Mount A Libraries: Allisonian Firsts: 1940s-1950s

First Bachelor of Fine Arts in Canada

First female editor of the Allisonian yearbook

1944

First female recipient of an Engineering Certificate from Mount Allison University

1945

First female Registrar at Mount Allison University

First Black Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Allison University

1953

First female senator from New Brunswick

1954

First Bachelor of Commerce from Mount Allison University

1955

First Black Bachelor of Commerce from Mount Allison University

First Chinese man to graduate from Mount Allison University

First recipients of the Don Norton Memorial Award

1956

First female Bachelor of Commerce from Mount Allison University

1957

First Chinese woman to graduate from Mount Allison University