An 1899 graduate from McGill University in electrical engineering, Edward P. Featherstonhaugh (pronounced “Fanshaw”) became the first professor of electrical engineering in Manitoba when the University of Manitoba established the department there in 1909. He married Ruth Minna Harrington, one of Sir William Dawson’s granddaughters, in 1908. After her death in 1913, he enlisted for overseas duty in World War I and followed officer training; he rose from lieutenant with the Canadian engineers to captain, then major in 1918. He earned the Military Cross in 1917. After the war he returned to Winnipeg to marry Margaret Adele Bain in 1924. He continued to teach there until his retirement.