Michael Swann (1969-1970)

Michael Swann was principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, where he was also a professor of natural history. Swann was a biologist and zoologist whose research addressed cell division and fertilization. At the time of his talk, he was advising the British government on science policy. In 1969, he led the Swann Report on The Flow into Employment of Scientists, Engineers and Technologists, issued by the Swann Working Group on Manpower for Scientific Growth of the Committee on Manpower Resources for Science and Technology.

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Frank H. Underhill (1954-1955)

Frank H. Underhill was a writer and radio commentator, as well as a professor of history at the University of Toronto. He was a noted Canadian social democrat and public intellectual. Underhill was the first individual to be the Dunning Trust lecturer twice, once in 1954-55 and once in 1966-67. Underhill studied at the University of Toronto and Oxford University, after which he taught at the University of Saskatchewan during the 1920s 鈥減rogressive鈥 era. During the First World War, he served as an officer in the British Army.