Madge McKillop, director of Nursing, and Dr. Arnold L. Swanson, director, University Hospital, standing in front of Ellis Hall, the nurses' residence. More nurses in uniform visible near entrance.

Bio/Historical Note: Madge McKillop was born in 1918 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. She obtained her early education at the Moose Jaw General Hospital of Nursing and completed her bachelor of nursing at McGill University. During World War II McKillop was a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Service, serving four years in Canada, England, Europe and North Africa. She was stationed at No. 13 Canadian General Hospital in England where her brother, Flight Officer Duncan McKillop, recovered after being shot down. She moved to No. 20 Canadian General Hospital, the hospital her brother was eventually released from. Upon her return to Canada, she worked at the Royal Edward Chest Hospital in Montreal. In 1964 she left her position as director of nursing to become the nursing administrator at University Hospital in Saskatoon. McKillop served as president of the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association from 1969-1971. She was in the 1980s the Saskatchewan representative of the National Advisory Council on Aging. McKillop was appointed chairperson of the Saskatchewan Senior Citizens’ Advisory Council in 1990, and was also chair of the Grants Committee of the Saskatoon Community Foundation. McKillop retired from University Hospital in [1984]. Madge McKillop died in 1997.

Students relax in the Ellis Hall lounge with tables, chairs and a fireplace.

Looking west at Ellis Hall, the nurses' residence.

Looking north through the Memorial Gates at Ellis Hall.