Herbert Rosengarten
Faculty Club Invasion
On October 24, 1968, the American student leader Jerry Rubin led several hundred UBC students into the UBC Faculty Club as a form of protest against authority. Rubin left soon after the sit-in began, but the Club was occupied by the students for the next 24 hours, during which time (according to The Ubyssey) they […]
Miscellaneous Photos
UBC alumnus and philanthropist Helen E. Belkin accepting UBC Hall of Fame honours on behalf of her late husband Jim Harmer in 1994. Also in this photo are, from left to right, Chancellor Bob Lee and VP Student Academic Services K. D. Srivastava. For more information on Jim Harmer, see his UBC Sports Hall of […]
Fred Hume’s Photo Album: UBC Sports Hall of Famers at Banquets from 1993 – 2000
FRED HUME (photo credit: UBC School of Kinesiology, In History) Fred Hume is the historian of UBC Athletics, a position he has held since 1989. He was instrumental in the establishment in 1993 of the UBC Sports Hall of Fame, and was himself inducted in the “Builder” category in 2011. Fred is an honorary member of […]
Joan L. King’s Photo Album: UBC in the 70s through 90s, from Croquet to Queen Elizabeth II to Wonderland
JOAN L. KING (photo credit: UBC Archives Photograph Collection) Joan King joined Ceremonies at UBC in 1969, and worked there until her retirement in 1997. She served under five Presidents (Gage, Kenny, Pederson, Strangway, and Piper), organized countless events for the Administration, and supervised graduation ceremonies for thousands of UBC students. The photographs below are from […]