William Dexter Wilson was born on February 28, 1816, in Stoddard, New Hampshire.

He was a clergyman, educator, and philosopher. He graduated from Harvard Divinity School (D.D., 1838) and was ordained as a Unitarian minister. He served in various churches for four years but became increasingly convinced of Trinitarian Christological principles, and as a result, he entered the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1842. While serving as a priest in Sherburne, New York (1842-1850), he investigated many philosophical and theological categories pertinent to different cultural and chronological settings. He was able to consult sources in French, German, Italian, Latin, Greek, Arabic, and Syrian. In 1850, Wilson was appointed Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy at Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (renamed Hobart College in 1852). In 1868, he became Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy and Registrar at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. In 1886, he retired as Emeritus Professor and became Dean of St. Andrew’s Divinity School in Syracuse, New York. He was known as a public lecturer and author of books on methods of mathematics instruction, on a study of practical and theoretical logic, theories of knowledge, the influence of language on thought, and the psychology of thought and action.

In 1846, he married Susan Whipple Trowbridge (1821–1890). He died on July 30, 1900, in Syracuse, New York.

Percy Roy Wilson was born on May 19, 1900, in Birmingham, England.

In 1913, he moved to Canada with his family. In 1924, he graduated from the McGill School of Architecture and became an internationally renowned architect, author, artist, illustrator, and teacher. After graduation, he moved to New York City and worked as an assistant to Harry T. Lindeberg (in 1924-25), then to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to work with Findlay & Foulis (1925), and back to New York to join York & Sawyer (in 1926-27). There, his skill as an architect and artist was brought to the attention of the editors of the American journal Architectural Forum (New York), who hired him to design the covers of the magazine in 1927-29. Wilson returned to Canada and opened his own office in Montreal in 1927. In 1928, he became Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 1938, he was elected Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy in Architecture and in 1964, Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. As a renowned watercolour artist, he painted over 1300 paintings, primarily featuring buildings. He published several books including; "The Beautiful Old Houses of Quebec", “Design and Delight” (autobiography), “Dorval 1667-1975: The Story of Dorval in Pictures and Words”, “Rhymes and Rhetoric” and several magazine articles. His self-proclaimed titles included “Lecturer, Teacher, Historian, Etcher, Model-maker, Calligrapher, Modeller, Carver, Poet, Librettist, Singer, Director, Sailor, Ski-instructor, Boat-builder, Inventor, Marksman and Traveler.”

He was a director of the Société historique Beaurepaire-Beaconsfield Historical Society. In 1977, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal. In celebration of his 101st birthday, the McGill School of Architecture hosted an exhibition of his watercolours.

He died on June 11, 2001, in Beaconsfield, Quebec.

Morris W. Wilson became a Governor in 1937 and was appointed Chancellor in 1943. He died suddenly in 1946.