Harold Minielly has always loved both intellectual pursuits and practical endeavours. In his spare time he has been an avid woodworker, a stamp collector and a traveller. Throughout his teaching career he was involved with a wide variety of student projects.
However, it’s his devotion to mathematics that leads so many to remember him as the grand old man of mathematics teachers in Waterloo County.
Harold went to grade school in Plympton Ontario, then high school in Petrolia and the University of Western Ontario. He taught at Appleby Boys School in Oakville, Claremont H.S., Beamsville H.S. and Kitchener-Waterloo C.& V.S.
Harold was a mentor to many aspiring mathematics teachers and computer science students, and took pleasure in reading about the successes of his former students.
Throughout his career he collected a number of valuable mathematics instruments and calculating machines, which he later donated to the University of Waterloo.