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UNIVERSITY g/GUELPH

ALUMNUS Fall 1989 VoL 22, No.4

University of Guelph Alumni Association

Honorary President Dr. Brian Segal

President Karin Davidson-Taylor, CBS '83

Past President Dan Rose, OAC '57A & '60

Senior Vice-President Dr. Jim Atkinson, CDS phD '78

Vice-Presidenls Dr. Susy Carman, OVC '76 Wally Knapp, OAC '48 Grant Lee, CSS '73 Bruce Richardson, CPS '82 Margo Shoemaker, Arts '81 Ruthanne Snider, FACS '75 Zhaoming Xu, CBS '88

Secretary Maureen Higa, OAe '79

Treasurer Art Grubbe, OAe '41

Directors Christopher Coulthard, CPS '86 Donna (Luce) Gracey, Mac '60 RicJordan, CSS '75 Eric Martin, FACS '87 David Poirier, CBS '83 Gary Reid, Ans '69 Brenda Trask, OAC '80

Ex-Officio Directors Kevin Cockeil, CDS '83, President, College of Biological Science Alumni Association Doug Hanes, CBS (11K) '79, President, Uuman Klnetlcs Alumni Association Ed uvingstone, PreSident, Graduate Students Assodallon Pat (MeMelJ) Seyfried, OAC '57, President, OAC Alumni Association Sarah (Wyatt) Nadalin, Arts '82, President, College of Arts Alumni AsSociation Nancy Plato, fACS '81 , Presidenl, Mac-FACS Alumni Association Susan Saganski, FACS !lAfA) '86, President, lIotel & Food Administration Alumni Association Agnes (l3cUai) Van Baeren, CSS '86, President, College ofSocial Science Alumni Association Marty Williams, President, Centra] Student Association Dr. Don Wilson, OVC '66, President, OVC Alumni Association Gerry QUinn, Director, External Relations Rosemary Clark, Mac' 9, Director, Alumni Affairs and Community Rcl.atlons

Alu mni-in-Aclion Chair Henry Orr, OAC '43

The University of Guelph A/umnusis p ublished in February, May, August & November by the Department o f External Relations.

Executive Editor: Sandra Webster, CSS '75

Many people helped put this issue of the Guelph Alumnus together this summer while the search was on for a new editor. Special thanks go to write rs Maria Protz and David Thomas, copy editor Barbara Chance , desktop publishing staff under the direction of Dorothy IIadfield and photog­rapher I Ierb Rauscher.

When you receive this issue, the new Alumnus editor, Mary Dickieson, will be well into preparing the winter issue. A seasoned writer and editor, Mary has worked in the media relations unit of External Relations for many years and brings to her new pOSition a thorough kn owledge o f the Univers ity and its people.

Mary joins a new tea m called Editorial Services in the recently formed Creative Services unit, which is under the new leadership of Mary Cocivera . Editorial Services is an energetic, talented group of editors, w ri ters and photog­raphers who are producing the niversity's news publica ­tio ns, including the Guelph Alumnus.

In this issue of the Alumnus:

• Get acquainted with two alumni whose degrees have taken them into exciting careers they never imagined as undergraduates - David Nasby at the Seagram Museum in Waterloo (page 3) and Sue lePage at the Stratford Festival (page 16).

• Toast U of G for its tremendous strides in gaining more research support (page 2) and for establishing exciting new links with Eastern Eu rope and the Soviet nion (page 10).

• Meet Edmund Bovey, ou r new chancellor (page 5).

• Learn what Clay Switzer is doing with the OAC founda­tion in his new role as presidential adviser (page 12).

• Cuddle up to your teddy bear and gather up the ch ild ren and the grandchildren for the tale of how, way back when, Winnie the Pooh was really one of ours (page 5).

For circulation inquirIes, cont:Jct:

External Relations, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2Wl

(519) 824-4120, Ex t. 8706

ISS 0830-3630

Research support tops $50 million by Owen Roberts, Office of Research

Research funding at U of G has su r­passed $50 million for the first time in the institution's history, boosting total support a healthy 17 per cent.

Figures show that research funds from external sponsors grew to $54 .5 million in 1988/89, from $46.6 million the previous year.

"This sol idifies our standing as o ne of the top three research-intensive educational institutions in Canada, n

says Dean of Research Larry Mill igan. "In a national climate of research fu nding stringency, this su ccess ofou r resealchers is a tribute to the quality of their studies and the respect they have garnered from research spon­sors."

The largest source of funding remains the research agreement be­tween the University and the Onta rio Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) , which increased in total to $28.7 million from $26..1 million the previous year. Most of this sum ac­commodates 36 research programs, as well as 15 service pr grams, three education programs and the opera­tion of Research Station Services and eight research stations.

The second-largest research spon­sor, the Na tu ral Sciences and En­gineering Research Council, raised its commitment to $12.-'i million from $11.9 million.

Significant gains were also realized in other areas of support - once again, with OMAF contributing in a major way. OMAF increased its com­mitment to special projects by more than $5 million, including the agricul­ture and food research fund ($2.3 mil­lion), the environmental youth corps program ($30,000), Food Systems 2002 ($87,000), land stewardship re ­search ($277,000), the pork industry improvement plan ($897,000) , the red meat plan ($876,000) and special re ­search projects ($630,000).

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Those additional OMAF commit­ments account for more than 75 per cent of the total $7.5 million worth of research sponsorship b y Onta rio governme nt ministries outside of the major OMAF agreement for research and services.

Also supporting research on cam­pus are the O ntario ministr ies of Citizenship and Cultu re , Colleges and Universities, Community and Social Services, Consumer and Commercial Relations, Energy, Health, Housing, Municipal Affairs , Natural Resources, Envi ronment, Tourism and Recrea­tion, and Transportation and Com­munications.

Significant contributions are also made by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities' UniverSity Research In­centive Fund (URIF) and the O ntario Heritage Foundation.

The federal government likewise increased its commitment to research at the University, from $1.8 mill ion to $2.7 million. The major federal con­tr ibutor is Agr icultu re Canada ($964,000), fo llowed by Health and Welfare Canada ($474,000) , the Inter­na tiona l Developm nt Research Centre ($ 473 ,000), Environment Canada ($190 ,000), Energy, Mines and Resources ($169,000) and the Na ­tional Research Council ($103,000).

Business and industry support for research has also climbed, to $4 mil­lion from $3.4 million. Major sponsors include the Ontario Pork Producers, the Canadian Association of Animal Breeders, Semex Canada, Fisheries Resource Development Ltd., the On­tario Egg Producers Marketing Board, O ntario Ilydro, Genera l Motors of Canada, Cyanamid Canada Ltd., H.]. Heinz Co., the Institute for Chemical Science and Technology and Allelix Inc.

The remainder is made up ofgrants or contracts with about 250 com­panies. As well, NSERC and the RIF matching programs direct $2 million towards collabora tive university/in­

dustry research as part of their com­mitment to the University.

Non-tradi tional areas of research strength continue to allract the atten­tion of granting agencies as well. Both th e Medica l Research Council ($800,000) and the Social Sciences and IIumanities Research Council ($600, 00) increased their commit­ments.

Other contributors include private donors, charitable orga nizations , other governments (most notably the U.S. government, which directs $520,000 towards research at the University) and the Canada Council.

The 1988/89 figu res maintain an enviable trend. Since 1985, research support at U o f G from external spon­sors has increased by almost 50 per

cent. •

The Stratford chapter of the University Women's Club

invites all Guelph graduates living in the

Stratford area to participate in upcoming

meetings.

The Nov. 28 meeting will feature artist Richard

Thistle. Next Jan. 23, there will be a potluck supper and presentation on the life and works of Pauline Johnson. On March 27, discussion will focus on

issues related to subsidized housing .

Meetings usually begin at 8 p.m. and are held in members ' homes.

Arrangements can be made for a friendly face to

meet you at the door.

Call Charlene Gordon at 519-273-5126forrnore

information.

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Curator has the 'spirit' of Seagram Museum

by Morio Protz

It 's no t unusual fo r stude nts to wonder where their degrees will get them.

But who would ever guess tha t a BA in sociology would lead to travel­ling worldwide for museum acquisi­tions, renovating warehouses, designing educational displays and teaching wine appreciation courses? Yet that's exactly what David Nasby has done since leaving the University of Guelph in 1971 equipped with a sociology degree, his creative talents and a keen interest in the arts.

Nasby is the d irector o f the Seagram Museum for wine and spirits in Waterloo, Onto Not many open ings for museum directors ex ist, and Nasby's own route to this position has been an indirect, but crea tive process.

"I was a steelworker in Hamilton before coming to Guelph as a married mature student," says Nasby. "I studied sociology and learned a lot of research skills, extension skills, and questionnaire and statistical skills. nut I also developed a knack for photog­raphy to the point of having so lo ex­hibitions in art galleries. n

It was also during this time that the House of Anansi Press published a book of Nasby's photogra phs on rura l life in Ontario called Pennanence and Change: A Rural Ontario Docu­ment.

Nasby's connection with museums was origin ally through freelance photography. "I did a lot ofdocum n­tation and archival photography for many differen t kinds o f collections, and also a lot of consulting work for places like the Ontari Association of Art Galleries," he says.

When he started graduate school in extension educa tion, he continued his freelance photography and curat-

David Nasby

ing business to help pay the bil ls while studying. "Eventually, the busi­ness became more demanding t.han my degree, so 1 went to work fu ll time."

The work he ended up doing was a lot. like extension, however. In 1973,

asby became the co-ordinator of the o ffi cia l cultural component fo r the 1976 Olympics. lIe was responsible for co-ordinating a coali tion of arts and sports groups across Ontario to develop a variety of arts/ ports fes­tivals and multicu ltural events.

"That t.ook quite a lot f organizing ... bringing together diverse groups who would otherwise probably not come together, II he says. "It 's basically cultural work, putting people in t.ouch with each other, and that's extension."

After this success, Nasby became the d irector of a new arts cenLIe in Burlington, Ont. , and then went back to freelance cura ting for a wh ile un til he heard about the proposal to build the new Seagram Museum.

"In addi tion to e njoying photog­raphy and the arts , I've always been an amateur industrial archeologist," he says. "I'm interested in industrial sites , perhaps bec use of my steel­worker days . So, when I heard ab ut the museum and its renovations, I knew I wanted to get involved."

The world-class museum, which was put together from scratch in less tha n three years , combines the

(Photo by Photographic Services)

original late 19th-cenlu ry warehouse con nected to the original Joseph E. Seagram distillery with a new addi­tio n. Its entrance is in the old warehouse, where many o f the original barrels are sti ll stockpiled in towering columns.

The exhibits cover a wide range of industry-related subjects, induding how th e sh ape of wine bo ttles developed, how cork is produced, how barrels arc built and how labels are designed.

"Although Seagram's is an interna­tional company, Waterloo is its home," says Nasby. "The museum's not only a monument. to this great Canadian company, but is a gifl which represents the industry in its entirelY.

"For a museum person, I was very lucky to be involved from the begin­ning in a new project like this. It's quite a challenge and was very excit­ing, because we were trusted as professionals to do a good job."

asby uses all his skills as director. The museum has its own restorati n faci li ties, archives and library and documentation facilities, and he gets involved in each area . The job has also given him the opportunity to in­dulge in another of his favori te sub­jects - wine and spirit education. But he also has to know a great deal about the other associated indust ries, such as cooperage, glass production and advertiSing. •

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New chancellor matches our diversity The University ofGuelph has proven its expertise in a variety of fields . And so has its new chancellor, Edmund Bovey.

Bovey has a wide range of busi­ness and voluntary experience that has already benefited U of G through his four-year service as chair of the Board of Governors.

His business credentials are exten­sive. He is chair of the board of Telefilm Canada and the Toronto Economic Development Corp . and director of Argus Corp. Ltd. , Mercedes-Benz Canada Ltd., Griffith Laboratories Inc., Chicago, Griffith Laboratories Canada Ltd., NA Life In­surance Co. of Canada, Guardian­Morton Shulman Precious Metals and the Value Investment Corp.

In addition to his business ac­complishments, Bovey has a deep ap­preciation for the arts and has been a strong supporter of cultural and artis­tic development.

1 Ie is vice-chair of the International Council of the Museum ofModern Art in New York and a member of the advisory council of the Americas Society. He has chaired the executive of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Art Gallery Foundation and the Council for Business and the Arts in Canada, the National Ballel ofCanada, and the World and Canadian Federations of friends of Museums. 1 Ie is also vice­president of Roy Thomson Hall. In 1985, he chaired the federal task force on funding of the arts in Canada.

Edmund Bovey

Bovey has also demonstrated his concern for Canadian education through a number of public commit­ments, most notably as chair of the 1984 Ontario Government Commis­sion on the Future Development of the Universities of Ontario.

Although the role of chancellor is really an honorary one, Bovey views his appointment as an extension of the work he has done as Board of Governors chair.

"I really think that there are a num­ber of facets [0 the role of chancellor," says Bovey. "The chancellor should be concerned with the quality and quantity, or availability, of education and with the costs involved. We need to have a very good look at how these costs are shared between the providers and the users of education, while also recognizing that we

shouldn't penalize some people be­cause they are not as well off as others."

Supporting educational costs through fund raising is a respon­sibility that Bovey believes the chan­cellor and alumni should share.

"I feel that those of us who have experienced a certain degree of suc­cess have a very serious obligation to put back into society as much as we have received ourselves," he says. "This success should be shared back with the community."

Bovey believes that Guelph alumni have readily accepted this respon­sibility. "I think the way our alumni rallied to su pport the University through the capital campaign was rea lly outstanding."

This level of alumni support doesn't surprise him. "In my mind, Guelph really has something special," he says. "And I think that the alumni also recognize this. They realize they received something unique at Guelph, not just in terms ofeducation, but also in terms of the relationships they developed, both with professors and with their fellow students. Guelph alumni appreciate the value of the total experience they received at this University.

"1 guess that's what makes me so very pleased to be chancellor here. I feel very strongly myself about par­ticipating and making these kinds of contributions, and that 's what I see Guelph alumni doing, too." •

See you at the Royal! The University will once again be exhibiting at the Royal Winter Agricultural Fair, which runs this year from Nov. 8 to 19.

The Guelph exhibit is being sponsored by Knob Ilill Farms of Unionville and will be located in "Beef Row," outside the southeast corner of the Coliseum arena.

The exhibit will include displays on the Wild Bird CliniC, soil and water conservation and computer learning.

Alumni arc invited to stop by and check the ir biographical informa­tion with Alumni Office records . Everyone who registers will be

entered in a draw for a University of Guelph lamp.

Tickets for Alum ni Night at the horse show Nov. 16 are available -from Alumni House at 519·824­4120, Exl. 6544 . Cost is $20 and in­cludes general admission to the Coliseum and a reception from 6 LO

7:30 p .m. prior to the show. •

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'Winnie' was grad's pet One of the world's most loved literary bears, Winnie the Pooh, was once the pet of a Guelph alumnus. Winnie belonged to Dr. HarryColebourn, OVC '11 , who paid $20 for the bear that would one day provide the inspiration for A. A. Milne's hugely successful Pooh series.

After graduating from OVC, Colebourn worked for the Manitoba Department of Agriculture and also joined the 18th Mounted Rines as a militia officer.

When war broke out in 1914 , Colebourn volunteered and received orders to serve overseas as a veterinary officer for the Canadian army. En route to his posting, the train stopped in White River. And that 's where Colebourn bought a small bear cub, which he called Winnie, short for "Win­nipeg."

Winnie became the mascot of the Second Canadian Infantry Brigade and remained with Colebourn at Salisbury Plains, England. According to the vet's personal wartime diaries, which are now held in the Manitoba Cultural, Heritage and Recreation Provincial Ar­chives, Winnie often slept under Colebourn's cot and followed him and the other soldiers around the camp like a puppy. Bears were a common mascot for the Canadian corps, and Winnie was one of five that went overseas at the time.

In 1915, when Colebourn was sent to the front lines in France, he deposited Winnie at the London Zoo for safekeeping until his return. Diary entries show that Colebourn visited Winnie whenever he was in London and fully intended to take her back to Canada at the end of the war. But he changed his mind when he saw what a favorite attraction she'd become with British children.

As a gesture of thanks to Winnie's keepers, Colebourn donated the bear to the zoo, where she remained

Dr. Harry Colebourn with "Winn ie."

delighting audiences until her death in 1934.

Milne's son, Christopher Robin, was one of Winnie's most devoted fans. In 1926, apparently inspired by his son's enthusiasm for the bear, Milne publish­ed the first and best known of the Pooh classics, Winnie the Pooh.

Colebourn's son Fred, who SLill livcs in Winnipeg, would like to sec his father 's role in Winnie 's fame properly acknowledged. For a long time, Winnie's adopted lineage was unclear. The plaque at the London Zoo mis­represented Winnie as an American black bear and the mascot of the Prin­cess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regiment. Subseque nt correspond­ence from Fred Colebourn has cleared up the confusion in London.

Fred Colebourn is also hoping the city of Winnipeg wiu erect a statue to commemorate both the bear and his father, and private funding has begun to support the project On Aug. 24, the

(Photo courtesy ofFred Coleboum)

75th anniversary of Harry Colebourn's purchase of Winnie, the town of While River erected a statue of the bear and her owner.

Harry Colebourn was born in Bir­mingham, England, in 1887 and came to Canada in 1905 at the age of18. After the war, he remained in England for a short ti me while taking postgraduate studies to become a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He came back to Canada in 1920, reset ­tled in Winnipeg and opened his own veterinary practice. Tn 1926, because of ill health, he reduced his private prac­lice to a part-time basis and resumed working for the Dominion Govern ­ment Department of Agricu lture in Winnipeg.

Dcs;>ite his relationship with the -famous Winnie, Colebourn's love of animals was not limited to bear cubs. Through his small private hospital, he continued serving a va riety of animals unti l his death Sept. 21 , 1917. •

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Alumni Affairs and Development 7bis ts tbe f!ftb edited excetpt from

The Ach1evement and Challeng~ a htstory wrillen by Judith A. Colbert in celebration of tbe University's 25th anniversary.

The niversity of Guelph Alumni As­sociation was established in February 1966 to mobilize the moral, spiritual and financial strength of alumni.

Unlike other new universities, the University of Guelph began with an alumni association ofmore than 10,000 members and a heritage dating back more than a century.

InJune 1966, John Babcock was ap­pointed director of alumni affairs, and a Department of Alumni Affairs was established under him. In March 1967, the department was given respon­sibility for the administration o f a development fund, and by 1968, it was known as the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development. It remained under that title until 1989, when it joined forces with several other units on campus to become the Department of External Relations.

Like the University itself, the UGAA is built on the strength of its college components. In addition to a central organization, each college has an in­dividual association. The nucleus of the UGAA was provided by graduatcs of the founding colleges.

Beg inn ing in May 1964, repre­sentatives of each of the existing as­socia ti ons met as a founding commj[tee to draft a constitution. The constitutional principles of the new or­ganization were ratified by the OAC and Macdonald Institute associations at their general meetings inJune 1965 and by the OVC association in February 1966. The fi rst general alumni meeting was held at the 1966 Homecoming. That meeting was the forerunner of the first annual meeting at Homecoming in October 1967.

The Wellington College Alumni As­sociation was organized following convocation Oct. 27, 1967, when the first 31 SA and B.Se. degrees were

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granted. Letters patent incorporating the association, dated Dec. 13, 1966, were received from the provi ncial secretary in Janu ary 1967.

With the creation of the new col­leges after 1970, new associations were formed - College of Arts (975), Col­lege of Social Science (977), College of Physical Science (975) and College of Biological Science (1975).

The College of Arts Alumni Associa­tion included the Wellington College association. In 1972, the Macdonald In­stitute Alumnae Association became the Macdonald Institute-College of Family and Consumer Studies (Mac­FACS) Alumni Association, in recogni­tion of the establishment of the new college. In 1988, the UGAA included more than 50,000 members, with 10 active college and school associations.

Members of the UGAA include all graduates of the University, as well as all degree and diploma graduates of the three founding colleges and all members of their associations. There are no membership fees.

The affairs of the association are managed by a board of 37 directors that includes a preSident, senior vice-presi­dent, seven college vice-presidents and two other directors from each col­lege alumni association, the presidents of the Hotel and Food and Human Kinetics alumni associations, the presi­dents of the Central Sludent Associa­tion and the Graduate Students Association, the preSident of Alumni­in-Action, the director ofExternal Rela­tions and a pa t president.

All non-alumni members of Board of Governors, facu lty and professional staff were declared to be ex-officio members of the UGAA.

Since the winter of 1968, U of G has published the Guelpb Alumnus to in­form graduates of alumni activities.

From the beginning, the UGAA recognized that both operating and capital funds would be needed by the new institution, and quickly began to develop a comprehenSive plan for receiving donations.

The Alma Mater Fund was estab­lished in 1969 to fu nd projects that c uld not be provided through the

perating grants of the University. The first campa ign in 1969 exceeded its $60,000 objective and raised $70,816 from 2,126 donors . The fund was declared a resounding success.

Those early donations su pported many projects and illustrate the role that the fund has continued to play in campus development. Some $20 ,0 0 was allocated to Alumni Stadium, which was ready for the football season of 1970. Another S23 ,000 had been set aside for scholarships and awards, including 33 Alma Mater Scholars Spring Entrance Awards. The Arboretum received $10,000, and another S10,OOO was allocated for re novations to War Memorial Hall. Some S4,500 was LO be spent on cul ­tural and social affairs, including $1, 500 fo r works of art, $1,000 for books for the library and Sl,OOO to help finance a major drama production. The rest of the fund was to be used by the

nivcrsity to buy various items of equipment.

In subsequent years, the fund has grown substantially, and alumni have made significant contributions to cam­pus li fe. Each year, they provide a num­ber f scholarships and awards for deserving students. In addition to Alumni Stadium, they have supported The Arboretum - an OAC centennial project - and most recently, Alumni House, which opened in 1987.

In addition to the AMF, the Depart­ment of Alumni Affairs and Develop­ment administered two major capital campaigns on behalf of the University. Alumni have played a major role in both. •

Alumnus honored for doing what he loves by Marla Protz

George Atkins, OAC '39, radio com­panion of millions of people in Canada and the Third World, has been named a member of the Order ofCanada. The honor is in recognition of his life's work, which Atkins says he "never once regretted getting out of bed in the morning to do. "

Since graduating from OAC, Atkins has gone from private farmi ng to agricultural extension to more than 25 years of farm broadcasting with the CBC, and finally to development com­munications through the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network (DCFRN). DCFRN is the organization Atkins founded to serve the informa­tion needs of small-scale farmers in the Third World.

Atkins's interest in farm rad io developed during his years as a young farmer and assistant to his coun ty agriculture representative. As a leader in local, county and provincial junior farmers associations, he represented rural youth on national farm radio

Geo18e Atkins (Photo by PhotographiC Services)

forum programs, and as chair of a provincial radio commiltee, he deve loped closer relations between radio stations and young farmer groups.

The combination of agricultural content and creativity appealed to Atkins. When he was later asked to assist with fa rm broadcasting for the cnc, he tried it for six months while a neighbor looked after his cattle.

"After that, 1knew it was for me," he says. "I knew farmers' concerns, what was practical and what wasn' t, how to relate to farmers and talk their lan­guage."

With the CBC, Atkins p lished the broadcasting skills that were to serve him throughout the rest of his career in radio and television - research, script writing, production, broadcasting and administration. "I enjoyed it all ," he says.

Atkins's career also involved a lot of travell ing, n ot only throughout Canada, but in the United States, Europe, Israci, La tin America and even­tually Africa. All the while, he was promoting agricul ture as "the basic in­dustry" and encouraging farmers to take pride in their profession.

For those who were not farmers , Atkins encouraged appreciation and respect for the people who provided the food they needed to live.

At one point, he says, his focus shifted from a direct concentration on agriculture LO a growing concern abou t the environment and changes in world climates. With SUppOI1 from Massey­ferguson Ltd., he put this concern into action and began the ClimaLe Food Project.

On loan from CBC for 18 months, he travelled throughout North America and Europe, meeting with top scientists in the field of climatology and prepar­ing radio broadcasts for distribution [Q

farmers in the industrialized countries. These 1977/78 broadcasts became the first continuing program series on

climatic change in the English-speak­ing world.

While in volved in this p roject, Atkins proposed the preparation of more basic programming for small­scale farmers in developing countries. He knew that transistor radios were widely available in the Third World, so in 1979, w ith SUppOI1 from Massey­Ferguson, he staI1ed DCFRN with 31\ charter members in 26 countries. The goal of the network was to allow farmers throughout the Third World to share practical agricu ltural innovations with each other.

"DCFRN quickly grew to include more than 800 rural communicators of all kinds who were already in place, not only farm broadcasters, but agricul­tural journalists, teachers, missionaries and agricultural extension workers in more than 100 countries," says Atkins. Through the network's participants, DCFRN information is now being com­municated in the local language of mil­lions o f rural people around the world.

Despite Atkins's world experiences and travels, U of G has remained an important part of his life. Over the past nine years, the University has con­tributed additional SUppOI1 and cam­pus office space for DCFR 's operations. This year, the University also paid tribute to Atkins's contribu­tions by granting him an honorary doc­lor of laws degree.

Guelph has also been an importa nt part ofAtkins 's personal life. He met his wife, Janet Blackwood, while they were both students here, and three of their four daughters have been Guelph srudents as well.

Atkins recently gave up the ad­ministrative responsibilities connected with the position ofexecutive director, but has no plans to retire completely.

"As we work at increasing our out­put," he says, "it still keeps me busy ­writing the scripts and preparing the information for distribution through­out the world. n •

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Building the future!

Making a gift of real estate, while you relain use of the property for life, can be an excellent way to provide important support for lhe University of Guelph.

By making su ch an immediate legal property transfer, you get a current tax reduction while retaining lhe benefit of the use of the property. In addition, depending on your choice of options, you can reduce or even eliminate tax liability on capilal gains.

For more information, call o r write:

Don Stephenson Planned Giving Officer University of Guelph Guelph., Ontario N1G2W1 519-824-4120, Ext. 6498

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al1na mater fund giving together mnuaU y

• Celebrate 20 years of annual support • Reach the $l-million target for 1989 • Boost our participation to 12% from 7.4%

You Con Make the Difference

Enc losed is my donation to the 1989 Alma Mater Fund

Undesignated DeSignated ___ ___ _ _______

Name: __________ ______________

Addre~: _____________ ___ ____ ______

_______________ Postal Code ___ ____

Mail to: Alma Mater Fund, Alumni House, Arboretum Road, UniverSity of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W l

LeHers to the Editor

I am writing to express what I feci are the p revailing onceros of the present residents ofJohnston Ila ll.

"The Department of Residences has dee med it necessary to transform Jo hnston into a co-educationa l residence. Since the ea rliest days of the Ontario Agricu lLUral College, Johnston I rail has been a male reside nce. I fear that as of September 1989, this impor­tant University of Guelph tradition has been lost. Forever.

I fee l an incredible amount of pride within the walls of Johnston. Unfor­tunately, some residents see the bu ild­ing only as a place to live. With a Iiltle patience and commitment, Johnston cou ld shed its present image and be­come what it should be - a beautiful residence of which its occupants, and the entire University community, could be proud. I had hoped this could be accomplished without turni ng Johnston Hall into a co-educational residence.

Because the a lumni of Guelph have played such an important role in shap­ing the traditions of this school, it is only realistic that you should have a say in its future .

This letter was written by a present resident, and I hope aU the past and future Johnston boys feel the same.

Michael]. Low Johnston Hall President, 1989

• It appea rs that Latin is no longer a

part of higher education at the Univer­sity of Guelph. Distinguished alumna Sue LePage received the UGM Alum­nus of llonour citation CU of G Alum­nus, Summer 1989, p.6). As this is analogous to bestowing on her the tille "Man of the Year," perhaps a correction is in order, especially for future awards.

Pro f. Gard W. Otis Environmental Biology

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Alumni tours ALUMNI

by Rosemary Clark, Mac '59 Director, Alumni Affairs and

Community Relations

University of Guelph alumni joined alumni from Queen's University, the University of Manitoba and the Univer­sity of Saskatchewan on a two-week Danube River cruise in August. Begin­ning in Istanbul, Turkey, they cruised through the Black Sea to Ismail at the Danube River Delta and transferred to a smaller ship for the trip to Vienna.

Guided tours were available in major ports along the route, including Bucharest, Romania; Pleven, Bulgaria; the "Iron Gale Dam" between Yugo­slavia and Romania; Belgrade, Yugo­slavia; Budapest, Hungary; and Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.

CHAPTER EVENTSP.R. Magocsi, a professor of history

and political science at the University of Toronto, accompanied the group and provided six cultural lectures on Eastern Europe and its empires, wars and turmoil over the centuries.

Traditional vodka was served fre­quently, and the group was treated to tea and pastries every afternoon. The "beautiful blue Danube" of musical fa me is unfortunately now brown, with frequent oil patches from the many barges and traffic on the river. The fish, if there are any, enjoy the daily left ­overs from the ships.

The trip was packed full of memories for those who participated. The UGAA will be sponsoring many more tours for alumni. Watch your mail for full-color brochures or write to Alumni House for more informalion.•

OTTAWA-CARLETON ALUMNI CHAPTER

Annual bonsplel Jan. 27,1990

Richmond Curling Club

Contact Gary Koest1er. OAC '77. at 613-228-1801.

LONDON ALUMNI CHAPTER

Mark off Feb. 16.1990. for our winter event.

OAC DIPLOMA HOCKEY~ TOURNAMENT

Feb. 17/18.1989 at U of G's new rink.

Contact Greg Cornforth , OAC .81 A, at 416-659-1906.

The University of Guelph Alumni Association presents:

flf/t(!~$6Mt September 9-21, 1990

Now, for the f irst time e\'er, a brand new, delu xe river cruiser has heen pOSitioned on France's roma ntic Seine River exclusively fo r alumni t rave l ·rs . A vis ion that has taken yea rs tn realize, the " Romance of the Sei ne" is trul y a tri p of a lifetime!

Begin your journey by spendi ng two nights at the delu xe I.e Grancllnter·Continental lIo tel in the hear t of Pa r is. S('c all the ~ p lc lld ()r of Pa r is as YOll visit some of her most famous sights , incl uding the Palace of Vers3111cs, the Basi l ila of Sane Coeur atop Montmartre and the hroad houlevard of the Cl lamps Elysees leading to the Arch of Tr iu mph .

Then, bask in the magic of your six-night Seine River crube through France 's historic and colorfu l ofma ndy region , vis i ti ng the picturesque I()wns of Hnn flellr, ROBen, Vi llcCluier, Caudchcc, I.es Andelys and Vernon. You' ll even meet an Amer ican veteran of the famous f) -f)ay Landing on June 6, 1944

As your journey comes to a close, cross the English Channel t() England where you' l l spend th ree nights at the delu xe Churchi ll Hotel overlooking Portman Square in London . lIere, visi t the British Museum, Picadilly Circus , West minster A. bhey, and all of the sights you' ve heard so much about.

from 14,150 (Canadian Oollars) per person, based on double occupancy, dependent on cabin category from Toronto.

LEGEND~ TWE NILE \tarch :W-3\ , HH)(J

" [g l'pt is the gifl ot Ihe Nile ." ' I hcsc words of I fcrod otl ls arc as tru(: toLl'I)' as the:\, \\crc over two thou ~ ~lll d \,eJf~ ~g(). Egy pt ... !.cl nd of ,\l1tiqu ities, Iv jn g at th e crossrodcls \)rt ll'ecn l hl~ co nt i· nents of Eu rope, i\fr iCrl <in ti A.S i,l , h ilS two fi l ees: an cient l::gypt , with f1, OOO Vf:ars of history, Jnd modern, bustli ng Egy pt. Th (~ essen ce o/',lIl cient ,1l1 cJ modern [ gy pt has 1)I ;l:n ca ptured in this "L( :gcl1 d ~ of till: l ile" progrJ lll 1

Begin in th e ,ll1cit:l1 t cily of e li ro. Spent! tlner: n igh ts at the clcg,lllt n('w Itlmse.· H i lton lI ote l on the b. lnks of the Nile. 1 (ne, join i n a " Wo11ders of t he '\nc icllt World" ex cllr~i on icatu r il l g th . Pyra m ids, Sphi nx dnd fdll1 0U S19l'jl t ian ,\I u cum hOll si ng the d,lZ7.lin g trC:dSli res of I\illg 'ltlt.

Then, tr,lvel to ..\hu '-)imhcl, honw to lhe ,I Ill<ll.i ng colossa l It.llllses I I ·[l;nJple . From hcn: , begin yo II I' crll i~e fro lll ,\s\\',m to Luxor, sa il ing (ile sdcrctl wat crs of the ancicnt Ni le. as did the ph ,lfa(1h~ thllus,\nd~ llJ'years ,lgO . Vi ~ it th e ci ties lhd! ,Ire the basis ofhuman Civ il ization , including Knill Ombo, Edfu, f.s na and KMnak.

Fin ally, cnd your journey through the Kingdoms orthe Ni le in Ca i ro as you vi sit ,\lCtllph i ', Sakkaril and the rr: sor t ci ty of Alex· and riil . ~ome , see the unto ld lrCilsures of th e m ighty pharaohs on this exclusive Ni le Ri vcr adventure.

$4,075 (Canadian Doll;u'S) per person based on dOllhlr. occupancy from Thronto.

For more information on these exciting trips, please contact the University of Guelph Alumni Association at (519) 824-4120.

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New relationship begins with Eastern Europe, Soviet Union

by Morio Protz

T he change of government in Poland, the outflow of refugees from East Ger­many and the rise in ethnic nationalism in the Sovie t Union signify dramatic and rapid change in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union (EESU).

President Orian Segal, Prof. Archie MacKinnon, director of the Centre for International Programs, and Prof. Fred Eidlin, Political Studies, have had an inside view of these regions through a re cent visit to Poland, Hungary , Czechoslovak ia , Bulgaria and the U.S.S.R.

The presidential mission was or­ganized to establish exchange agree­ments between U of G and national research institutions in EESU and to explore the potential for a national ex­change framework.

Segal, MacKinnon and Eidlin were struck by the timeliness ofthe mission's purpose.

"Quite clearly, we have to make a response at the Canadian level, " says MacKinnon. "What we found was a complete lack ofany organized contact with Canada. There is an urgency for a Canadian initiative because we have no real presence in most of these countries . There are individual sporadic contacts and very pecifi c contacts, but none with any kind of continu ity.

"Scientific exchange has been de­pendent solely on the particular inter­ests and energies of faculty and not on any coherent approach to common problems. Yet, !.here is a strong over­powering desire on the part of these organiza tions to have Canadian par­ticipation in their exchanges."

Segal says the team was successful in signing a number of general agree­ments with a variety of EESU institu­tions.

"In Czechoslovakia, !.here is now an agreement with Prague Agricultural

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University," he says. "Another agree­ment is being prepared with the In­stitute of Philosophy and Sociology and with the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences."

Agreements with the International Cu ltu ral Committee in Hungary, the Ilungarian Academy of Sciences and the Agricultural niversity in Gadolo are also be ing prepared. Another agreement was signed with the Bul­garian Academy of Sciences.

In the Soviet Union, agreements are being prepared with the Academy of Sciences Presidiu m, the Ins titute of Sociology and the Institute of Philosophy.

An agreement was also reached w ith the Agricultural niversity of Lubin, Poland, and with Jagicllonian University in Crakow, which boasts such famous alu mni as Copernicus and Pope John Paul II.

The scope of the agreeme nts will allow the participation of many of the Univers ity'S disciplines, including the arts, humanities and social sciences, as well as the physical and agricultural scienes, say Segal.

"There will be a potential role for U of G's international training division to play and a nu mber of additional pos­sibilities that will extend from the un­dergraduate level right up to the postdoctoral level," he says.

But other sectors of the Canadian community will also be involved, says MacKinnon.

"It won't be just an academic pro­gram," he sa ys, "but will include close work with other government organiza­tions, such as the Ontario Mi nistry of Agriculture and Food, as well as various consulting firms that are now entering into various joint enterprises in EESU. It could also potentially in­volve other Canadian universities that have expertise to share with EESU in­sti tutions and wish to participate in a

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Ca nadian national framework pro­gram."

Segal says all the agreements have been kept at a general level "so that as part icular interests develop on both sides, we will have an appropriate set of arrangements that will allow for maximum flexibility from each of lhe parties involved. n

The U of G team also participated with a Canadian delegation, led by depu ty prime minister Do n Mazankowski, in working oUl a num­ber of relationships with the U.S. . R. involving lrade, cullural and academic exchange .

"We were involved in much more than simply a UniversilY ofGuelph pro­gram," says MacKinnon. "This will set the stage for what we hope will be­come a Canadian framework program in EES ."

At the local level, however, the trip has pointed out a urgent need to fill a major gap in U of G's international programs, he says.

"We have done very well in terms of our work in international develop­ment, but we have not been participat­ing as actively as we should in this broader area.

"The pressing problems of obtain­ing food in Poland and the debt crisis of other countries in EESU indicate a need for our involvement. E[SU is a remarkable part of the world that is changing dramatically. With these new agreements, we have an exciting new opportunity to participate now." •

OAC News

19890Ae Outstanding Service Award William "Bill" Vermeer of Grimsby has been named the 1989 recipient of the OAC Outstanding Service Award.

Vermeer came to Canada from Hol­land in 1952 and worked at bricklaying and factory jobs until 1959, when he joined Denny delong at Westbrook. Since then, he has contributed to the expansion of the horticu ltural enterprise into Westbrook Green­houses, Westbrook Floral Ltd. and Westbrook Greenhouse Systems Ltd.

I Ie is also a parlner in two wholesale flower grower operations in New York state.

As part of his involvement in the agricultural industry, Vermeer has al­ways found time to devote his talents and energies to help with programs at OAC. For the past 12 years, he has encouraged Guelph horticultu re stu­dents to use his facilities and those of his growers as extensions of OAC's laboratory facilities .

He has also been available per­sonally to help students learn the greenhouse industry and has served as an employer of co-op students.

Vermeer has continued to support horticultural research programs by serving on industry committees and by providing research supplies and plant materials. As a strong supporter of the Canadian Greenhouse Conference, he has been adamant that the conference continue as an educational activity with physical connection to U of G. To that end, he donated a 36' x 72' green­house to be used as an exhibit space and teaching lab for the University.

Vermeer is a member of the Univer­sity School of Continuing Education Advisory Council and serves as a resource person for the University'S re­search, teaching and extension programs in horticulture . •

Bm and Mary Vermeer with OACDean Freeman McEwen, right .

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for the following UGAA awards:

ALUMNUS OF HONOUR

For significant contributions to a Canadian cause, community seNice , science or education, business, industry, the a rts or alumni

affairs.

ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT

Presented to a graduate of the last 10 years for contributions to country, community, profession or the world of arts and letters.

For nomination forms and detailed brochure, phone or write:

Honours & Awards Committee Alumni House, University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 519-824-4120, Ext. 6544.

Deadline for nominations: April 1, 1990.

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OAC alumni special interest of new presidential adviser Clay Switzer, OAC '51, e njoys meet­ing people. That's something he'll be doing a lot of in his new position as special projects adviser to President Brian Segal.

One of Switzer's main tasks is [Q

study the fu tu re role of the OAC Alu mni Foundation and flI1d out what alumni think the foundation should be dOing. "I'm looking forward to this work be­cause I particularly like meeting with graduates of this University," he says.

Switzer, who served as dean ofOAC from 1972 to 1983, will examine how the foundation can be strengthened without hindering any other programs on campus. "My role will be to learn if there are ways to make it better and if there are ways it can be changed to make the fou ndation interact di fferent­ly with the Alma Mater Fund."

Originally supported by the OAC Alumni Association, the foundation was established in 1960 as a vehicle for administering funds and awards to entering OAC students.

"I recall how important it was to the college that we had these funds com­ Clay Switzer (Photo by David Thomas, External Relalions)

ing in because that's what enabled us to go out and make a good pitch to the best high school students,· Switzer "&fore I write a report to the presi­ Switzer is well suited to this post. I-Ie says. "We could tell them that former dent, I want to speak to a number of has had a close relationship with the OAC students had given money for aluITlI1i, so it's not just Clay Switzer's University of Guelph for 40 years , as a them, the new up-and-coming stu­ viewpoint, but a composite or consen­ student, faculty member and dean. He dents." us of what I've learned out there, " he left Guelph in 1983 to become deputy

When the AMF was established in says. minister in the Ontario Ministry of 1969, the OAC Alumni Association "I want to talk to the people who arc Agriculture and Food, a position he ceased its independent funding efforts using their degrees and diplomas and held until his retirement last year. and joined lhe University's overall who really know what the work scene This background has given him a fund-raising initiative. In return, the is like now. I also want to hear from the special awareness ofthe University and AMP agreed to provide grants to the people who have a real commitment to its role in preparing students to meet foundation so it could continue to offer this institu tion and a long-standing in­ agricultural needs. scholarships and help deserving stu­ volvement in alumni support. I want "A long-standing interest of mine , dents. them [Q know that their interest and one which I share with the University

Although the grants were sufficient support of the fou ndation is ap­ a a whole , is to attract more students for the foundation's initial programs, preciated and maximized." to our institution," he says. the foundation's board of directors is Switzer believes the findings from In addition to reassessing the concerned lha t current scholarship his study of the OAC Alumni Founda­ foundation's role, Switzer will also be funds are no longer enough to attract tion will also be useful for the other involved with the University's research lhe calibre of students the University colleges, and he plans to interact park and with the Turfgrass Research desires. Switzer wants to know how not only with OAC alumni , but with Institute. • alumni would like to see their money gradua tes fro m all parts of the spent. University.

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Continuing Education marks 20 years by Judffh A. Co/bert

(Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series on the history of Continuing Education. Watch the winter issue for the second Instalment.)

Twenty years ago, when the Office o f Continu ing Educa tion was beingestab­lished at the University of Guelph, adult learning as we know it today was a concept that was only beginning to be put into practice.

Most educators were just starting to see that the classrooms of the fu tu re would be filled with people of all ages, in pursuit of learning both for irs own sake and for professional and voca­tional advancement.

At Guelph, however, adult educa­tion was very much a reality. Faculty and administrators with innovative ideas that meshed with the long tradi ­tion of extension education inherited from the found ing colleges we re developing programs that showed the way for others.

"My sense across the country is that Guelph did indeed make a difference," says MP Bill Winegard , president during the formative years. ·We helped to change the nature of universities in Canada. I think we convinced a lot of people that the University was not just a place for 18-year-olds, but that it was a place of learning for all adults."

An important stimulus for both general community education and part-time study towards the BA degree came from within Wellington College. Less than four months after the college welcomed its first students in the fall o f 1965, the University formed a commit­tee on extension courses, chaired by Archibald McIntyre. Less than a year later, Louise Colley arrived on campus as Wellington College's co-ordinator of continuing education. She was respon­sible for developing a part-time pro­gram of studies towards a degree as

well as non-credit courses and lectures for the community.

"[ began in the spring of 1966 by visiting the head ofeach department in Wellington College to find out what extension courses they were propos­ing to offer, if any, " says Colley. "We were interested in developing credit or non-credit courses that would be of­fered in the late afternoon or evening or on Saturday so they would be avail ­able for part-time students who wished to work toward a BA degree or for community people who wanted the stimulation of continuing learning. "

[n addition to developing courses and preparing a brochure tha t would be rcady in time for the fall semester, Colley was also responsible for developing basic policies for both part­time credit and community continuing education, as well as procedures for registration and the payment of fees .

As enrolment grew, other con ­siderations came to the fore. For ex­ample, she says, "if we wanted to encourage mature students to enter the program, we felt we had to give them some special consideration and atten­tion. We realized that younger students and older students had different time schedules and different life goals. We knew that if we ignored their different needs, we would only hamstring the satisfaction and enjoyment that each age group could obtain through university study."

To make the program succeed, early organizers knew that, at the very least, they would need to have a wide range ofcourscs, a counselling service and an office with secretarial help. To help the older-than-average students feel al home a lounge area was set aside in Wellington College where they could

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i get together and share their experien­ces. Special events were also planned.

"In 1967, we held two social gather­ings for part-time students and faculty," Colley recalls. "These opportunities were very valuable because, in a sense, we were all pioneers. We were really do ing something new that hadn't been tried before, and we needed to learn from one another."

Winegard also remembers the ex­citement of the times. "If you go back to the '60s, education, and particularly education at the university level , was seen as the route to prosperity both for the country and for individuals."

"There was also a belief that univer­sities were going to solve all problems, and even when early altitudes settled down, there was a conviction on the campus, felt strongly by the faculty and supported by the administration, that something had to be done for those who had missed the 'first mile. '

"That led us lO spend a good deal of time on adult students, setting up the adult lounge, for example. We reaJly wanted to encourage people to come back and take what they missed. We didn' t want them to have to fulfil all of the standard requ irements as if they were 18."

Those early efforts at Guelph proved worthwhile.

"I still get people dropping in (to my office) who were older-than-average students in that bunch who went to the lounge," says Winegard. "Almost in­evitably, they say tha t coming to university was a turning point in their lives. They tell me that when the op­portunity presented itself, they knew they had to take advantage of it.

"They say that faculty and the younger students were supportive. They were never laughed at because they were older, and, in fact, after the first two or three months, they found that they could contribute to the c\;1SS

in a way that the younger students couldn't. Almost always, they have good memories of the campus."

Although older-than-average stu­dents haven't had to fulfil all the re­quireme nts that their younger cou nterparts have, all students at

Guelph have always received the same bachelor of arts degree. In fact, the University administration insisted on uniform standards for all.

As Wellington College's founding dean, Murdo MacKinnon oversaw the establishment of part-time BA studies.

"What was most important to us then," he says, "was that the courses that were avai lable after 4:30 on week­days and, to a limited extent, on Satur­day mornings were presented by regular faculty. They were to cover the same content and have the same re­quirements as the daytime courses. In fact, these courses were open to both fu ll-time and part-time students.

"We hoped - and in this we were correct - that younger and older stu­dents would find themselves in the same classes, benefiting from interac­tion and a lively exchange of ideas."

On many other campuses at that time, adultstudents had to face barriers to university admission as well as the reality of receiving a "special" degree. At Guelph, that was not the case.

"We wanled 10 avoid the suggestion that we were offering substandard ex­tension courses," says MacKinnon. "We wanted to make it quite clear mat the part-time BA was equal in value La

the BA earned by full-time students." On the non-credit side, MacKinnon

and Colley were busy developing a general-interest program that became known as "Learning for Living." In ad­dition, facu lty offered special seminars and courses in a variety of subjects.

Meanwhile, OAC's Department of Extension Education continued to offer the correspondence courses in hor­ticulture that had been started by Ted McNinch and Norman High in 1960. In addition, OAC still provided a number of short courses in subjects such as ice cream making.

By the late 1960s, the need for a director and an administrative or­ganization to develop and co-ordinate continuing education for the whole campus was acute. Submissions to the special Senate Committee on Academic Administrative Orga niza­lion, chaired by Burt Marillews, then academic vice-presidem, resulted in

the formation in 1969 of the Office of Continui ng Education, with respon­sibility for non-credit and certificate academic courses.. It came just in time.

As the current director of continu­ing education, Mark Waldron, recalls, "the '70s were a decade of self­development and self-enhancement. People were eager to take courses in a whole range of areas for no reason other than for general interest."

Through the years, continu ing education has also served as an avenue for experimentation and innovation. Many initiaLives have been "firsts" on campus. History professor Terry Crowley, who served as acting director of continuing education in 1988/89, reca lls the public seminar series on the agricultural history of OntariO, which was held in the 1970s.

"That series was acknowledged by President Donald Forster as the first formal collaboration between OAC and the College of Arts, " says Crowley, who spearheaded the series along with Prof. Ross Irwin of the School of En­gineering. The 1976 to 1979 proceed­ings of the one-day seminars won an award from the Canadian Historical As­sociation in 1980.

A non-credit evening course on peace and nuclear issues given by political studies professor Henry Wiseman and history professor Gunnar Boehnert led to the develop­ment in 1982 of "The Arms Race Versus Arms Control in the uclear Age," an interdiSCiplinary credit course that was the first of its kind in Omario.

Meanwhile, the 1975 Kellogg Foun­dation grant that brought $1.8 million for the six-year Rural Development Outreach Project, a forerunner of today's University School ofRural Plan­ning and Development, was ad­ministered at the outset within the Office of Continuing Education.

By the end of the 1970s, the growth in non-credit offerings and the addition of responsibility for part-time degree credit education led to an administra­tive reorganization of the office into the University School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education.

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CPS News Environmental issues find home in Exciting times for toxicologynew institute

An Institute for Environmenta l Policy and Stewardship has found a home at The Arboretum.

Prof. Keith Ronald, director of The Arboretum, says the recently estab­lished institute is to carry out policy­relevan t environmental programs, conduct workshops on environmen­tal issues, sponsor conferences and symposiums on environme nta l stewardship, establish a Canadian en­vironmental policy information ex­change and enc ourage th e development of environ menta l polices with a long-term goal of producing an environmenta l b ill of rights .

The institute is to be funded by endowments, contracts and subscrib­ing members from industry, govern­ments and the public . •

CSS News

Golf, psychology meet in video Want to improve your golf game ­and your life?

Psychology professor Richard Lonetto's theories on the use of a person's "inner rhythm" to enhance athletic performance form the basis of a collection of new instructional golf videos that feature Professional Golfers' Association tour players Paul Azinger, Mark McCumber and Richard Zoko!.

Unlike other golf videos, "The Spirit of Golf' series is written and produced like a mini-movie to ente r­tain while it teaches.

To be able to perform well in sport, business or any job situation, people must juggle their psychological and mechanical skills, says Lonetto. "Tech ­niques learned to improve your golf game can be taken off the course and into your daily routine. n •

The newly appointed co-ordinator of toxico logy programs, Prof. Nigel Bunce , Chemistry and BiochemiStry, wants to raise the proftle of the exist­ing undergraduate program and the new graduate program approved by Senate in March.

The inte rdisc ipl inary unde r­graduate toxi cology program has been running for several years . Be­sides several core courses, the depart ­men ts o f Biomedical Sciences, Che mis try and Bioche mistry, En ­vironmental Biology, Molecular Biol ­ogy and Genetics, Mathematics and Statistics, and utritional Sciences offer different areas of emphasis.

Th e graduate p rogram, which received approval from the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies (OCGS) this fa ll, is also a collaborative effort, invo lving the departments of Diomedical Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Environmental Biol ­ogy, Land Resource Science, Mathe ­matics and Sta ti s tics, Nut ritional Sdences, Pathology and Zoology.

Each of the programs is overseen by a management committee. Bunce, who will be co-ordinator for a five ­year term, hopes to work with the committees to: • Raise the profile of the programs.

Bunce has already met with Ad­missions staff to develop infor­matio n packages to send to secondary schools.

• Esta b lish undergraduate and graduate scholarships. Currently, there aren 't any.

• Continue to develop the under­graduate program. Initiatives in­dude new courses, exploring the possibility of a co-op path and changing the number of areas of emphasiS.

• Oversee the evolution of the gradu ate program from a col­laborative effort into "one that has e nough strength to be ap­praised b y OCGS in its own righL. "

• Develop a sense of community among the toxicologists on cam­pus. Besides the academic con­tingent, there are government toxicology labs and the Canadian Centre for Toxicology on cam­pus. Bunce hopes they can come together to pool their intellectual resources.

Bunce, who has been at U of G fo r 20 years, hasn't always been involved in toxicology. Primarily, he's an or­gank chemist. But he began to teach a course on environmental chemistry and toxicology, and he's now re­searching the biochemistry of interac­tion of dioxins with an intracellular receptor protein.

"My personal interests have changed," he says. "When I came here, I couldn't have fo reseen doing that type of research or tcaching. I'm sure that, to some extent, those inter­ests were s hapcd by working at Guelph. If I'd worked somewhere else, I wouldn't have those interests." •

Prof Nigel Bunce

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For the love of theatre by Koren Montel

When Sue lePage, Arts '73, lhe 1989 Alu mnus of Honour, took her fustjob at lhe Stratford Festival, she knew she wanted a career in lhe lheatre, but she wasn't completely sure in what capacity.

Since then, she has worked across the country, from the Neptune Theatre in Halifax to lhe Vancouver Playhouse in British Columbia, par­laying her theatrical abilities into a successful 15-year career as a set and costume designer.

Although she doesn't remember the exact moment when she decided to aim her theatrical aspirations in lhe design direction, once she got started, she never looked back.

It's obvious that the love of theatre lhat first hooked lePage still remains. "Theatre is hard on people, but it is addictive," she says.

After graduating from the University'S drama program in 1973, she gm a job backstage at the Guelph Spring Festival , lhen moved on to a stint at the Stratford Festival. Although she assisted in many areas in the early years, she soon found her niche in set and costume design. To date, she has de igned more than 65 productions fo r at least 20 theatrical companies.

Those productions have included Richard III and Mother Courage at Stratford, The Last Bus at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, 'Nighl Mother at the Grand Theatre in London, Ont , Gone 10 Glory at the Blyth festival, Who 's Afraid of Virginia Wooifat the Neptune Theatre and AI The End at the Banff Centre.

Her most recent efforts include A M idsummer Night's Dream at this year's Stratford Festival and the opera Crazy 10 Kfl~ which was commis ­sioned for the 1989 Guelph Spring festival.

These last two productions typify the kind of plays lePage most enjoys - classics and new works. (They also indicate her preference lhese days for working closer to her Toronto home and five-year-old daughtcr Molly.)

New plays demand a real process of discovery, she says. For James Reaney 's murder-mystery opera, Crazy to Kill, she faced the challenge of creating a mental asylum onstage that wou ld accommodate quick chan­ges of mood and character for five singers/actors and 15 puppets.

Classical plays are also demanding, requiring a lot of research in different areas, says lePage. This underlines her philosophy that theatre is for the generalist. Although the role of desig­ner may sound specialized, she says, it is really a "jack of all trades, master of none. It is like being a student every day."

Sue LePage

She says her years at Guelph em­phasized that aspect by allowing her to work in all areas of theatrical productions . Shc credits drama professor Bruce Koenig, in particular, for instilling that outlook.

"1 Ie was an important inspira tion, " she says. "He ran the technical depart­ment and lhe backstage aspects, but he was also interested in dramatic Ijterature and scholarship for its own sake , so he was a wonderful example of somebody whose curiosity and skills were broad-ranging."

Il's curiosity that helps makes a good des igner, says LePage. "You have to be two [hjngs at once, a per­son of imagination and intuition and

Arts News

yet at the same time involved with the nuts and bolts of life ... basics like carpentry and costume."

The design process begins with several thorough readings of the script, continues through collabora­tion with the director to discuss design details and culminates in on­going communication to help people follow through on the designs.

"After the renderings, scale models and construction drawings are done, you spend the rest of the time talking and facilitating communications be ­tween the various departments ," she says.

Although different productions allow different time frames , a desig­ner generally needs about a month before rehearsals begin, with three to six months being ideal, says lePage. Allhough she generally does both set and costume design, he occasionally does only one or the other depending on lhe production's needs.

"I don't feel [ have a certain style," she says. "Each design has a life of its own. The right design in the right situation is not easy. You never learn how to do it right and be done with it. "

H's all part of lhe continuing learn­ing experience. That part of the design process seems to suit this "jack-of-all-trades" just fine. •

Coming Up!

OAC

Annual Curling Bonspiel

March 30 and 31, 1990

Guelph Cur1ing Club

and Guelph Country Club

For detailS, call

Betsy Allan, Alumni Office

519-824-4120, Ext. 6533.

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CBS News

Editor: Denis Lynn, CBS '69

Sio-Alumni News

M y first duty as incoming editor of "BioAlumni ews" is to thank our past editor, Marie (Boissonneault) Rush, 'BO, for all her hard work on our be­half. She has brought us a broad range of interesting information and news about CBS events for the past five years. She has given us glimpses of what is happenin g in CBS on campus and has also allowed alumni to share their world experiences with us.

Although Marie will no longer rep­rcsent the college on these pages, she has agreed to continue as our archivist for CBS activities . So thanks, Maric, for an editorial job well done, and our best w ishes for your future happiness. I'm su re Marie would add that she was helped conSiderably as edi tor by many interested alumni who sent in articles and views . Please keep this information coming.

I would like LO continue Marie'sI policy of mixing news and views of

campus activities with lhose of alu mni \ off campus. I can manage the first aspect because I am a faculty member in the Department of Zoology (who will remain very sensitive to any zool­ogy bias in the coverage) . In this respect, I hope to continue to provide you with news ofappointments, xcit­ing resea rch going on in the ·o llege and new developments in biology.

As for news from "abroad," I must rely heavily on our alumni. Please continue to send articles with accom­panying pictu res that you feel would be of general interest. If you don't have somclhing to wrile aboul your­self, send suggestions for articlcs about other al u mni, enclosing newspaper clippings or magazine ar­ticles whenever appropriate . And of cou rse, conti nue to keep us informed in brief of where you arc and what you're doing. This will contin ue LO be an important component of "[3io­Alumni News."

I look forward to serving you . Please let me know how I'm doing. •

the alumni dinner/ dancc.

A good Lime was had by a1l who attended OUf reunion. We encourage the Class of '80 to get organized now. 'D1e Alumni Office and the CBSM board of directors are very suppor­live. See everyone again in 1999. Or maybe next year! •

Dr. Mark Cochran,

CBS M.Sc. '80, will speak

Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.rn. in Room 7103

University Centre University of Guelph.

Cochran is the recipient of the University's 1988 Alumni Medal of Achievement.

As vice-president of research for MicroGeneSys, Inc., West Haven, Conn., he helped develop the first AIDS vaccine authorized for clinica l trials on humans by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Class of '79 at Guelph Lake.

10th-year reunion continued wilhThe CBS Class of '79 10 th -year

reunion - held during Alu mni Weekend - was a great success. lL wouldn't have happened without lhe e nergeLic and enth usiastic leadership of five of ou r classmates - Joan Sutherland Crook, genetics (and her husband, the cartoonist); Catherine Dallen, fish & wildlife; Molly Ilart, ecology; Nancy McNamara, fish & wildl ife; and Kim McDonald Taylor, biology. We thank them and their able assistants for all their hard work. It

really paid off. The reunion weekend kicked o ff

Friday evening, when the group started ga thcring for a "major party" at lhe 1300 Bar. By the end of the night, quitc a crew had assembled . Two al­bums showing cns activities were cir­culated. These are stored in our CBS archival collection at the University library for anyone who would like lO sec them. We also had two bu lletin boards filled with photographs of OU f

'79 alumn i. These brou ght back memories o f good times past.

On Saturday, we got togethcr fOf a picnic at Guclph Lake conscrvaLion area . Thanks to members of OU f

CnSAA board ofdirec[Qrs - especial­ly Rena and Cam Poru, who served as our cooks - everyone had a mar­velous Limc. Tn the evening, the party

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From the president T ime marches on, and each spring the College of Biological Science Alumni Association undergoes its own version of "The Changing of the Guard." By the time you read this, the new recruits to this year's board of directors will be seasoned veterans. Here's the lowdown on what we've been doing this year.

We continued our commitment to raising the profile of the association by setting up an information table at the convocation tea in June. I had a chance to speak to a number of new graduates from the college and their parents, and to outline some of the func ti ons a nd activi ties that the CBSM co-ordinates for its members.

These include the annual awarding of five undergraduate and two graduate scholarships; activities at College Royal, Alumni Weekend and Homecoming; assisting in the or­ganization of class reunions and spe­cia l alumni events; and keeping association members informed of items of interest through the "Bio­Alumni ews" and our newsleuer, "Zygote Plus."

CBSAA aclivities on Alumni Weekend this year featured some departures from recent traditions. The CBSM-sponsored nature walk was held a little closer to home - in the University AIboretum.

An informative morning was spent touring many of the collections and facilities under the expert guidance of interpretive biologist Alan Watson, cns '73 and M.Sc. '77. It induded a tour of the Gosling Wildlife Gardens, followed by cofTee and donuts at the ).c. Taylor Nature Centre.

The annual Saturday lunchtime barbecue moved from the backyard of Biology House to the Guelph Lake conservation area. Despite a constant threat of storm, the weather held ­until we were all in our cars on the way home, at which time it poured with a vengeance.

Many thanks are due to Catherine Dallen and her organizing committee from the Class of '79 for their efforts in making the barbecue and Class of '79 reunion a success.

Later in the fall semester, plans will get under way for the CBS student council's annual careers night, which is traditionally held early in the winter semester. If you arc willing to share your insights on your career for the CBS grads, get in touch with us care of Alumni House.

Looking ahead to next spring, we'll be holding our annual general meet­ing on College Royal weekend. This meeting is one of the best oppor­tunities to get involved with how your association is run. Like any volunteer organization, it takes the dedication of our members to make things hap­pen. As the old saying goes: "Many hands make light work."

We have an enthusiastic board of directors, who are doing their part to make things happen, so all we need is your participation. While you 're at it, bringa friend - the more members we get in the associ a tion, the more we can do for all our members. If you have any ideas on how the CBSAA can better serve the needs ofalumni, drop us a line. We're always glad to hear from you. •

Kevin Cockell, '83

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Business Planning &.. Feasibility Studies Research &.. Strategy Planning Starting Up A New Business

The Small Business Consulting Service operates from May through August. Watch the next issue of the Guelph AJumnus for further details or call

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IT'S]UST GOOD POUCYl

Kids grown? Mortgage just abou t paid ofT? Future looking pretty secure?

If so, you may have life insurance policies no longer pertinent to your family's needs. But don'l drop them or cash them in! You can still put them to good use.

Your existing policies can be used in a number of ways to nurture the University of Guelph. At the same lime, they can provide you with: • tax benefits • extra income • and even immortality in the

annals of your alma mater.

So dust ofT your files and check your safety deposit box for forgotten policies . For details, contact:

Donald L Stephenson Planned Giving Officer University ofGuelph Guelph, Ontario NIG2Wl 519-824-4120, Ext. 6498

ALUMNI CHAPTER EVENTS

FLORIDA Alumni Picnic

North Port Yacht Club

Saturday, March 3 For details or tickets.

contact Carl Mumby,OAC '41

at 813-627-5784

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New cancer treatment centre improves pet care Many people who have watched their pets suffer from cancer ap­plauded the openi ng this fa ll o f Canada's first radiation therapy facility for the treatment of co m­panion animals. Located in OVC's Veterinary Teaching Hospital, the new unit wiIl treat about 100 animals a year, mostly dogs and cats.

The opening of this $230,000 facility means "there's now a whole class of diseases we'll be able to treat in this country that we couldn't treat before," says veterinary professor Stephen Kruth, head of OVC's radia ­lion therapy learn.

Radiation therapy has proved ef­fective for the treatment of both su ­perficial cancers and some deep -seated tumors that do not respond to other kinds of therapy, he says .

"Given the incidence of cancer in the general pet population - aboul the same as in humans - I think tha t's significant," says Kruth. Statistics indi ­cate a one-in-six probability of dogs developing cancer, he ay. TIle rate climbs to one in four in dogs over 10 yea rs of age.

The open ing of the radiaLion therapy unH is in response to public demand for high-quality animal are, says OVC Dean Ole Nielsen. Renova ­tions for the new facility were made possible by donations from in­dividuals, industry, fou ndations and the University.

"The college has received thousands of $10 and $20 gifts from people who wanted to su pport ca ncer treatment for pets," says . ielsen.

Hogg Fuel and Supply Ltd. o f Kitchener poured its gift of concrete three feet thick for the waIls, floor and ceiling of the treatment room, and Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto gave used cobalt 60 and orthovollage units. The facility has been named for donors Frank and Martha Thomp on, who have been long-time supporters

Smidgeon, the dog, would rather be somewhere else as he helps veterinarian Stephen Kruth, left, and President Brian Segal demonstrate the new Frank and Martha 7nompson radiation therapy unit. The unit opened Sept . 21 .

of ove and its work with small animals.

Animals will be accepted for treat­ment at the new facility after a thorough review of each case in con­su lta tion with the referring veterinarian and the pel owner, says Kruth. "The objective will be to stop the spread of cancer and to provide the animal with a period of comfort and quality living, not just prolonged life . "

The fac il ity will also further re­search on naturally occurring cancer and will allow OVC to conduct com­parative studies that will benefit both pets and their owners. "Progress in understanding and controll ing cancer wiIl ultimately depend, in no small way, on ob ervations of animals," says ielsen. "The more we get in­volved in working with cancer, the lx!lter society's chances ofdeveloping long-term improvements in lrea t­menl. " •

(Photo by Herb Rauscher)

Call foc nomlnatlons foc the

OVC DISTINGtnSHED ALUMNUS AWARD

A yearly award to recognize OVC graduates who have brought honor to their alma mater and fel low alumni through significant leadership and service to comm u nity, country, science, education, profession and/or alma mate r.

Deadline: April 3 . Nominee are eligible for renomination for three years .

Write or phone for a nomination form to: -

OVCAwards AlumnJ House UnIversIty of Guelph Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 519-824-4120, ExL 6544.

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I ove News I

Editor: Dr. Harold Reed, ave '55

Dr. Vincent Ruth

Dr. Vincent Ruth named ave Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Vincent Ruth, OVC '38, of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, was named the OVC Alumni Associa tion's Distin­guished Alumnus during Alumni Weekend inJune.

Ruth was born on a fa rm near Fran­conia, Pa., in 1911, with more than a century of veterinary medicine in his blood. He is the fourth member of his Pennsylvania Dutch-German family to practise in the Lansdale area .

Immediately after graduating from OVC, Ruth practised in West Virginia, but moved to Lansdale in 1910 after marrying Mary Sears Wallace, a home economics graduate ofAkron Univer­sity in Ohio. The couple set up a prac­tice that continues to operate almost 50 years later.

Over the years, Ruth has par­ticipated fully in all areas ofhis profes­sion. He is a past president of the Keystone Veterinary Medical Associa­tion, past president and past secretary of the Bucks-Montgomery VMA. a member of the Pennsylvania VMA, a member of the American VMA and a member of the American Animal Hospital Association.

In addilion, he has had a long as­sociation with the American Guernsey CaLLIe Association as a

director of the Montgomery County Guernsey Cattle Association. From 1942 to 1969, he was in charge of animal health care at the Lansdale Livestock Market and acted a super­visor of meat inspection for the Lansdale Packing Co.

In spite of his busy life , Ruth has been a stau nch supporter of OVC through the OVC Alumni Association and the Friends of University of Guelph, Inc., and by assisting stu­denlS who have sought preceptors in the United States.

Since 1964, Ruth has been a mem­ber of the board of directors of the OVCAA, representing alumni in the United States. He has not missed an annual meeting of the association since his appointment.

With the inception of the Alma Mater Fund in the early 1970s, he be­came a class agent, encouraging members of the OVC Class of '38 to support their alma mater. When the Friends of University of Guelph was formed, he was appointed a director. Working quietly within that group of OVC alumni, he has attended fund­raising meetings throughout the United States . •

One voice for ove's history

The number of veterinarians in Canada has increased more than fivefold in the past 50 years, and women now make up the majority of students in Canada's four veterinary colleges.

The historical developments be­hi nd these statistics are part of a newly published history on the Canadian veterinary profession. Written by retired OVC professor ClifT Barker and history professor Terry Crowley, One Voice: A iiisiory oj the Canadtan Veterinary Medtcal Association is the first book to chronicle the develop­ment of the veterinary profession in Canada on a national basis.

The book focuses on attempts by the veterinary profession to achieve professional standards across the country. OVC has played a prominem role in the history of veterinary med­icine in Canada.

The veterinary profession, which now includes more than 5,500 mem­bers, hasn't always been so strong. Fifty years ago, there were just over 1 000 veterinarians in the entire c~untry. Numbers began to grow after the Second World War, says Barker. The OVC Class of 1949 - still one of the largest post-war graduating classes - was made up largely of veterans who had returned from overseas .

Barker and Crowley also examine the recent, rapid feminization of the veterinary profeSSion . Women now dominate the student bodies of Canada's veterinary colleges. Al­though they continue to encounter subtle discrimination in a male ­dominated world, the most recent studies show that women opt for mixed and small animal practices in the same proportions as malcs.

As the first book published on the Canadian veterinary profession, One VOice will provide a framework on which further historical studies can rely, says Barker. Copies of the book are available for $25 each. For more information, call Barker at the ove Museum in McNabb House at 519­824-4120, Ext. 4213 .•

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Professional development program

Although dogs and cats are still popular choices for pets, more and more people are developing exotic preferences for pets such as snakes, ferrets and even llamas. Taking care of lhese animals is just one of lhe challenges facing today's veteri ­narians, who are expected to treal all animal species in lhe world but one .

To help lhem meet the changing challenges of lheir profession , lhe Univers ity of Guelph is offering veterinarians a new certificate pro­gram that provides beuer structure and more flexibility for veterinarian professional development.

"Until recently, veteri narians who wanted to update their skills and knowledge had to pick and choose from ad hoc continuing education courses with lillIe or no follow-up," says Dr. James towe orove's profes­sional affairs and extension depart­ment.

Not all veterinarians have the same needs, he says. "Practitioners wilt have different learning requirements depending on how long they've been out of school. 1bose who graduated some time ago may not be as familiar wilh some of lhe latest surgical proce­dures now being taught at ove, while new graduates usually haven't had as much practical experience. n

Vets in diffe rent stages of the ir careers or those changing from in­dustry to private practice will also have different learning needs, says Stowe . Newly graduated veter i­narians are free to spend lheir ini tial careers in an area such as meat in­spection and later choose to go into small animal practice. "OVe often receives requests from veterinarians like this to upgrade their education,' he says.

Female veterinarians and those living far from lhe University have special requirements as weB, Stowe says. Women o ften have fa mily

caters to vets responsibilities and are less able to get into Guelph for on-campus courses. Vets living outside commuti ng dis ­tance experience the same problem.

"We are hoping to devise distance education components that can be used independently first," he says. "Then vete rinarians will only have to come to campus for the hands-on com ponent of the course."

A major study completed by ove, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Society of Ontario Veterinarians indicates that what vets want most is a practical, yet skills­e nhancing education. "There is a strong desire to come back to ove for ha nds-on workshops in such areas as surge ry, microcomputers and den ­tistry," says Stowe.

The two-year continuing educa ­Lion programs are designed to give vets a ce rtifi cate in a focused area. Potential disciplines could include food animal care, small animal care, surgery and regulatory vet practice. Each program will include about 12 mod u les that range in duration depending on the course material. Vets who don't need the entire certifi ­cate program can choose only lhe courses they want.

The programs will be using resour­ces from the whole University cam­pus, Stowe says. "It 's not justOVe and Continuing Education that we 'll be tapping into. In the food animal field, vets need to know more about food quality and safety and agricultu ral economics. Wi th our departments at the University and with the Ontario Ministry of Agricu ltu re and Food, we'll be able to include these com­ponents in the course materials. n

ove , with its hospital facilities, video fadlities and computer opera­tions , has a lot to offer veterinarians. Video is already being used in ove to record surgica l pra ctices and to enable a larger number of students to

view a procedure as it happens. Through video, more people get a close-up view than would otherwise be possible .

"We'll be able to incorporate these video recordings in the distance education packages," says Stowe. "Veterinarians in private practice can play back the recording whe never they need to and can review the pro­cedu re aga in when it is actua lly relevant to their own practice ."

ove intends to start with a certifi ­cate p rogram in food animals in January. "By 1990, veterinarians may benefit with training in how to com­municate effectively with pet or live ­stock owners in order to be more successful in the ir patient care instruc­tions and preventive medicine programs," says Stowe. •

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Loving Paris in the winter

Winning sculpture unveiled at park opening

Twenty University of Guelph stu­dents will be Paris-bound next winter when UofG's Paris semester officially begins.

Approved by Senate to run for an initial three years, the semester had a trial run la t winter that proved highly successful for the eight students in­volved, says psychology professor Ian Lubek, who co-ordinated the pro­gram.

Like the London semester, the Paris experience wi\! provide students with a three-month immersion in a city rich in cultural opportunities, he says.

Lubek, who has been conducting research in Paris for 17 years, says the emphasis of the program is on cultural enrichment, but students will natur­ally improve their fl uency in French during their months in Paris.

Director of next winter's Paris semester is Prof. Keith Slater, Depart­rr,ent of Consumer tudies, who will teach courses on France's textile and fashion industries and the country's contributions to science and technol­ogy. Other courses on French culture will be given by instructors in Paris, and students will also be able to take a co rrespondence course from Guelph.

Courses will vary from year to year, depending on directors and availabi lity of sessional lecturers, but topics may include film, French litera­ture, music, French institutions and culinary traditions.

Courses will be offered in English w ith supplementary materials in French and will include field trips to cinemas , theatres , restaurants, museums and archives.

The program will accept 20 stu­dents for the 1990 semester and a maximum of 30 for the following year. •

The installation of Evan Pen ny's sculp ture "Mask" on Alumni Weekend marked the completion of the first phase of development of the Donald Forster Sculpture Park and provided the occasion fo r the park's official ope ning.

Since the 1983 installation ofKosso Eloul's sculpture "Passages" on the grounds of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, the park has become a prominent s ite for the works of Canadian artists.

Inaugurated under honora ry chair Pauline McGibbon, the sculpture park was named in memory of the late Donald Forster, who was president of the University from 1975 to 1983 and was instrumental in establishing the centre.

Since then, $466,000 has been raised for the sculpture park, exceed­ing the Phase I goal of $450,000. The funds have been used to commission new works by contem porary artists , to acquire casts o f historical pieces of

sculptu re and to landscape the park grounds adjoin ing the art centre building.

Funds for development of the park have come from many sources, in­cluding private donations , special gifts from art centre volunteers, the

Canada Council Art Bank, the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communica­tions, the Guelph Arts Council, the Walter and Duncan Gordon Charitable Foundation , the Guelph Daily Mercury, U of G alumni and Imperial Tobacco Ltd., which spon­sors the art centre's national sculpture competition each year.

Penny's sculpture, winner of the ]988 competition, also received fund­ing from the OAC Class of '30 and the Ministry of Culture and Communica­tions. The six-foot bronze head form, the eighth sculpture to be placed in the park, is Penny's first publiC com­mission. The artist is known for his hyper-real figurative sculpture, which he has been exh ibiting in Toronto since ]981.

At the opening ceremony, "Mask" was unveiled by Wilmat Tennyson, pres ident of Imperia l Tobacco, McGibbon and Lyman Chapman, rep­resenting the OAC Class of '30. •

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FACS NewsChild-care program responds to crisis

Quality child care is essential in today's society. but financial con­straints and staff shortages have put Ontario'S child-care services in crisis, says Judy Myhill, FACS '75, M.Sc. '79, the niversity of Guelph 's new direc­tor of child-care services.

Recognizing the urgency of the situation. the University School of Continuing Education has launched a new certificate program for child-care admin ' trators. The program provides post-early childhood education diploma training in management and administration kills for people al ­ready working in the child- are field.

Ava ilable only by distance educa­tion, the program is open to early childhood education graduates. who can proceed through the courses at their own pace while they continue to hold their jobs.

·Up until now, if you wanted to pursue administrative training oppor­tunities, there was very little avail­able," says Myhill, who served as a consultant for the certificate program.

A graduate of Guelph's child studies program, Myhill sees continu ­ing education as an important way to deal with the current crisis.

"This is a way to provide people with the additional skills that are necessary for the delivery of quality child care in very trying times, n she says. "To produce quality child care, you have to rely on administrators who know how to provide quality programs through the management of physical and human resources, and through sensitivity to the needs ofdif­ferent fami lies."

The certificate program is a col­laborative effort ofFACS and Continu­ing Education, and was developed with assistance from the child-care branch of the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. It in­cludes courses on communication strategies , management and organ­ization, human resources manage­ment, and family welfare.

Conference Announcement

WOMEN AND THERAPY

Keynote Speakers

PAULA J. CAPLAN. Toronto. Ontario Driving Us Crazy: How Oppression Damages Women's Mental Health SANDRA BUTLER. San Francisco, California Speaking in Tongues: Finding the Language of Healing PHYLUS CHESLER. Brooklyn. New Yorl< Women and Madness HELEN LEVINE, Ottawa, Ontario Women Making Changes: Redefining Reality, Publicly and Privately

May 4 and 5, 1990 Guelph, OntariO

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For Information, contact -Karen Maki, Division of Continuing Educat ion,

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519-824-4120. Ext. 34 12.

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University News

The saving of old Zavitz Hall Remember old Zavitz Hall? You'll cheer when you hear it's worth sa ving and that Board of Governors has given the go-ahead to renovate it

A feasibility study from the ar­chitectural firm of Lett/ Smith As­sociates Ltd. says the 75-year-old building's external structure is in remarkably good condition, but that its internal structure doesn't meet any of today's building codes.

The report sets a $4.6-million price tag on a renovation project that fea­tures a two-storey glazed sculpture court on the east side of the building and a relocated main entrance on the south side.

According to the feasibility study, Department of Fine Art programs can

be accommodated in the building if the present attic space is renovated and used, and if minor additions are made to the basement for a mechani­cal room and service entrance and to the nrst floor for academic space.

Once renovated, the attic could provide space for skylight painting and drawing studios, says the report. The sculptu re studios would best be placed on the ground level , because the concrete floor can support heavy floor loadings, because it is near ship­ping and receiving areas and because it is an ideal location for noise factors.

The first floor would house depa rt­men t offices at the sou th end, printmaking functions in the middle and photography/extended media in

Coroner's jury supports alcohol report The University's Report ojthe Alcohol Policies and Practices Task Force will be made available to all universities and ommunity colleges in OntariO, on the recommendation of the coroner's jury investigating the Jan. 29 death on campus of a visitor, 19-year­old Richard Sloan of Oakville.

The jury agreed in principle with the niversity's task force repon and recommended that it be implemented by Sept. 1, 1990, and be dislributed, with the inquest recommendations, to other institutions in the province, says Brian Sullivan, associate vice-presi­dent, student affairs. Sullivan chaired the task force group on behal f of President Brian Segal and presented the report at the four-day inquest.

"As tragic as this incident was, I am encouraged by the jury's support of

both the task force report and the sig­nificant additional steps the University has a lready imple me nt d to strengthen alcohol policies and prac­tices on campus, n says Sullivan.

The jury made several other recom­me ndatio ns that call fo r reduced hours of serv ice for a lcoholic beverages, tougher measures to en­force campus policies and more train­ing programs for staff in crowd control and emergency procedures .

The ju ry also recommended that all universities establish high- quality un­licensed sodal faci li ties, work with other educators to develop alcohol­related educationa l materia ls for elementary and high schools, expand alcohol awareness activities and in­itiate mandatory seminars on alcohol abuse.

the north end. The print collection! study room would be located adja­cent to the department office.

The second floor would accom­modate the slide library and viewing room, the art history seminar rooms and faculty offices, the foundation and drawing studios, an d a gal­lery/ multipu rpose room for student exhibitions, visiting lecturers and meetings .

The Department afFine Art wou ld have to be temporarily relocated during the reconstruction period , says the report, which estima tes that design and construction will take 22 months once the architect is given lhe go-ahead to begin. An architect is now drawing up plans. •

"On fi rst review, most of the jury's recommendations arc practical and in line with the direction the University has been pursuing,» says Su ll ivan. "A furthe r meeting of the task force group has already been set to give them immediate consideration. n

The jury also recommended that the provincial drinkmg age be raised to 21 and that the Liquor Licence Board ofOntario rigidly enforce exist­ing liquor laws.

The coroner's verdict stated that Sloan choked to death at about 2 a.m. Jan. 29, after consuming an estimated 16 drinks in a residence room and a licensed facility over a three-hour period.•

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Arts

EUzabeth Anderson, ' 76, was a family day home co-ordinator with the Glengarry Child-Care Centre in Edmonton, but has begun studies in ea rly childhood education at the University of Alberta this faiL She is married to Robert Ingvald Haug.

David Andrew, '78, is a special education teacher with the York Board of Education at Keswick Public School. He is married to Gayle.

Barbara Appleby, '82, is an ultrasonographer at the Oltawa Civic lIospital.

Dr. James Armstrong, '73, is the vice-principal of the Canadian Centre for Management Development in Ot­tawa. He is married to Marine.

John Bond, '84, is a youth worker with Associated Youth Services of Peel County, Ont. He is married to Sharon.

Marianne (Watt) Barron, '83, is a part-time teacher in the continuing education program at the Stratford, Ont., campus of Conestoga College.

Bradley Blaln, '75, is the d irector of the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Ga llery, Kitchener, Ont

Jane BurnSIde, '83, after spending three years in London, England, working for a high-fashion clothing designer, returned to Toronto in 1987 and resumed a career in public rela­tions.

DavId Cano, '81 , is the manager of Bird Life Services in Oakville, Ont. David is married to Dr. Judy Wasserfa1l, OVC '78.

MIchael Clarke, '76, is the president of General Discovery & Su pply Co. Ltd. in Toronto. He lives in ewton-

Grad news ville, O nt. , with his wife, catherine Winter, FACS '76.

Deborah canivet, '73, is co-owner with her husband, Klaas Tuinman, of an administrative services business in Nova Scotia.

Heather (Bell) Coolahan, '87, is studying for a teaching certificate in English as a second language at the University of Toronto. She is married to]oseph.

catherine DavIdson, '81, works for Ontario Hydro in Toronto.

Ian Eastmure, '83, is a teacher with the Wellington Cou nty Board of Education and lives in Elora, Onr., with his wife, Christine.

Unda (Simmons) GIlbert, '83, is a teacher with the Kent County Board of Educa tion in Chatham, Onto She is married to Gary.

JudIth Genis, '86, teaches French and German with the Halton Board of Education. She is married to William Mante~ OAC '86.They live in Hamil­ton,Ont.

John Craig Grieve, '84, lives in Orillia, Ont. , with his wife Janice Tennant, Arts '81.

Norma (Pegg) Irvine, '70, is an ac­counting technician with Collins Bar­row in Ki tchener, Ont. She is married to Glen.

catherine (Reed) Kltchen, '72, is married to James, Arts '74, a sa les consu ltant with Coldwell Banker in Downsview, Ont. They live in Mississauga.

Shelagh MacDonald, '82, is the sports administrator for Cross Country Canada in Gloucester, Ont.

Victoria MacDonald, '70, is living in Turkey on a two-year leave from her job as a teacher with the Waterloo

Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board in Kitchener, Ont.

Frederick MadwId, '84, wns Clas­sic Sign & Design in Kincardine, Om. I Ie is married to Leah Val ian.

Ross McKenzie, '81, is an export specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Pood in Toronto.

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Iris Baumlisberger, '88, is a fra nchise manager of Paint Brushes, Inc., in Orangeville, Ont.

Bruce Chapman, '74, after 14 years with Canadian Tire Real Estate, is now the Director of Market Development for City Commercial Realty Corp. in Toronto. He and his wife, Donna Smyth, have a five-year-old son and a one-year-old daughter.

Phyllis (Czerwonlak) Cotterlll, '79, is the product evaluation co­ordinator for the University ofAlberta Hospita l, Edmonton . She is married to Darrell.

Dr. Chuanpit De-Eknamkul, PhD '88, is a faculty member in the depart­ment of microbiology at Mahidol

nivers ity in Bangkok, Thailand. He is married to Wanchai, CPS PhD '87.

Allan Drennan, '76 (Human Kinetics) , is a vice-principal of Ilar­mony lIeights Public School in Oshawa, Ont. I Ie is married to Nancy Porrester and Lives in Port Perry.

RobertEverett, '74 (HK), is a teacher with the 1 Ialton Board of Education at White Oaks Secondary School in -Oakville, Ont. Robert and his wife, Michelle, live in Bu rlington, Onl

Catherine Fair, '86, is a research technologisl at Mount Sinai Hospital Research Institute, Toronto.

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I Dr. Douglas Fiddler, '78, is a physician at the EdmonLOn General Hospital. He is married to Carol Simpson, FACS '76.

Janlce Hepburn, '87 , is an en­tomological research technician with Better Yield Insects in Windsor, Ont.

Brigden Henry, '79, is a nava l ar­chitect with the Department of Na­tional Defence in Ottawa.

JimJoy, '74, is the managing director of ALARA rusk Management Services in St. Ives, Australia. He is married to Carla.

David Kroetsch, 'BO, is a soil su r­veyor for the Land Resource Research Centre of Agriculture Canada. He is currently working in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Ellesmere Island. David is married to Sheila Dagesse, CPS '79. They have two children:Jonathan, 6; and Rebekah, 3.

Constance MacDonald, '88, owns Universal Gems, Aurora, Ont.

Steven Manners, '79, is the senior editor ofThe Medicine Group, Missis­sauga, Om.

Elizabeth (Burkholder) Micallef, '88, is a quality assurance technologist with Canada Packers in Weston, Ont.

Shelley Page, '81 , is a medical la bora tory technologis t for the Canadian Red Cross, Toronto.

David Poirier, '83, is a toxicologist with the Ontario Ministry of the En­vironmentin Rexdale , Ont. He is mar­ried to llnda Virgin, OAC '86.

Robert Poisson, '82 (HK), is a human engineer with the Defence and Civil Institute of the Canadian Forces in North York, Ont.

Heather Rundle, '87, is a construc­tion worker for Bert French & Son, Ltd. , in Port Sydney, Ont.

David Stephenson, '82, is a biologist with Ecologistics Ltd. in Kitchener,

Ont. He is married to Carol Jones, '84.

Jennifer (Anderson) Van Nay, '88, is a research technician at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. She is married to Jeff, OAC '88, a territory manager for RalslOn Purina Canada Inc.

Karen (Young) Wickham, '85 , is the projects manager of Dell Tech Laboratories Ltd. , Ilyde Park , Ont. She and her husband, Mark, live in London.

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Mark Bissell, '83, is a software specialist with Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd. in Toronto.

Janet Burton, '80, is a drilling en­gineer with PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. in Calgary.

James Gallacher, '82, is a technical sales representative for Chroma­tographiC Specialities Inc. in llrock­ville, Ont.

Monica Hess, '88, is pursuing graduate studies in mathematics at the University of British Columbia.

John Hogerland, '86, is a systems engineer with Electronic Data Sys­tems of Canada in Whitby, Ont. He and his wife, Lisa, live in Bowman­ville.

KevinJamleson, '88, works in sales development with Pepsi Cola & Seven-Up in Toronto.

Derek Leinweber, '83, is a research associate with TRlUMF Research In­stitute in Vancouver. He is married to Nancy.

Dr. SU-Long Nyeo, '82, is a physicist at the Institute Theoret Physik Der Universitat in Hamburg, West Ger­many.

Michelle (Moore) Rebbetoy, '87, is a research technician with the Biomedical Research Centre at the University of llritish Columbia . Michelle is married to Jack.

Craig Seko, '85, is a methodologist with Statistics Canada in Ottawa.

Stephen Sheppard, '74 , is a scientist with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. in Pinawa, Man. He is married to MarshaJoynt, OAC '77, who is also a scientist with Atomic Engery.

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Kenneth Bedford, '82, is a senior planner with the corporation of the City ofCornwall, Om. Kenneth is mar­ried LO Christine Anne.

Janet Brandt, '86, works for her own company, Ken Abbott Painting ofFer­gus,Ont.

Peter Cooper, '81, is a financial con­sultant with the M.I. Group in London, England. He is married to Janjce.

John Elvidge, '86, is the executive director of the Oakville Arts Council in Oakville, Ont. I Ie is engaged to Barbara Richmond, Arts '86.

Heidi FackeImann, '83, is a market­ing assistant for MandelScientific Co. , Guelph.

Marilyn (WIgle) Friedmann, '87, is a sales associale for Nestle Enterprises Ltd. in Etobicoke, Ont. She is married to PhiUp, MA '88.

Kenneth Hildebrant, '85, is a statT accountant with Clarkson and Gor­don, Kitchener, Om. He is married to Colleen.

David McIntosh, '87, is a GSD pro­gram consultant with the London Life Insurance Co. in London, Ont. ] re is married to Louise Desjardins, CllS M.Sc. '85.

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Scott McArthur, '71, is a teacher at North Hastings Senior Elementary School in Bancroft, ant. He is married to Susan.

Andrew Moratl, MA '85, is engi neer­ing section manager at Paramax Electronics, Montreal.

jobn Sperry, MA '81, is a psy­chologist with Alberta Social Services in Grande Prairie, Aha. He is married to Marilyn .

Paul 'fbibodeau, '87, works in security for Itercon, Toronto.

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Linda Andry, '83 CHAFA), is a cafeteria co -ordinator for the Bradgate Arms in Toronto.

Leslie (BeaI) Bloom, '70, is a food journalist for Bloom Features. She is married to David and lives in Silver Springs, Maryland.

Sarah Boyd, '85, is a program officer and research analyst for the Ontario Ministry of lIousing in Toronto.

Denise (Walker) Cantlon, '87 CHAFA), is an educational assistant with the Bruce County Board of Education in Walkerton, ant. She is married to David, CBS '86.

Luigi Coppola, '88, is a family therapist with the Surrey Place Centre in Toronto. He is married to Dianne.

Janis Davis-Street, '800, is a re­search technician with the Baylor Col­lege of Medicine Children's Nutrition Research Centre in I fouston, Texas. She is married to Paul Street.

Ann Ellis, '88, is a patient production supervisor for Hamilton Gene ral Hospital in Hamilton, Ont.

Janice Fleming, '81, is a training su­pervisor with C. Corp. Ontario, Inc., in Mississauga, Ont.

Dorothy (Crowe) Graham, Mac '490, is a registered nursing assistant at the McMaster Medical Centre in Hamilton, ant.

Ingrid Gysbecs, '83, is a MCO/ train­ing manager with Scars Canada Inc. in Bramalea, ant.

Victoria (Harman) Harrison, '65, is a dietitian for Hilton Villa Inter­mediate Care in Surrey, B.C. She is married to Paul, OAC '63 & M.Sc. '65, a professor at the University of British Columbia.

linda (Dunn) Hunter, '83 (llAFA), is the manager ofChrysalis Restaurant Enterprises Inc. in Toronto. She is married to Doug.

Susanjones, '86, is a clinical dieti tian with the Hotel Dieu Hospital in St. Catha rines, am.

Patric1a Kennedy-Harp, '82, is a program ma nager for a resource teacher program in Newtonville, OnL She is married to Patrick Harp.

Nancy Knudsen, '88, is a seniors' program developer with the Sandy Hi ll Health Centre in Ottawa.

Mary (Taylor) Leckie, '76, is married to Craig and lives in Burlington, a nt.

Jessica (Drost) MacKay, '86, is a program co-ordinator for the Halton Regional Health Department in Bur­lington, ant. She is married to John.

Catherine (McDonell) MacKenzie, '81, is a financia l aid adviser with McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont Her husband, Ian, B.Sc. '83, is manager ofJMG Compushoppe.

Maureen (Hennessy) McKeen, '77, is the director of health promotion and nutrition with the Peterborough County City lIea lth Unit in Peter­borough, ant. She is married to Ken.

Sharon (Hardy) Murray, '85, is a family studies teacher with the Elgin Board of Education in St. Thomas, ant. She is married to Jeff.

Sarah Nyman, 'SS, is a child-care counseUor fo r Jericho Hill School for the Dea f in Vancouver.

Susanne O'Grady, '89, is a develop­me nt resou rce co-ordinator w ith Kiwanis Homes in Hamilton, ant. he is married to Michael Askwith.

Susan (Thatcher) Parker, ' 3, is working part Lime in a day-care centre in Kirkland Lake, ant. She is married to Bill.

Laura (Fortier) Pirie, '81 (IlAFA), is p roduct manager wi th Thomas J. Lipton Inc. , Toronto. She is married to Brad, CSS '79.

joanne Poe~ '82, is a teacher with Bish op Fra n cis Allen School in Brampton, ant. She recently spent six months in Australia .

MIchelle (McLear) Randall, '84, is a supervisor with Allstate Insurance in Markham, Om. She and her husband, Dave, n.Sc. '79, Jive in Willowdale .

linda Sawden-Harris, '87, is an ac­cou nti ng clerk for the Canadian Library Association in Otlawa. IIer husband Kenneth HarrIs , CBS '86, works at the White Lake Fish Culture Station in Sharbot Lake, Onto

Diana Scheuermann, '85, is a nu tritionist with Hamilton General Hospital in Hamilton, Ont.

lindley (Stachon) SIgurdson, '85, is a teacher with the Durham Board of Education in Oshawa, Ont. She is married to Jon.

Wendy(Buckwell) Spreitzer, '67, is a department head at 0' eill CVI in Oshawa, ant. She is married to Karl.

Cynthia Stuart, '88, is a residential counsellor with the Guelph Wel­ ­lington Association for Community Living in Guelph.

judy Thompson, '83, is a dietitian with Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie, ant.

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Catherine Vautour, '85, is a c1indal dietitian with Seven Oaks Hospital in Winnipeg, Man.

Roland Walton, '78 (HAFA) , is a senior director of Pizza Hut in Etobicoke, Ont

Judith York, '80, rece nlly moved from Winnipeg to Toronto to take a job as a sales representative with GGT Canada, a company that offers auto­mation for garment manufacturers.

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Glen Austin, '84 (Eng.), is a research assistant at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Randy Ball, '85A, is a sales repre­sentative for Bruce Jensen Nurseries in Newcastle, Ont. He is married to Nola.

william Ballard, '61A, is a commis­sioner for the Economic Develop­ment Commission in Sarnia, Ont He and his wife, Monique,live in Petrolia.

Gwyneth Barlow, '84, is an applica­tions techno logist w ith Bruker Speclrospin (Canada) Ltd., in Milton , Ont. She is married to Michael Weiss.

Daniel Carlow, '84 , is a farm management specia list with OMAF in Arthur, Ont He is married to Cynthia Payne, FACS '83.

Mlchael Cramer, '80, M.Sc. '82 & PhD '86, is a corn breeder with Allelix Crop Technologies in Geo rgetown, Ont. He is married to Yvette.

Richard Dunbar, '81 & M.Sc. '88, is a brewing operator with Sleeman Brewing and Malting Co. in Guelph . He is married to Jitka Janecek, CSS '86.

Mary (Catt) Ferguson, '86, is a staff accountant with Touche Ross &Co. in London, Ont. Husband Scott, OAC

'86, is an accountant with St. Wil­librord Community Credit in London.

Bradley Gilmour, '81, is an agricul­tural specialist for Middle Kingdom Agri -Food Consu lting, in Bei jing, China. He is married to Pat Mallkail, OAC '81.

Dorothy Haley, '80, is a da iry fa rmer in Shawville, Que., with her husband, Ralph Bretzlaff, '76.

Clair Heinbuch, '74, is a sales con­Lrol manager with the agricultural chemical division of Mobay Corp. in Kansas City, Missouri. He is married to caroline Kosclk, FACS '75.

Stephen Hood, '80 ,Eng.), is a re­search engineer w ith Ortech Tnterna­tional in Mississauga, O nt. He and his wife, Vivian, live in Guelph.

Helen Anne Hudson, '83 , is a graduate student in the department of poultry science at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.

Anna (Ballantyne) Ilnyckyj, '84, is a landscape operations specialist with the Ministry of Transportat io n in Downsview, Ont. Ilusband Peter, OAC '78, is a district su pervisor with OMAF in Bradford.

MarUynJourneaux, '87 (Eng.) , is an e ngineer with M.M. Dillon Ltd. in Willowdale, Ont. She and her hus­band, Todd Harrold, OAC '88, a graduate student at McMaster Univer­sity, live in Mississauga.

Janet (Ruston) Kleinschmidt, '78, works with her husband, Pierer, on their Shepley Farms operation in Kaplri-Mposhi, Zambia.

Unda I.aOamme, '83 (BLA) , is a landscape archi tec t wi th Stefa n Bolliger & Associates in Barrie, Ont.

Janice (Parker) MacIntyre, '86, is an applications technologist with fIS­Division of estle in Markham, Ont. She and her husband, Eldred, reside in Toronto.

Albert MeUus, '5 1, has retired as director of product development with Koppers Company, Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio. He recently retired to S1. Petersburg, Florida.

Jean-Denis Methot, '79, after work­ing as an agricultural representative for OMAF in Cochrane districts and Kapuskasing, Ont., is now head of the farm management division at ew Liskeard College ofAgricu ltural Tech­nology. He married Marie Gauthier in 1984 and has a two-year-old son, Jean-Francois. He also bought his family's fa rm in the Vankleck-Hill area in 1981.

Ronald Neale, '56A, is a credit ad­viser with the Farm Credit Corp. in Lindsay, Ont.

A!Ian Patterson, '43, has retired from the University of Manitoba, where he was an associate professor in the department of business administra­tion. I Ie was recently elected a mem­ber of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly.

Steve Hong-Tat Quah, '86 (Eng.) & M.Sc. '89, is an engineer with Philips Planning and Engineering in Bur­lington, Ont.

Leslie Ranta, '86 (Eng.), is a project co-ordinator for P.B. Rombough Ltd. in Sudbury, Ont. I Ie and his wife, Cindy, live in Garson.

Debra Rasmussen, '84 & M.Sc. '88, is an associate consultant with Agri­Trends Research Inc. in Calgary. She is married to Mike Scally, OAC '85.

Dr. G.S. Sandha, PhD '73, is senior wheet breeder in the department of plant breeding at Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Sandha and his research team have received a number of awards for their work. He and his wife, Har­minder Kaur, have two daughters and a son.

David Shaw, '73 (Eng.) & '89 M.Ag!. is agricu ltural accounting manager with the Roya l Bank of Canada in Elmira , Ont. I Ie is married to Lynda.

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David Wilson, '87, is a dairy farmer in NOIval, Ont In March, he married Maureen Troup, Arts '86, a library assistant at Georgetown Public Library.

ove Dr. Julie Anne Ballinger, '87, is a veterinarian with the Barrie Equine Clinic in Barrie, Ont

Dr. Kenneth Bateman, '81 & M.Sc. '89, is an assistant professor in the Department of Population Medicine at OVc. I Ie is married to Karen Moore, '80, a veterinarian in {he Department ofClinical Studies.

Dr. Sandra Black, '85, is a veterinarian with the Calgary Zoologi­cal Society.

Dr. Suzanne Carman, '76, works with Veterinary Laboratory Services in the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Guelph. She is married to Dr. Ian Barker, '68, a professor in OVC's Department of Pathology.

Dr. Richard Carter, PhD '89, is the nutrition manager in the research and development division of Bayer Australia Ltd. in Adelaide, Australia.

Dr. Trafford Carvell, '50, is retired and lives with his wife, Greta, in Cornwall, Ont. They travelled on the Danube River alumni cruise in August

Dr. Jeffrey Chernoff. '81, is presi­dent of Aqua-Tropicale in Montreal.

Dr. Bruce Chick, '77 (Graduate Diploma), is the senior veterinarian with Agrisearch Services Pty. Ltd. in Arrnidale, Australia.

Dr. Amanda Crowe, '88, is a veterinarian with Buckley, Combe and Richards Animal Hospital in S1. Catha rines, Ont.

Dr. Bernadette Dunham, '75, is an assistant professor with the Syracuse University of New York Health Sdence Centre. She is married to Dr. Ray Petryshyn.

Dr. Eric Foot, '79, is the proprietor of the Clinic Veterinaire Ville Marie in Montreal.

Dr. Paul Francis, '83, owns and operates the orth da Ie Animal Hospi­tal in London, Ont He is married to Dr. Helen Wilson, OVC '78.

Dr. David Gomez, '81, is a veterinarian with Embro Veterinary Services in Embro, Ont., where he lives with his wife, Margaret

Dr. Stephen Groom, '79 & GO '83, is a veterinarian with Alberta Agricul­ture in Edmonton.

Dr. Ronald Herron, '86, is a veterinarian with Stirling Vet Services in Stirling, Onl. He is married to Dr. Unda Hack, OVC '87.

Dr. Martin Hoiroyde, PhD '77, is a medical liaison assodate with Sandoz Canada in Dorval, Que. I Ie is married to Ann.

Dr. Barbara Horney, '82, works in the department of pathology at the Atlantic Veterinary College, Uni­versity of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown.

Dr. Godwin Kaaya, PhD '79, is senior research scientist for the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecol­ogy in Nairobi, Kenya. He heads the biological control section and is studying tsetse flies and sleeping sick­ness.

Dr. Julia Keenllside, '87, was work­ing as a veterinarian with Ralston Purina in Woodstock, Onl., but has returned to Guelph to pursue an M.Sc. She is married to Ray Cislo, CBS '85.

Dr. Donald Kemp, 'BO, is an assistaO( director of animal services with Con­naught Laboratories Ltd., Willowdale, Ont. He is married to Lenna.

Dr. Richard I.e Couteur, '77, is an associate professor at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He is mar­ried to Jacqueline Grandy, '76.

Dr. Nelson Lester, '55, is a partner with the Lindsay Animal Clinic in Lindsay, Ont. He is married to Betty.

Dr. GeoffreyLord, '49, is retired and lives in Bonita Springs, Plorida, with his wife, Helen.

Dr. Thomas Lockridge, 'S4, is work­ing at the Lockridge Animal IIospital in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he lives with his wife, Mary Kerwin, Mac 'S4 .

Dr. Jacobus Pantekoek, '66, is the director of the disease research pro­gram for Agriculture Canada in 0[­tawa. He is married to Judith Rowe, OAC'S8A.

Dr. NIcholas Parker, '85, is a veterinarian with Alta Vista Animal Hospital in Gloucester, Onl. He is married to Janet.

Dr. Peter Pascoe, '82, is an assistant professor in the department of surgery at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis . He is married to Rosalind.

Dr. Erik Petersen, '89 , is a veterinarian with the Orangevi lle Animal Hospital in Orangeville, Ont. He is married to Donna, OVC '88.

Dr. John Pringle, '81, is an associate professor in the department of health management at the University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown. lIe is married to Myrna Lousie Fleming, FACS '78.

Dr. Alexander Robertson, 'SO, is retired and lives in Winnipeg with his wife, Lillian. -Dr. Robert Stubbings, '76, is a re­search co-ordinator with Semex Canada in Guelph. He is married to Katherine.

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Dr. Dick Tenbergen, '59, is retired from the Hickson Veterinary CLinic 25th anniversary founders' and lives in Sauble Beach, OnL, with his wife, Karen. medals presented Dr. Gary Thiessen, '75, is national veterinary su pervisor with Agriculture Canada's meat hygiene division in Oltawa. He is married to Linda.

Dr. Judith Wasserfall, '78, is with Lakeshore Veterinary Hospital in Mis­sissauga, Onl. She is married to David Cann, Arrs '81, manager of Bird Life Services, Mississauga.

Dr. Donald Watt, '50, is retired and lives with his wife, Margaret , in Visalia , California.

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Susan MacPherson, '83, is a com­munity planner with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs in Toronto.

Margaret Misek-Evans, '81, is a planner with the County of Oxford's Department of Planning and Development. She is married to Peter Evans, OAC '82 & M,Sc. '87, and lives in Woodstock, ant.

MargaretStrachan, '88, is a program co-ordinator with the Northwest Ter­ritories Housing Corp. in Iqaluit, NWT.

Bryan Weir, '86, is the planning director for the County of Peter­borough, ant. lIe is married to Jody.

Correction In the Summer '89 issue of the Alum­nus, a cutline incorrectly identified Lyman Chapman, OACClassof'30, as Earl MacNaughton in a photo of the unveiling of a bronze mask in the Donald Forster Sculpture Park. In the same issue, Enid Gough's graduating class was incorreclly identified as cns '78. She is, in fact, a 1975 graduate of CBS and a 1978 graduate ofOAC. 1he Alumnus regrets these errors. •

Twenty-nine individuals and associa­tions are recipients of U of G's 25th anniversary medals given to recognize contributions to the University during its early years .

"The awards are essentially founders' medals," says 25th anniver­sary chair Earl Mac aughton, retired dean of CPS . "They recognize the work of individuals and associations in the first years of the University'S history. "

The recipients have included the Central Student Association; t he University of Guelph Faculty Associa­tion; U of G's first preSident, the late J .D. MacLachlan ; the first vice­president, administration, the late Bert Millward; and the University of Guelph Alumni Association.

Community support has also been recognized . Medals have been presented to Mayor John Counsell on behalf of the City of Guelph, Reeve John Green on beha lf of Wellington County, and Aubrey Hagar, who was the force behind the citizen's commit­tee in support of a university at Guelph.

Five long-serving faculty and staff are also medal winners - Roy IIar­rison, a fieldman for 48 years; Joe Her­sey, a member of the laundry staff for 44 years; Bill Mitchell, who worked in the Department of Athletics for 37

years; Don Barnum, who was at OVC fo r 42 years; and the latcJack Madden, an economics professor who was one of the first faculty in Wellington Col­lege.

Also recognized are early ad­ministrators and Board of Governors members - Thomas McEwan, first chair of Board of Governors; fred Presant, last chair of the Board of Regents of the federated Colleges; the late William Hamilton, chair of the Board of Gov rnors planning and property committee; Ronald Ritchje, co-chair of the first capital campaign; Lawrence Kerr, a member of the flIst board; Burt Matthews, first vice­president, academic, (and fourth president of the University); Herbert Peltipiere, first registrar and secretary of Senate; David Scott, fir t director of Physical Resources; N.R . "Rick" Richards, first dean of OAC; Trevor Lloyd Jones, firSl dean of OVC; Mar­garet McCready, first dean of Mac­donald Institute and FACS; Murdo MacKinnon, first dean of Welling£On College; the late Hugh Branion, first dean of graduate studies; Lachlan MacRae, firs t chief librarian; Bill Davis, minister of education althe time oflhe University'S founding; and William A. Stewart, minister of agriculture at the founding and later chancellor of the University . •

72th annual Guelph Conference on Sexuality

"SEXUALITY: POSITIVE APPROACHES"

June 18 to 20, 1990

For more information, contact:

Division of Continuing Education University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario N1G 2Wl Telephone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 3956.

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Dr. Leslie McMullen, '50, died Aug. 11 , 1989, in Victoria, B.C. He is sur­vived by his wife, Iris.

Norman Pearce, '38, of North Bay, Ont. , died May 10, 1989. He is sur­vived by his wife, Evelyn.

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John Oack) Rothwell, retired University of Guelph chemistry professor and long-time volunteer, died in May. He graduated from OAC in 1939 and taught at the University until his retirement in 1976.

Jack donated more than 5,000 hours of his time as a volunteer for St Joseph's Hospital. His volunteer work was recognized in 1982 when he was presented with the Jim Wexier Award by the Guelph United Way Sodal Planning Council.

In 1962, Jack and his wife, Rita , who predeceased him, adopted a family of Mac girls when Jack agreed to be the honorary president of Mac '66. For 27 years, Jack kept track of his "girls," maintaining a scrapbook, at­tending functions and hosting an an­nual get-together in his Guelph home.

Jack is survived by his son, John, and three daughters: Patricia Bruvelaitis;Judith Walsh; and Cynthia Stuempel .

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Robert Carr-Wiggin, MA '71, PhD '81, ofToronto diedJune 18,1989. He is survived by his wife, Anne, and daughter, Merran.

In Memoriam Bernadette (Yaskowich) Keane, '73, died suddenly April 4, 1989, in Owen Sound, Onl. She is survived by her husband, Seamus, CSS '76.

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Helen (McKenzie)Cooper, '420, of Clinton, Ont., died Dec. 29,1988. She is survived by her husband, Jim.

Eleanor (Freeman) Esler, '380, of Brampton, Ont, died July 20, 1989. She was the wife of the late James Whiteside Esler and the mother of Judith, Pamela, Elizabeth and Margaret.

Mabel (McCalla) Fetterley, '330, of Niagara Falls, Ont, died Aug. 5, 1989. She was the wife of the late Guy Hastings Fetterley, the mother of Norman of Ottawa and grandmother ofJessica.

Kay (Wiegand) Gross, '310, of Kitchener, Ont., died in February 1989. She is survived by her husband, Wilf.

Grace (Virtue) Macdougall, '350,of Burlington, Ont., died June 29, 1989. She is survived by her husband, Lorn, two sons, Douglas and Donald, and her daughter, Mary Pulver.

MargeryMacKenzie, '34, ofGeorge­town, OnL, died March 27, 1989. She is survived by her sister, Jean MacKenzie.

Jessie (McCorquodale) McDermott, '30D, of Stratford, Ont., died July 1,1989. Predeceased by her husband, James, she is survived by a son, Robert, and a daughter, Madeline Flynn.

Viola Robertson, '260, of Toronto died June 14, 1989. She was the wife

of the late John IIume Atkin and Harold Robertson, and mother of Dorothy and Barbara Jean.

Mary Ross, '300, died May 13,1989, in Moricone, Italy. She was a nutrition officer with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. She is survived by her sister, Lila Ross of SainlJohn, N.B.

Marie (Beatty) Williams, '180, of West Vancouver, B.C., died Sept. 3, 1989. Predeceased by her husband, Thomas John, she is survived by her daughters, Valerie Diggins, JaneL Church and Marguerella Gray.

Bessie Wood, '350, of Bradford, OnL, died June 21 , 1989. She is sur­vived by her cousin, Robert Wood.

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John Davidson, '200 & '22, of Beamsville, OnL, diedJune II, 1989. He is survived by his daughter, Anne Witherow of Newmarket, Ont.

Owen Irvine, '320, BSA '36,MSA 'til, of KempLViIle, Ont., diedJu ly4, 1989. lIe is su rvived by his wife, Mary Irvine, and two sons, Russell and Robert

Aubrey Langdon, '35, died Nov. II, 1988, in London, Ont. He is survived by his wife, Marie.

John Parker, '29A, of Scarborough, Ont., diedJune 6,1989. He is survived by his wife, Bertha.

Frederick Scott, '55, of London , Ont. , died May 20, 1989. He is sur­ -vived by his wife, Irene.

Paul Seymour, '39A, died July 28, 1989, in Castelgar, B.C. He is survived by his wife, Sheila Catherine, and his son, Phillip.

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Walter Snary, '37, of Aurora, Om., died Sept. 1, 1989. Predeceased by his wife, Signe, he is survived by his daughters, Dyanne Rivers, Signe Ball and Rhondda Snary.

Douglas Thompson, '48, of Scar­borough, Onr. , died Aug. 27,1989. He is survived by his wife, Frances, his sons, Murray and Tom, and his daughter, Anne.

Richard de Vries, 'BOA, of Fairview, Alta., died]une 25,1989, as lhe result of a trucking accident. He was developing a hog operation with his wife, Isabelle, and is survived by three children:]anelee, 4;JoOO, 3; and Kase, four months.

ovc Dr. DudleyJones, '38, of North Fal­mouth, Mass., diedJuJy 1,1989.

Dr. wi1I.lam Martin, '50, of Drayton, Onl, died July 3, 1989. Predeceased by his wife, Arlene, he is survived by his sons, Peler and Patrick, and his daughter, Paula Holborn.

Dr. Lea Roberts, '56, of Dresden, Ont., died July 18, 1989. He is sur­vived by his wife , Doris, and his sons, Douglas, OVC '84; Gregory, B.Sc.

'76; Jeffrey, B.Se. '84; and Donald, n.sc. '78.

Dr. Jack Trimble, '40, of Campbell ford, Onl., died]uly9, 1989. lIe is survived by his wife, Helen.

Dr. wi1I.lam Trussell, '32, of Hunters lIill, Onl., died July 14, 1989. Dr. Trussell was preSident of his graduat­ing class. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy.

Friends

Jean Carruthers, wife ofJohn, '39A, died in Dundas, Ont., May 31,1989.

John Forestell, died in Guelph July 2, 1989. He is survived by his wife, lIelen, and his children.

EleanorKlrk, wife of the lale Dr. Mel Kkk, ove '50, died May 24,1989, in Chatham, Ont.

James Lytle died June 22, 1989, in Wil!owdale, Ont. He is survived by his wife, Patricia, and his daughters, Alexandra and Eleanor.

Arthur Traversy died Aug. 23,1989, in Guelph. He is survived by his son, Gary, and his daughter, Janice Power.

Alumn- news

Toronto chapter The Toronto Alumni Chapler spon­sored a Toronto harbor boat cruise Aug. 24. Alumni, their families and friends took a bus to the harbor for an even ing's cruise on the Trillium.

Zoology professor Keith Ronald, director ofThe Arboretum, celebrated his birthday on board with sparklers and helium-filled balloons, courtesy of the Toronto chapler.

Debbie Chang, BA '82, organized the evenl, and Dave Arkell, BA '82, was the evening's emcee . The Toronto chapter thanks CampusJu nc­lion for donating a University of Guelph sweat shirl.

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