Jim Westcott was an undergraduate student in psychology at the University of Saskatchewan when he met Robert Hurley in 1949. It was the beginning of a friendship which continued until Hurley’s death in 1980. Wescott moved to Montreal where he earned an MA in psychology; and after briefly beginning studies for his PhD, switched disciplines and earned an MBA at the University of Pennsylvania. He worked in human relations throughout his career, eventually settling in Toronto. There, Westcott became active in promoting and selling Hurley’s artwork and came to own many pieces himself. He described himself as “an art collector, go between and the keeper of the Hurley Archives” (Novum in Libris, University of Saskatchewan Library, Spring 2009).

Philip H. West was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (then the North West Territories) on June 19, 1897. The son of Isabel Alice Sinclair West and Superintendent C. H. West, R.C.M.P, Philip obtained his schooling at an Indian Mission School at Lesser Slave Lake.

He entered the Postal Service at Moose Jaw in 1924 as a temporary worker, but he was retained on staff. He transferred to the Moose Jaw district office in 1928 and was promoted to Supervisor Grade 2 in 1940, to Supervisor Grade 4 in 1949, to Post Office Inspector in 1953 and to Area Superintendent in July of 1954.

He served in the First World War as a Corporal in the 46th Canadian Infantry. During World War 2 he served Instructional and Administrative duties and demobilized with the rank of Major. He was married to Olive Irene West.

Philip West passed away in 1961.

Charles Frederick Rupert "Rupe" Wentz was born in Pasadena, Calif and came to Saskatoon with his family. He was married twice, to Maxine (d., 1975) and to Betty. He had two daughters, Jane (Graham) and Margaret (Ramson) and one son, Charles Frederick. He died in California in 1982.

Harold McIvar Weir was born in Brantford, Ontario, November 2, 1879. He attended the University of Toronto from 1898-1901 graduating with a B.A.Sc degree. In 1901 he was employed on a location survey of the Vancouver-Victoria and Eastern Railway (Great Northern) in the Okanagan Lake area of B.C. Between 1902 and 1904 he was on the engineering staff of the Clevland Gas Light and Coke Company in Cleveland, Ohio. From 1905-1907 je was employed by the Londonderry Iron and Mining Co., in Londonderry, Nova Scotia. The summer of 1907 he spent prospecting in Northern Ontario. From 1908 to 1910 he worked for the Real del Monte Y Pachuca Mining Company in Hidalgo, Mexico on the engineering staff and then as Engineer Manager of Baron Mine. He spent the winters of 1910-1911 in South Porcupine, Ontario examining mining claims fro a Toronto syndicate. In 1911, Weir joined the staff of the City of Saskatoon Engineering Department. He served as Assistant City Engineer in charge of the Building and Plumbing Branch from 1911 to 1947 and as City Engineer from 1947 to 1952. From 1952 to 1962 he worked as a consultant to the City Engineering Department. Mr. Weir died August 11, 1968

Born on a farm near Viceroy, Saskatchewan in 1928, Margaret (Kesslering) Weiers graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a BA (English) in 1949. As an early feminist, social reformer and fierce nationalist, she embarked on a 40-year career in journalism that began with the Regina Leader-Post and ended with the Toronto Star. In 1969, she won the Canadian Women’s Press Club Memorial Award for best news story. Weiers was the first journalist to receive a special award from the American Association on Mental Deficiency. She left the Leader Post in 1955 and joined the Canadian foreign service, serving as vice-consul for the Canadian Consulate General in New York City and a press officer for the Canadian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. In 1957, she married Robert Weiers (U of S BA’47, BEd’48, BComm’52). Marriage marked the end of her foreign service career, as the Department of External Affairs required women officers to resign after they married. In 1960, the Weiers went to Ghana on a 15-month foreign aid assignment. While her husband helped set up a school of business at the University of Accra, Margaret Weiers worked as a freelance writer for radio and television. They returned to Canada and in 1963 she joined the staff of the Toronto Star. For the next three decades Weiers worked as a reporter, a feature writer and most notably a member of the Star’s editorial board. Weiers retired from the Star in 1991. She went on to write a book about women in the Canadian foreign service. Published in 1995, Envoys Extraordinary: Women of the Canadian Foreign Service chronicles the experiences of 22 female career officers struggling to succeed in a predominantly male world. Among her many honours was an Honourary Doctor of Letters at 2010 University of Saskatchewan spring convocation.

After graduating from the College of Engineering, Peter Weber began a career with the Canadian National Railway, interrupted only by service in the Army in 1943-1944. Mr. Weber retired in 1977.