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Alberta’s first premier, A.C. Rutherford, had this beautiful family home built near the corner of 112th Street and Saskatchewan Drive in 1911. As the inspiration behind the University’s establishment, a founding member of its senate, and its chancellor from 1927 until his death in 1941, Rutherford took great pleasure in entertaining the growing number of graduates, and Rutherford House was the scene of the annual Founder’s Day Tea for the graduating University class. When his wife died in 1940, Rutherford sold the house and most of its furnishings to the Delta Upsilon fraternity and went to live with his son. He died on June 11 of the following year, just three weeks after presiding over that year’s Convocation.
During the ’60s, the University was planning an eastward expansion that would involve the demolition of Rutherford House. A public campaign opposing the demolition was launched and in 1970 the decision to preserve and restore the house was made. The restoration, complicated by vandalism during the preceding winter when the house sat empty, began in 1971, and on June 10, 1973, the housemuseum was opened to the public. (Bottom right) Sophomore Marcel Goldenberg, ’50 BSc(Eng), from Cairo, and freshman Russ Powell, ’51 BSc(Eng), of Calgary, in residence, 1947. Winter 2007/2008
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