Funded by London Life insurance company, Western scientists went on a meteorite hunt in 1939, and discovered the Dresden meteorite.

The original 40 kilogram rock is on display in a first floor hallway cabinet in the Biology and Geology building at Western, while a cast of the rock, which used to sit in a display in the old foyer of the Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory, now is displayed in the London Life Archives in downtown London.

The London Free Press ran the following article regarding the 75 anniversary of this meteorite find:

“Dresden meteorite came to Earth 75 years ago“