The Religious Society of Friends is a Quaker organization. The movement began under George Fox's leadership in England around 1647. The Friends rejected war, oaths, and a formal religious organization including a professional priesthood. They emphasize the personal aspect of religion and the inner guidance of the Holy Spirit, and so reject formal worship and the construction of church buildings. The abolition of slavery, penal reform, education of the poor and pacificism have been among the major concerns of the Quakers. A branch of the Religious Society of Friends was set up in Vancouver.

Responsible Enterprise, founded in 1942, was an association of about 100 Canadian industrial and business companies whose goal was to protect the free market, the rights of private property, and the economic system of competitive capitalism in Canada. The association hosted an annual dinner each year, wherein Murray delivered a speech reviewing the progress which had been made towards these ends. The association also published a magazine, The Outlook, bulletins, and cartoons.

Alison Rice is Assistant Professor Emerita of Nursing at UBC. She obtained a Midwifery Diploma from the Birmingham Maternity Hospital, a Bachelor's in Science (Nursing) from UBC, and a Master's of Science from the University of California San Francisco, a Maternal Nurse Associate. She became a Registered Midwife (College of Midwives of British Columbia) in 1998. In the early 1980s, along with Elaine Carty and several nurses, physicians, and midwives, Rice helped establish the Low-Risk Clinic. The Low-Risk Clinic was a pilot project for midwives that operated out of Grace Hospital; it later developed into the Nurse-Midwifery Service. Rice was a dedicated advocate for the legal recognition and designation of midwifery as a health profession in British Columbia. After several years of advocacy, consultation, and public hearings, in 1998, midwifery became a publicly funded, legally regulated profession in B.C. under the B.C. Health Professions Act. Rice had a long-standing interest in issues on women's health. At UBC, she taught women's health care courses, wrote, and presented papers on midwifery, including neo-natal care and maternal nursing. Rice was the first nurse practitioner to practice in the Planned Parenthood/Vancouver Clinic, playing a central role in developing their Cap and Diaphragm Clinics. She has also worked with the Vancouver Status of Women and the Center of Excellence in Women's Health. Rice was also involved with the Maternal Health Society and served as a past president of the Midwives Association of British Columbia.

Albert Edward Richards earned his B.A. (1923) at the University of British Columbia, M.A. from Wisconsin, and Ph.D. from Cornell University. As president of the Alma Mater Society in 1922, Richards led the "Great Trek" from the old Fairview Shacks, through the streets of Vancouver, to the University's unfinished site at Point Grey. This demonstration and other organized student activities were undertaken to protest the overcrowded conditions at Fairview and delays in moving the University to Point Grey. Richards went on to work for the federal Department of Agriculture and achieved distinction as an agricultural economist. He received an honourary degree from U.B.C. in 1949.

James Frank Richards was born in Winnipeg, and he earned a BSA (1958) and MSc (1960) at the University of Manitoba. He then went to the University of Minnesota, completing his Ph.D. in 1963. Richards joined the Department of Food Sciences at the University of British Columbia in 1964. Since then, he has participated in numerous administrative activities and published widely in food science. After serving as assistant and Associate Dean, Richards became Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences in 1986, serving in this capacity until 1997.

Ada Luise Richardson was a researcher on music history and theory with a focus on Russian and Finnish music. She was presumably a Vancouver based musician with an interest in piano music and folklore songs from Russia and Finland. She was possibly associated with the Vancouver Women's Musical Club. Richardson wanted to donate her music collection and library to the Club in 1930.

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