Leonard Klinck

An archive photograph shows him at a small shed, the first building on the site, displaying a Danger sign.

Frank Wesbrook and Leonard Klinck toured the Okanagan, visiting orchards, packing houses, and horse and cattle ranches.

[1]: 103  In 1915 Klinck, Wesbrook, and Dean of Applied Science R. W. Brock, met with the premier in Victoria to discuss the amount of provincial support for the envisioned institution.

[1]: 124 When Wesbrook fell ill, he wrote his colleague: My dear Dean Klinck: In order to expedite the business of the University and to cause as little inconvenience as possible to the Board of Governors, and the members of the staff and the student body, … you [are] asked to serve… as acting President.

[2]: 80  In a later reflection, when he lectured on the principles of administration, he lamented that service in the office of university president entailed "sacrifice of opportunities for acquiring a mastery in any recognized department of learning.