was renovated in the 1980s, then rebuilt following a fire in November 1990. In recent years, the college has rented out two floors of its residences as dormitories for McGill University students. Alumni In 1890, one of the Presbyterian College's most famous alumni graduated, in the person of James Naismith. He did not go to a congregation; instead, he went to serve with the YMCA in the United States. His invention of the sport of basketball, brought him back to Montreal, just before his 1939 death, to receive the Honorary Doctor of Divinity. Another notable alum was James R. Reid (1885), who became president of both the College of Montana (1889-1893) as well as the second president of Montana State University (1894-1904). Keith Markell's 1986 (posthumous) history of Presbyterian College cited some famous alumni; Most were in Canadian Church circles, including the first Moderator of the United Church of Canada, George C. Pidgeon. Another alumnus, who like James Naismith (see above), gained a reputation away from the pastorate and/or academia, was John Weir Foote (1934 Graduate), a heroic World War II Chaplain, and later Ontario Cabinet Minister. W. G. Brown (1902) was a minister who fought for the continuation of the PCC from Red Deer, Alberta, where he served from 1907–1925, then moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where he re-organized the Presbyterian Minority groups into St. Andrew's Church in Saskatoon; and died after he was elected to the Canadian Parliament in 1940. Partnership In 1969, Presbyterian College entered into an agreement with McGill University Faculty of Religious Studies and the other Theological Colleges (United College and Diocesian College), that renewed an agreement made in 1912, that was dissolved following 1925. In 1981, the Institute de Théologie de Montréal was established, to provide teaching in French, although French courses had been provided from 1869–1925, and the College became known as The Presbyterian College/Le Collège Presbytérien. Another significant partnership is with the Montreal School of Theology (MST). Principals Donald Harvey MacVicar* (1873–1902) John Scrimger* (1904–1915) D. H. Fraser (1916–1929) Francis Scott MacKenzie (1929–1945) Robert Lennox (1948–1969) William Klempa (1978–1998) John A. Vissers (1999–2013) Dale Woods (2014–2020) Roland De Vries (2021–) During the periods between settled Principals (especially 1969-1978), there were a number of "Acting Principals". References Histories of the university Robert Campbell, A History of the St. Gabriel Street Church, Montreal, 1887. John H. MacVicar, The Life of Principal MacVicar, by His Son,