Head and shoulders image of Roy Shuttleworth, Mathematics student and private, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

Bio/Historical Note: Roy Shuttleworth was born 11 July 1896 in Leavenworth, Washington. He attended school at Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ontario and at Prince Albert. Shuttleworth studies mathematics and physics, and was the first president of the Mathematical Society. He joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) in 1917. Shuttleworth was killed in action 26 August 1918 in France at age 22.

Bio/Historical Note: The Shuttleworth Mathematical Society was designed to give students interested in math an opportunity to meet in an informal setting, and was open to all students who had completed one math class and were registered in a second. The Society was originally formed in November 1916 as the University Mathematical Society. It was renamed in honour of Roy Shuttleworth, a brilliant honours student who had been the first president of the organization. Shuttleworth died in combat during World War I in August 1918.