Beautiful portraits line the walls of the Ridington Room, which is situated within the Music, Art & Architecture Library in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. The Ridington Room is named after John Ridington, UBC’s first University Librarian.
Below are details of the individuals featured in the portraits, as well their roles at the University of British Columbia.
West Wall
| Name | Robert Edward McKechnie |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor, Board Chair and Governor |
| Name | Norman Archibald Macrae (NAM) Mackenzie |
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| Role(s) | President and Governor |
| Name | Douglas Timothy Kenny |
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| Role(s) | President and Governor |
| Name | Donovan F. Miller |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor and Governor |
| Name | Leonard Sylvanus Klinck |
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| Role(s) | President and Governor |
| Name | David William Strangway |
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| Role(s) | President and Governor |
| Name | Robert Henry Tufrey Smith |
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| Role(s) | President and Governor |
| Name | Frank Wesbrook |
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| Role(s) | President and Governor |
| Name | John Murdoch Buchanan |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor and Governor |
| Name | Fredrick Kenneth Hare |
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| Role(s) | President |
| Name | Sherwood Lett |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor, Board Chair and Governor |
| Name | Walter Henry Gage |
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| Role(s) | President and Governor |
| Name | Robert Horne Lee |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor and Governor |
| Name | George Torrance Cunningham |
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| Role(s) | Board Chair and Governor |
| Name | Allan M. McGavin |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor, Board Chair and Governor |
East Wall
| Name | William Robert Wyman |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor and Governor |
| Name | Sarah Morgan-Sylvester |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor and Governor |
| Name | Stephen John Toope |
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| Role(s) | President and Governor |
| Name | Leslie Raymond Peterson |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor, Board Chair and Governor |
| Name | Knud George Pedersen |
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| Role(s) | President and Governor |
| Name | Nathaniel Theodore Nemetz |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor, Board Chair and Governor |
| Name | Martha Cook Piper |
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| Role(s) | President and Governor |
| Name | Allan McEachern |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor and Governor |
| Name | Albert Edward Grauer |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor, Board Chair and Governor |
| Name | Arvind Gupta |
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| Role(s) | President |
| Name | Phyllis Gregory Ross |
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| Role(s) | President, Chancellor, Board Chair and Governor |
| Name | Eric Werge Hamber |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor, Board Chair and Governor |
| Name | Martha Cook Piper |
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| Role(s) | President and Governor |
| Name | Lindsay Gordon |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor |
| Name | Santa Jeremy Ono |
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| Role(s) | President |
Mezzanine
| Name | William L. Sauder |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor, Board Chair and Governor |
| Name | John Valentine Clyne |
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| Role(s) | Chancellor and Governor |
| Name | John Barfoot Macdonald |
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| Role(s) | President and Governor |