Ethel Margaret Futers Fulton was born in Birtle, Manitoba, in 1922. Fulton taught in high schools in Manitoba and Ontario from 1942 to 1953. And later, she completed a BA at the University of Manitoba in 1955. She completed an MA at UBC in 1960 and a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 1969.
Dr. Margaret Fulton was appointed Dean of Women in 1974, following Dean Emerita Helen McCrae, until 1978, when the position was eliminated. Fulton also taught in the Faculty of Education at UBC. She then served as the President of Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax from 1978-1986. From 1986-1996 she was an Adjunct Professor at UBC.
Fulton has been active in numerous organizations and causes, including education, women’s studies, and rights for the elderly. She was Vice-Chair of the Woman’s World Summit Foundation, Geneva, an NGO committed to furthering education, health, and equality for rural women. She holds 15 honorary degrees and has been recognized for her work with a Governor General’s Award and the Order of Canada. Fulton was also the subject of a documentary film, A Round Peg and a book biography by Dr. James Doyle, Transformations: The Life of Margaret Fulton, Canadian Feminist, Educator, and Social Activist. Fulton retired to Salt Spring Island.

Edmond Ernest Granirer (1935-2020), known to family and friends as “Eddy” or “Ed,” was born in Constanța, Romania. When Romania entered World War II, Granirer was smuggled with his family to Bucharest. As a young teenager, he attended the Jewish Trade School, Cultura, where he taught while also attending high school. At 15, he immigrated to Israel, where he graduated high school. Granirer studied mathematics at the Hebrew University and in 1959 was appointed Assistant for the Ph.D. program in the School of Mathematics. He later secured a two-year position at the University of Illinois, and after that, moved to a job at Cornell University. He finally received a tenure track position at UBC. From 1970 until his retirement in 1997, Granirer taught, researched and supervised doctoral students. He actively continued studying after his retirement; his last paper was published two months before his death. Granirer received many prestigious honours, including membership of the Royal Society of Canada. Granirer’s research on Banach and Fourier Algebras has been highly cited, with multiple papers in journals that include: Colloquium Mathematicum, Israel Journal of Mathematics, Illinois Journal of Mathematics, Australian Mathematical Society, and Southeast Asian Bulletin of Mathematics, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society and Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society amongst many others.

Dianne Longson enjoyed a close connection with UBC for over four decades as an employee or student. In the mid-1970s, she worked in accounting at the Dean's Office and later at the Faculty of Education. In the 1980s, Longson obtained an Arts degree (English Literature) at UBC. In the 1990s, she returned to campus as an Administrative Assistant to the vice-president of Finance and Administration. When the vice-president retired, she moved to the Treasury Department and remained there until her retirement in 2008.

During her long affiliation with the University, Longson developed a deep appreciation for the Point Grey campus's beauty. She spent considerable time recording the details of the unique natural features and buildings in the various seasons through photography. Longson took considerable time honing her photographic skills, taking photojournalism courses at Langara University fine art photography during her undergraduate degree at UBC. She attended many seminars, fine art classes and workshops. Longson's work has been exhibited on and off-campus.

John Edward Lancelot Peck was born in South Africa. He was head of the University of Calgary's Math department before becoming head of the Department of Computer Science at UBC from 1969-1977. He is one of the original editors of the Report on the Algorithmic Language (ALGOL 68).