United Colleges - Vox Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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REVEREND DOCTOR WILFRED C. LOCKHART: PRINCIPAL AND PROFESSOR OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY Dr. Lockhart received his early education in his bi rthplace, Dun¬ dalk, Ontario. He received his M.A. from the University of Toron¬ to. Following this he graduated in Theology from Emmanuel College in 1933 Having received a travelling fellowship, he was married and went to the University of Edinburgh for his Ph.D. While in Edinburgh he was assistant minister of North Leith Church. In 1935 he returned to Canada, where he became padre of Hart House, and General Secretary of the S.C.M. at Toronto. He was chaplain to the C.O.T.C. at Toronto from 1939 to 1946. For two years he was minister of Sherbourne Street United Church, after which he spent thirteen years at Kingsway-Lambton. In 1950, his alma mater, Victoria College, conferred a D.D. on him. From 1946 to 1955, Dr. Lockhart was chairman of the Board of Colleges and Schools of United Church, and in 1955 he was made principal of United College. His hobbies include curling, golf, sailing, water skiing. He has two children: Wendy, a graduate of United, and David, who is now attending United. REVEREND ROBERT B. TILLMAN: DEAN OF THEOLOGY AND PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY Dean Tillman received his B.A. from Alberta, and his B.D. from St. Stephens. In addition, he did postgraduate work at the Univers¬ ity of British Columbia. Previous to the Second World War he was secretary of the Student Christian movement at the University of British Columbia. Ordained into the ministry of the United Church in 1941, he has been pastor in Morningside, Taber and Claresholm in Alberta. For three years he was assistant general secretary of World Student Relief in Geneva. From 1950 to 1956 he served as a secretary of the World Council of Churches, also in Geneva. Immediately prior to coming to United he was secretary for Over¬ seas Missions and Evangelism of the Canadian Council of Churches. Dean Tillman is married and has three children. DEAN EDWIN D. EAGLE: DEAN OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS Dean Eagle graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A. and an M.A., and from the University of Wisconsin with a Ph.D. Before coming to United College in 1940, he taught in a preparatory school in Connecticut, and in a junior college in Pennsylvania. In the past twenty years that he has spent at United College, Dean Eagle has gained the respect and admiration of both the faculty and his own students as a teacher and scholar of the highest quality. In addition to his academic excellence, Dean Eagle has won many friends with his personality that possesses charm and understand¬ ing, qualities that are needful to a teacher and an administrator. Dean Eagle is married and has two children, John and Moira. John, a B.A. graduate from Manitoba, is doing postgraduate work in Toronto and Moira attends high school in Winnipeg. Though he is a busy man, Dean Eagle still finds time to enjoy playing the viola and colour photography. Last year he added to his interests by trying his hand at curling. He is also the editor of Classical News and Views, the bulletin of the Classical Association of Canada. 9