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In the fall of 1963, J. Winfield Fretz began his role as the first president of Conrad Grebel College in Waterloo, Ontario. In addition to hiring the first employees and spearheading a $750,000 building project, he taught courses in the sociology department at the University of Waterloo. The beginnings of this educational initiative by Ontario Mennonites began in 1959 with a study group from various Anabaptist denominations who wanted to explore options to support young Mennonites in higher education.
Ultimately, these leaders responded to the invitation from the newly established University of Waterloo to join three other denominational colleges on the campus that opened in 1957....