in organizing the first adult reading programmes and guiding a number of adults in acquiring reading skills which lead to employment advances and personal enjoyment in reading. She served many years as a member of the Provincial Library Board and was instrumental in the establishment of the Chatham Public Library. She was appointed to the first Advisory Board on the Status of Women, she also served on the Board of Directors for the Miramichi Senior Citizens Home and was an active member of the I.O.D.E. She was made a Freeman of the Town of Chatham. On a more practical level, she delivered meals for Meals On Wheels, canvassed in her home area for recognized charities, and went regularly to the two local senior homes to either help seniors in the dining room or simply to visit them. She was very active in the local Rebekah Lodge, Silver Link, but also served as President of the Rebekah Assembly for the Atlantic Provinces, visiting lodges from Victoria County, NB to Bonna Vista, Newfoundland over a three-year period. A life-long commitment to Calvin Presbyterian Church saw her active in all areas involving either children, teens or adults. She served as President of the Women’s Missionary Society, Eastern Division, Atlantic Provinces. Perhaps the first organization she organized was a Cub Pack in Black River in the late 1930’s. The last was a Knitting Club for residents of Saint Anne’s Court, Fredericton, during her late 80’s.

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