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Mabel Timlin, C.M. , F.R.S.C., BA’29, LLD’69 (d. 1976)

After several years as a school teacher, Dr. Timlin joined the staff of the U of S as an administrative secretary in 1921, and its Economics faculty in 1935. Along the way, she acquired a BA with great distinction from the U of S, and a PhD from an American university. She contributed a score of articles to leading journals, and wrote two books, the first of which, Keynesian Economics, immediately won her an international reputation. Appearing conventional, her career was atypical in many ways. She not only achieved tremendous success in a field previously dominated by male scholarship, but her interest and extraordinary commitment to her students extended far beyond the classroom. The University s largest lecture theatre is named in her honour.