1999 Inductees

Frances Gordon Mills

Graduated - 1932
Inducted - 1999

• Mother, grandmother, teacher and career woman
• One of only 48 women to ever play basketball with the Edmonton Grads 1923 – 1940; the Grads won 108 local, provincial, national and international championships
• Dr. James Naismith, the Inventor of Basketball, called The Grads “the finest basketball team that ever stepped out on a floor.”

Michael Dawe

Graduated - 1973
Inducted - 1999

• Alberta Citizen of the Year
• Alberta Teachers’ Association Award  1994
• Red Deer College Distinguished Alumnus Award - Inaugural Recipient, 1997
• City Archivist, Red Deer and District - 1979 to present
• Director, Kerry Wood Nature Centre Association, 1986 - 1996
• Author of Red Deer: An Illustrated History (1989)