In and Around the Club in the 1950s and 1960s

(L-R) Leon Koerner, Margaret MacKenzie, Thea Koerner, and Norman MacKenzie at the official opening of the Faculty Club (June 1959)
(UBC Archives photo #3.1/1336)

Front and rear of Faculty Club

Faculty Club dining room and lounge

Faculty Club menus (early 1960s)

As early as 1960, renovations were made to the ground floor to provide a games room, lounge and cafeteria. By 1964, the noon hour was "strained to the limit". Options under consideration at that time included limiting membership or seeking additional accommodation elsewhere on campus. Members opted instead for a major expansion and the architectural firm of Erickson-Massey designed a 350-seat dining room on the lower level. The "Erickson wing" opened in 1968 at a cost of $700,000 for which members paid through higher dues and a temporary surcharge.

Faculty Club dinner buffets and barbeques

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