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The Osler Society of Montreal was founded in 1921 by four second year medical students to foster the ideal of a balanced liberal education in medicine. The first Annual Dinner was held in 1923, the beginning of a long tradition, featuring speeches by prominent medical experts.
The Osler Reporting Society of Montreal was founded in 1921 to present and discuss condensed reports of current medical literature.
Professor Milton Smith Osborne was born in Ohio and earned his B. Arch. in 1922 at Ohio State University. He spent the years 1929 to 1946 as head of the department of architecture at the University of Manitoba and was awarded an honorary degree by that institution in 1959; he also was made an honorary life member of the Manitoba Association of Architects. The Brooklyn Museum exhibited his architectural pencil drawings in 1930. His best known work is The Architectural Heritage of Manitoba, published in 1939.