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Victor Milligan, P. Eng. (1929 November 11 to 2009 March 4) was a professional engineer and co-founder with Dr. Hugh Q. Golder of Golder Associates a leading geotechnical consultancy based in Mississauga, which grew to a major international earth sciences firm with over 7,000 employees in 30 countries before it was purchased by WSP Global, Inc. in 2020. Milligan attended Queen's University, Belfast where he took his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering and MSc in the relatively new field of soil mechanics. He was also a top middle distance runner finishing fourth in the "Mile of the Century" race in 1954 behind Bannister and Landy who both broke the four minute mile. Milligan also captained the Northern Ireland team in the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver.

Milligan was recognized internationally for his contributions to the practice of, and research and education in, geotechnical engineering. He was active in developing his academic discipline, serving as the first editor of the Canadian Geotechnical Journal from 1963-1968. His pioneering work on ground improvement, dams, tunnels and fundamental soil behaviour improved the quality of life for millions of people, particularly those in developing countries, through projects that provided a reliable source of hydroelectric power; much needed relief from flooding; and secure containment of waste materials, such as mine tailings and sludge, from industrial mining projects. He also contributed to the development of Canada’s infrastructure by providing innovative geotechnical solutions for such major projects as hydroelectric and thermal generating stations, the TransCanada Highway, transportation tunnels and the realignment of the Welland Canal. Through the international expansion of Golder and his involvement in overseas projects, Milligan brought Canadian engineering expertise into the limelight of the world stage.

Alice Milligan (1865–1953) was an Irish nationalist poet and writer, active in the Gaelic League. Born and raised a Methodist in Gortmore, near Omagh, County Tyrone, Milligan's father was the writer Seaton Milligan, antiquary and member of the RIA. Alice was one of eleven children and, from 1877 to 1887, attended Methodist College, Belfast, after which she completed a teacher-training course. Together with her father she wrote a political travelogue of the north of Ireland in 1888, Glimpses of Erin. She wrote her first novel, A Royal Democrat, in 1890.
After the death of Parnell she became an ardent nationalist. In 1894 with Jenny Armour she founded branches of the Irish Women's Association in Belfast and other places, and became its first president. With Ethna Carbery she founded two nationalist publications in the 1890s, The Northern Patriot, and later The Shan Van Vocht, a monthly literary magazine published in Belfast from 1896 to 1899.

Born at Norfolk County, Ontario in 1867, Willet Green Miller was educated at the University of Toronto (B.A. 1890) and later he held junior appointments in the University of Toronto, Queen's University and at Chicago, Harvard and Heidelberg Universities. In 1896 he entered the employ of the Government of Ontario as a geologist and in 1902 he was appointed provincial geologist. He had a great deal to do with the development of mining in Ontario in the period that followed. He died at Toronto in 1925.