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John R. Martin was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1922. He had his early schooling at the High School, Dublin, Montreal West High School and Lower Canada College. He graduated M.D., C.M. from McGill University in 1945. His postgraduate work included: Junior Rotating Internship at Montreal General Hospital, 1945-1946; Rotating Intern at Queen Mary Veteran’s Hospital, 1946-1947; Student at British Post Graduate Medical School, Hammersmith, London, 1947-1948; Pathology, Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1948-1949; Assistant Resident in Medicine, Queen Mary Veteran’s Hospital, Montreal, 1949-1950; Assistant Resident in Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, 1950-1951; Research Fellow, Clinical Investigation Unit, Queen Mary Veteran’s Hospital, Montreal, 1951-1952; Assistant Resident in Psychiatry, Queen Mary Veteran’s Hospital, 1952-1953; Research Fellow, Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA, 1953-1954; and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, combined course in Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, 1985-1986.

Dr. John Martin held several professional positions over the course of his career, beginning with the position of Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at McGill University in Montreal, which he left in 1975 to accept a Professorship in Rheumatology at the new medical school at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland. While at Memorial University, Dr. Martin was Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology), 1975-1990; Professor of Occupational Medicine, 1987-1990; Director, Northern Medicine and Health Program, 1978-1994; Associate, Memorial University of Newfoundland Centre for Offshore and Remote Medicine (MEDICOR), 1984-1991; History of Medicine Group, 1985-1990; Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) (part-time), 1990, and professor of Community Medicine (Occupational Health), 1990-1991.

In addition to teaching responsibilities, Dr. Martin held other positions as well. He was Chief Occupational Medical Officer for the Province of Newfoundland from 1983 to 1991, and was president of the Newfoundland Medical Association from 1976 to 1977. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London), the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Martin is married to Claire (nee Connor), daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Connor of Balinderry, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and they have three children: Richard (b. 29 August 1960), Jennifer (b. 8 November 1962), and Christopher (b. 13 December 1967).

Arthur Maxwell House (1926-), physician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1997-2002), and Professor of Neurology, Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), was born in Glovertown, Newfoundland, on August 10, 1926, the son of Arthur James House and Ellen Jane House (nee Blackwood). In 1952 he married Mary Jeannette Christie of Windsor, Nova Scotia, whom he met while attending Dalhousie University. They have three children, Rosemary, Christopher and Peter, and 5 grandchildren.

Dr. House attended Elementary and High School in Glovertown. He was awarded a Kellogg Scholarship and then attended Memorial University College for pre-medical studies (1943-1947). He then went to Dalhousie University, graduating with an M.D., C.M. (1947-1952). Next, Dr. House worked as a general practitioner in Baie Verte (1952-1954). He left General Practice in 1954 to do Specialty Training in Psychiatry (1954-1956) at the Waterford Hospital, St. John’s (Dalhousie Program). From there he attended Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University (1956-1959) for Specialty Training in Neurology, receiving Certification in Neurology in 1959. Dr. House completed further post-graduate work in Neurology at the National Hospital, Queen’s Square, London, England (February-June 1965). He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons (1972).

Dr. House practiced Neurology in St. John’s for four decades (1960-1997). Throughout his career Dr. House held a number of appointments at the General Hospital, St. John’s, including: Chief, Division of Neurology (1966-1981); Director, Electroencephalography Laboratory (1961-1985); Director, Department of Diagnostic Neurophysiology (1986-1992); Chief of Staff (1966-1974); and Member of Board of Governors of The General Hospital Corporation (1968-1974).

Dr. House has held a variety of academic and professional positions at Memorial University of Newfoundland including: Director, Continuing Medical Education (1968-1977); Assistant Dean, Continuing Medical Education (1973-1981); Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs (1977-1981); Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education and Clinical Affairs (1981-1984); Associate Dean, Professional Affairs (1984-1992); Member, Planning and Development Committee, Memorial University Health Sciences Complex (1971-1974); Member, Integrating and Coordinating Committee, Memorial University Health Sciences Complex (1974-1993); Director, Telemedicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland (1977-1988); Chair, TETRA (Telemedicine and Educational Technology Resources Agency) (1988-1996); Interim President, Memorial’s Seabright Corporation; (1992-1993); Special Advisor, Office of the President (1993-1996); Honorary Research Professor (2002); and Professor Emeritus (2003).

Dr. House became the 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador on February 5, 1997. He was the first in this position to establish a Government House web site on which all his activities in office were documented.

After retirement from the Vice Regal in 2002, Dr. House returned to the Practice of Medicine and to Memorial as Honorary Research Professor. He continues to be active in clinical practice and telehealth projects in Tele-cancer services and health care generally.

Dr. House served on many Provincial and National organizations and committees including: Treasurer, Newfoundland Medical Association (1966-1973); Chairman of the Board, Agnes Pratt Home for the Aged (NL) (1970-1972); President, Canadian Neurological Society (1971-1972); Director, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Teleconference Project (1981-1983); Member of the Board, Science Advisory Board, Northwest Territories (1982-1985); Member, Board of Trustees, National Museums of Canada (1988-1990); Member, Board of Trustees, National Museum of Science and Technology (1990-1995); Member, Board of Directors, SatelLife (1988-1995); Vice President, SatelLife (1992-1995); Chair, Ethics Committee, Canadian Space Agency (1994-1995); and Expert Reviewer, European Commissions’ Annual Technical Project Review (Health Sector) (1996).

Dr. House was involved in research projects throughout his career, particularly in the area of Telemedicine and Telecommunications. He is regarded as a world leader in this area and for the past three decades has been an active presenter on this subject at conferences and symposiums throughout the world. As recently as July 2006 he gave presentations at Telemedicine Conferences in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. Dr. House is the author of many journal articles and papers for a variety of publications.

Dr. House has been the recipient of many awards throughout his career including: Award for Communications Week at Expo ’86 in Vancouver; Member of the Order of Canada (1989); Atlantic Canada Innovator of the Year (1990); Medal of Service, Canadian Medical Association (1997); James H. Graham Award of Merit, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (1998); Honorary doctorate of laws (LLD), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1998); Honorary doctorate of laws (LLD), Memorial University of Newfoundland (1999); Lifetime Achievement Award, the Marconi 100th Anniversary Wireless Vision Conference and Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (2001); Professor Emeritus, Memorial University (2003); Officer of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador (2005); and Appointed Honorary Member of the Canadian Medical Association (June 2007).

Dr. and Mrs. House reside in St. John’s.

Augustus Taylor Rowe (1920- ), physician, professor of family practice and former provincial Minister of Health, was born in Heart’s Content, Newfoundland, on 2 August 1920, the son of Joseph Allen Rowe and Eugenie Fogwell Rowe (nee Taylor). Dr. Rowe married Beatrice Alice Rowe (nee Adams) and they have two children, David and Sarah Jane.

Dr. Rowe completed grade XI at Heart’s Content High School, Heart’s Content, and then one year of pre-medical studies at Memorial College, St. John’s. His studies were interrupted when Dr. Rowe enlisted in the army at the outbreak of World War II. He reached the rank of Warrant Officer. Following his military service, Dr. Rowe enrolled in the University of London’s medical school, St. Mary’s Hospital, London, England. He graduated with an M.D. and qualified as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons (1953). In the same year he returned to Newfoundland to served his internship at the St. John’s General Hospital, St. John’s, Newfoundland. He later continued his education with post-graduate studies in obstetrics and gynecology, completing one year in England and another year in Toronto.

Dr. Rowe began his medical career in 1954 as a general practitioner in Carbonear, Newfoundland. He was a founding member of the Carbonear Community Hospital, which opened in 1957 and was the Medical Director from 1957 until 28 October 1971. He resigned to become a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Assembly for Carbonear when the Progressive Conservative party defeated the Liberal government of former Premier Joseph R. Smallwood. Dr. Rowe was appointed Minister of Health in January 1972 and again after re-election in March 1972. He held the position until 1975 when he resigned at age 55 from Premier Frank Moores’ Progressive Conservative cabinet.

Dr. Rowe had been practicing family medicine for 20 years in Carbonear when Memorial University officials invited him to do postgraduate work in geriatrics. He entered Memorial University in 1975 and was eventually named professor and chairman of Family Practice, which he headed from 1978 to 1985. He spent his time at Memorial University lecturing, supervising the Family Practice residents, and researching the needs of the elderly in Newfoundland. On retirement in 1985, Dr. Rowe and his wife, Beatrice, moved to Toronto and for the next four years he worked as a surveyor for the Accreditation Council, visiting and surveying hospitals and nursing homes in various provinces throughout Canada.

Over the years, Dr. Rowe has held a variety of academic and professional positions. He has served as the President of the Newfoundland Medical Association (NMA), now called Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association, and was the NMA provincial representative to the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). He was elected to senior membership of the CMA, an award given to physicians that have been members of the CMA for ten years and are at least 65 years of age. Not only do nominees need to be unanimously voted in by the CMA board of directors, but they must also have distinguished themselves in their medical careers by making significant contributions to their community and profession. In addition, Dr. Rowe was a Regional Director of the Newfoundland Tuberculosis Association, and president of the Carbonear branches of the Kiwanis Club and the Canadian Red Cross. He is an honorary member of the national organization of the Red Cross and has received his 30 blood-donations pin. From 1980 to 1981 he was a member of the Royal Commission of Forest Protection and Management.

Dr. Rowe’s studies were paralleled by academic publications throughout his career including: Assessment of needs of the elderly in the province of Newfoundland: summation of research project of Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, Newfoundland, 1977. After Dr. Rowe retired, the Faculty of Medicine established the annual Gus Rowe Teaching Award. It is given for excellence in the teaching of the examination, assessment and treatment of the whole patient.

John Derek Williams Tomlinson (1926-2010), physician and professor, was born in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England on 26 March 1926, the son of Charles Sterland Tomlinson and Mabel Annie Tomlinson (nee Williams). In 1952, on 12 July, Dr. Tomlinson married Margaret Jane Tomlinson (nee Barker) of Todmorden, Yorkshire, England, at North Lopham, Norfolk, England, and they have five children: Derek James, Charles Richard Neil, Susan Jane, Hilary Jill and Amanda Kate. Dr. Tomlinson died 30 April 2010.

Dr. Tomlinson received his medical education at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England (B.A., 1946, M.A., M.B.B. Chir). Then he carried out clinical training at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School. After graduating from Medical School, Dr. Tomlinson taught anatomy for several years at the London Hospital Medical College. In the early part of 1970, Dr. Kenneth Bryson Roberts approached Dr. Tomlinson concerning a position teaching anatomy in Memorial University. Dr. Roberts had also taught in the London Hospital Medical College and had recently left to become Memorial University’s first Associate Dean of Medicine. Dr. Tomlinson accepted the offer and arranged to come to Newfoundland in August 1970.

Dr. Tomlinson taught the first anatomy course at Memorial University, starting on September 1st and ending on October 9th of 1970. There were 24 students enrolled. The course was relatively experimental due to the fact that it was the first of its kind at Memorial, and Dr. Tomlinson was designing the course as he went. However, despite the newness of the course and many problems the medical facility had with facilities and in obtaining materials for demonstration and research purposes, Dr. Tomlinson formed a bond with those students that he cherished all his life. After the course ended, and thinking his adventures in St. John’s had come to a close, he returned to England but once again he was invited the following year to teach the course again. In the winter of 1972,, Memorial’s President, Lord Stephen Taylor, invited him back to teach anatomy full time. In July of that year, he came back again, followed by his wife and children, who stayed in England until early August to pack up their farmhouse and find homes for their many dogs, cats, rabbits, and other pets.

The second course (starting, again, on September 1st and ending on October 9th) had, instead of 24 students, 48 registered students. With the increase of student enrollment, there was insufficient time to lecture and perform dissection demonstrations on cadavers, which Dr. Tomlinson routinely and carefully prepared the night before each class. Therefore, he invited an associate from London Hospital Medical College, Peter Kelly, to help with the dissections and some of the lecturing.

Throughout his career Dr. Tomlinson participated on numerous committees: curriculum committees and course committees, the library advisory committee (as chairman), the first and second year committees, the anatomy committee, the executive committee, the Senate, among others. From the vantage point of an administrator as well as physician, he noticed that the medical school was short-staffed, though everyone was very collegial. After discovering the school had no embryologist or endocrinologist, and despite his unfamiliarity with the subjects, Dr. Tomlinson researched, studied and taught the much-needed embryology and endocrine courses. He also taught neuroanatomy.

Dr. Tomlinson was key in establishing human anatomy as a subject of study in Newfoundland: he helped to design and set up the required laboratory facilities, develop curriculum, recruit and train faculty and technical personnel as well as help to devise legal foundations for anatomical procedures in the province. In 1971, the provincial government passed “An act respecting human tissue and the disposition of human bodies.” In 1974, Dr. Tomlinson taught the first class (a neuroanatomy course) in the new Health Sciences Centre Medical School.

As part of the curriculum, Dr. Tomlinson began making instructional dissection videotapes in the late 1970s to help with the teaching of core anatomy courses. Such tapes as Anatomy of the back of the lower limbs and sole of foot, 1976 and Anatomy of the heart, 1976 can still be found in the library today, along with an anthology of anatomical illustrations, The Fabric of the Body, which he co-authored with Dr. Kenneth Roberts.

Dr. Tomlinson received many awards and distinctions throughout his career, including the Killick Award in 1970 and had the honour of becoming the first recipient of the Silver Orator Award in 1987. In 1988, the university named him Professor of Surgical Anatomy and in 1991 the medical school’s first year class named him Teacher of the Year. After a very distinguished career, he retired from the medical school in 1991 and in October of 1992 was named professor emeritus, a distinction bestowed on faculty in recognition of outstanding scholarly work and contributions to the university community.

Daniel Lynch (d.1875), Catholic priest, came to Newfoundland from Ireland to work in the Diocese of St. John's circa 1870. His first appointment was as a professor at St. Bonaventure's College, St. John's, in 1870. In 1871, he was curate in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Parish, St. John's. In 1872, he was appointed a curate in St. Peter and St. Paul Parish, Harbour Main. He died in a hotel fire in Montreal, Quebec, 4 December 1875.

Cornelius O'Regan (18--1901), Catholic priest, was the eldest son of Catherine (Dowley), Carrickon-Suir, and John O'Regan, a native of Tallow, both in County Waterford, Ireland. The O'Regans had settled in St. John's, where John O'Regan practiced the trade of butcher, acquired a large estate and became highly respected in the community. The O'regans' youngest son, Thomas, became a Christian Brother and spent his religious life at Mount Cashel, Newfoundland, supervising their farming operations. O'Regan died in a storm aboard the schooner Cabot on 21 October 1901.

O'Regan completed his course of studies at St. Bonaventure's College , St. John's [ca.1888] and decided to become a priest, choosing the Diocese of St. George's as his field of service. He studied at a a seminary in France for two years to acquire the fluency in French which was necessary for a successful ministry on the West Coast. He was then sent to Propaganda College in Rome and was named prefect of the students. O'Regan was ordained in 1895, obtaining the rare distinction of a Doctorate in Divinity. When he left Rome, the Rector of the College sent a glowing recommendation to his bishop.

Rev. O'Regan returned to Newfoundland and was appointed parish priest at Grand River, Codroy Valley; he replaced Father Mclnnis who had left the diocese to join the Trappists. His headquarters were at Searstown, His sister Annie joined him to act as his housekeeper. Joseph Blanchard, who acted as sacristan for many years, spoke of his ability to reconcile people and create unity among a congregation of many different nationalities: French, Scottish, English, Irish, and Mi'kmaq.

Rev. O'Regan built an imposing church in Searston; the building was destroyed by fire in 1929 and was replaced at Upper Ferry. In October 1901 Rev. O'Regan set out on a sick call to Rose Blanche. He reached his destination safely but on the return trip by schooner he perished in a storm; his body was never recovered. O'Regan is commemorated in a bust in the Catholic church at Upper Ferry. A settlement in the Codroy Valley (formerly known as Backlands) been renamed O'Regans.

Edward Patrick Roche (1874-1950), Catholic bishop, was born in Placentia, Newfoundland, on 19 February 1874. He died in St. John's on 23 September 1950.

Roche was educated at St. Patrick's Hall and St. Bonaventure's, St. John's. He studied at All Hallows' Seminary, Dublin, and was ordained a priest (1897). After his return to Newfoundland, he was appointed parish priest of Topsail and Kelligrews (1897-1907). In 1907 he was named Chancellor and Vicar General of the Diocese, as well as Administrator of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. After Archbishop Michael Howley's death (Nov. 1914), Roche became Administrator of the archdiocese. He was appointed Archbishop of St. John's (Feb. 1915) and consecrated on 29 June 1915, the youngest archbishop in the British Empire.

As archbishop, Roche personally directed much of the Church's efforts in spiritual and secular spheres. As Metropolitan for the province of Newfoundland, he often spoke for the bishops of St. George's and Harbour Grace in educational matters. As Chairman of the Roman Catholic Board of Education for St. John's, he oversaw the construction of numerous school buildings in the archdiocese, especially during the years 1936-39. He was frequently outspoken on political issues, including opposition to confederation with Canada (1949).

Roche was intimately connected with ongoing renovations and repairs to the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Following the destruction of the episcopal palace by fire, Roche personally supervised its reconstruction (1921-24). Archbishop Roche was also very supportive of the extension of health care services and facilities in Newfoundland. His desire to establish a Catholic hospital in St. John's was realized with the opening of St. Clare's Hospital, under the direction of the Sisters of Mercy (1922). He maintained close contact with the religious orders in the diocese, including the Christian Brothers, Sisters of Mercy and the Presentation Sisters. In 1915, he reorganized the convents, establishing central novitiates in the city. He was closely associated with Catholic lay organizations, especially the Knights of Columbus (est. 1909).

Roche's episcopate marked a professionalization of the Church in St. John's. While his predecessors had looked after almost every aspect of Church matters themselves, Roche established a machinery to aid him in ecclesiastical management. The two vicars general of his episcopate, Monsignors J.J. McDermott and W.F.H. Kitchin, were given extended responsibilities, as was the chancellor and personal secretary. In 1945 Monsignor T.J. Flynn, pastor of St. Patrick's, was appointed Coadjutor Bishop with right of succession and he administered certain aspects of the episcopacy, particularly education and confirmations. Following Flynn's death (1950), Patrick James Skinner, Rector of Holy Heart Seminary, Halifax, was appointed Auxiliary Bishop, succeeding Roche as Archbishop following his death.

While Roche's ill-health dogged him throughout his episcopacy (often requiring lengthy visits for treatment and rehabilitation in New York state), it appears that he remained firmly in control until his death at the age of 76. Following his death in 1950, Roche was buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, the last person to be interred there.

John Cummins (fl. 1813-1861), Catholic priest, was born at Monveen, near Cavan, Ireland, circa 1813, the son of John and Bridget Cummins. He came to Newfoundland circa 1838 at the invitation of Michael Anthony Fleming, Bishop of St. John's, and was ordained a priest in 1839.

Cummins' first appointment was as a curate at Harbour Grace from 1839 to1849. Bishop Michael Francis Howley mentioned Cummins in his Ecclesiastical History of Newfoundland as one of the priests who signed the foundation-stone document of the Cathedral of of St. John the Baptist, St. John's, in 1841, spelling his surname as "Cummings." He was the parish priest of Holy Trinity Parish, Ferryland, from 1852 to 1861.

Michael Berney (1808-1886), Catholic priest, was born in Tintern Parish County Wexford, Ireland. He arrived in Newfoundland in 1831. He was ordained at the Roman Catholic Chapel in St. John's by Bishop Michael Anthony Fleming on 24 September 1831.

Reverend Berney's first appointment was as a curate to Reverend Thomas Ewer at Harbour Grace (1831-33). In 1833 he was appointed the first parish priest of Burin.

Reverend Berney was a strong proponent of education on the Burin Peninsula, serving as Chairman of the Board of Education for the Electoral District of Burin. "Under his leadership... men of different faiths worked together to bring education to this section of the island." He was later chairman of the Roman Catholic School Board (1846-48); documentation indicates that he also taught night courses. In 1854, Berney established a school in Fox Cove. He played an important role in bringing the Sisters of Mercy to teach in the Burin School (1863).

In 1865 Rev. Berney was paralysed on the right side as a result of exposure to severe wet weather during his missionary tours. He died in Burin at age 78.

Reverend Berney's brother, Richard (d. 27 June 1871) was a medical doctor who served for a short time on the Burin Peninsula and then moved to Carbonear.

William Ahern (1860-1907), Catholic priest, was born in Waterford, Ireland, on 26 April 1860. He died in Brooklyn, New York, on 27 July 1907.

Ahern attended Mount Mellray College, Ireland, where he enrolled in the course of classics preparatory of philosophy and theology. He pursued these studies at All Hallows College, Dublin, where he remained until 1883. Ahern was ordained a priest in St. John's on 8 June 1883 by Thomas Joseph Power, Bishop of St. John's.

Ahern began his work at St. Mary's, St. Mary's Bay (1883-87). In 1887 he was transferred to St. Bonaventure's College and appointed Dean of Studies. He succeeded Michael A. Fitzgerald as President in 1888, until the administration of the institution was assumed by the Christian Brothers in 1889. After the transfer of the College to the Christian Brothers, Ahern accepted an appointment in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Parish, St. John's, where he remained for nearly three years.

In 1892 Ahern left Newfoundland and was incardinated into the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York. For the next seven years, (1892-99), he worked as curate in St. Joseph's Parish, Brooklyn, under the pastoral leadership of Monsignor McNamara. Ahern was appointed Rector of St. Gabriel's Parish in the New Lots section of Brooklyn.