guelph alumnus magazine, fall 1996
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September 1996
Editor MMy Dickieso n
Executie editor Sandra Webster 8A 75
Contributors
Barbara C han ce 8A 74 Eli zabeth Dagg 8A 93 Tina Veltri 8A 95 Kerith Waddington 8A 96 Debbie Thompson Wilson BA 77
Designproduction
Mary Di ckieson
Lind a Gra ham BA 77
Editorial Advisory Board
Mary Dickieso n chai r Susan Blair BA 83 Guu~ Haza laar BA 76 Klari Kalkman BSe 79 Sheila Levak BComm 83 Deni s Lynn Bsc 69 Crysta l MaCKay BSc(Agr1 93 Dan Melanson BA 89 Pau le tte Samson Riw Sterne B Comm 87 Charl ene van Leeuwen
BASe 87 Bob Winkel BSc (Agr) 60
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Gu elph (I SS N 0830middot3630) Vol 29 No2 Copyright 1996 Publication dates are May I Sept I and Dec I
Thi s publica tio n is guided by Guelph s standards of qua lily and good tas te Opinions ex pressed are those o r Ihe con tribut ors and do not necessari ly re ncctthe orue ial position o f th e Universit y or th e UGAA Cop shyies of the magazineS ed itorial po li cy are available 0 11 reques t
This publi catio n is printed On 50 00 recyc led paper
Guelph Alumnus
On the cover
More than 1000 student athletes have battled on the
Guelph gridiron since rugby football was firsl played
on campus 1 15 years ago They won They lost
They became heroes in the hearts of their fan s and
legends in campus hi story Guelphs traditi on of edushy
cation and athletics has bred a school spiril that
wou ld be hard to duplicate anywhere else
Cover design by Rick Coffey of Lionheart Lithography Cambridge
The Gryphons don I love the ir school because of
the football- it s Ihe other way around But footshy
ball is certainly a potent symbol of that deeper affecshy
tion These are the words of alumnus Pat Tracey
who played more footba ll games in a Gryphon unishy
form than any other player
~ERSITY wGUELPH
4 A win in the locker
room
5 Helping students
7 Campus
9 Football legends
19 Research pays
25 Alumni news and
coming everllS
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Gryphon Lair makes it to the Hall ofFame
he Gryphon locker room in IUllln i tadium has won a ner1h in the unadian middotootball liall of Fame and Mu cum repshylica of the ryphon Lair will be insta lled next pring as a pennashynent display at the Hmnilton nt museum
hosen in a nationwid ompeti tion lhe lir will be ~ atllred in an interactive display thaI will invite visitor to try on un i folm~ lisshyten to the coachs pre-game instnlctions and re pcat the Rudyard Kipli ng poem that each Gryphon captain reads to inspire his playshyers before a game
Generally off lim its to the public the Guclph locker 100111 is
All-Canadian Kyle Walters No 12 and 1995 Wildman Trophy winner Kip Wigmore No 30
Photo by Martin Schwatbe
painted in Gryphon red gold and black and is decorated with more than 65 action photos of fonner uelph player including many who weI t Oil to play professional footbal l Each locker has its own shynameplate and inside the security box is a list of f0l111er players who ha e used that locker since the sta liurn opened in 1970
To get into the Lair ph ers W[llk through the Hall of Honor which displays action photos of uelph s W ildman T rophy win shynersOnlrio niversity thlctic sso ialion individual ehmllpions md school record ho i I rs There is a si -foot Gryphon pa inted on the wa ll and a players pass il on Iheir way to the fie ld each one louche the front c law for good luc k
Guelph AtllIlIlll
U of G will meet the challenge match the dollars Bct ween now and the end of March 1997 the University will seek the support of its alumni and frien ds for an initiative that promises to significanlly enhance financial resources for student assistance
ailed the niversity 0[ G uelph 0PPOI1ushynity F und it has been created with the help of a uniquc dollar-for-dollar matching-grant proshygram announced by the Ontario government in May
The govel11 ment has challenged all Ontario colleges and uni e rs it ies to increase endowshyments for student assistance at a time when tuishytion costs are steadily increasing The average cost of annual tuition for a student enlering Guelph this fall is $2 450 Ten years ago it was $1214 20 years ago it was $580
A unive rsity education remains as sound an investmenr in young people as it ever was and generous giving to the University of Ciuclph Opportunity Fund wi ll ensure that well-motishyvated students always have access to Guelph s quality programs
University president Mordechai Roza nsk i welcomes the provincial matching-grant chalshylenge calling it an exceptional opportunit y for Guelph to strengthen its resources for stushydent assistance Student aid through sc holar shyships and bursaries is a U of G priority expressed public ly in Guelph s s trategic-planshyning document Making Change
The Opportunity Fund will complement the University s recent move to double its bursary program Revenue generated from tuition inshycreases has enabled Guelph to award 500 new e ntrance awards of $500 each this fall The 2600 applications received for those new awards demonst rate a need among students for more financial aid
Tuition revenue has also provided an addishytional $500000 unde r the Ontario Student Asshysistance Program and a $100000 aHocation to a new Uni versity-based workstudy program In the 199697 acade mic year U of G will award a total of $180000 in bursaries and about $15 million in scho larships including 13 Presidents Scholarships of $20000 eac h
Gifts and pledges to the University of Guelph Opportunity Fund must be cOlTunittecl before March 311997 to qualify for governshyment matching
Guelph Alumnus
From the president
The Universitys Board of Governors recently approved an avshye rage 196-per-cent increase in undergraduate tuition to take efshyfect in Ihe 1996(97 academic year This decision was reached only after the most careful consideration of practical altema shytives and Ihe U of G community remains comm itted 10 ensurshy
ing Ihn a G ue lph education will always be accessible to qualified students
To h Ip guarantee Guelph s accessibility to wcll-motivaled students 18 per cent of the tuition inshycrease will be direc ted to student as islance purposes exceeding the IO-pcr-cent minimum recommended by the pro ineial government This will place Guelph in the top half of universities in Ontario in student 5cholshyarshipbursary resources at the undergraduate level AIshymosl 950000 will become available in this ac ademic year for fin anc ial aid meritshyand needs-based entrance
awards the bursary program and the workstudy program
We have moved filmly
Chancellor Lincoln Alexander left and president Mordechai RozanSki far right signal the need to work with students to meet their academic and financial needs
Photo by Martin Schwalbe
and decLsively at the Univershysity of Guelph to ease the imshy
pact of a necessary tuition increase and now the University has been g iven an exceptional opportunity to fUlther strengthen reshysources for student assistance which we are calling the Univershys ity of Guelph Opportunity Fund
The Opportunity Fund is based on it pledge announced this May by the Ontario government whereby cach college and unishyvers ity in the province is challenged to enhance funding for stushydent assistance purposes
For every private endowment dollar raised beshy
Give to U ofG s Opportunity
Fund and the Ontario governshyment will match your gift dollar
for dollar
fore March 3J J997 the province will invest a marched dollar
The UniversityS distingu ished chancellor Linshycoln Alexander has agreed to serve as volunteer chair for the U of G Opportunity Fund which he beshylieves offers meaningful potential for Guelphs abilshyity to continue to attract se rious students irrespective of their financial background
When you are asked to support U ofGs trust fund please remember what a Guelph education has meant to your life and 10 the lives of those you chershyish Your gift will help ensure that our university can continue to serve into the future with the acashydemic distinction and student accessibility that have characte rized its past
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Aquatic sciences receive LCBO funding U of G s aqua ti c sc iences research fa cility will be buoyed up by funding from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario s 1996 Shop the World-He lp Save the Animals campaign
Guelph received $40000 through the World Wildshylife Fund (WWF) a partrrer a lo rrg with the Carradian Nat ure Federation (CNF) in the LCBO campaign w hi ch raised a total of$147000
The dorration wi ll be used to support completi orr of the Hagen AquaJab arrd the Axelrod Irrstitute of Ichthyology arrd to enhance faculty researc h ai med at protectirrg preserving arrd managing aquati c reshy
sources Thi s suppor1 builds on proceeds received from the 1995 Shop the World ca mpaign which were used for researc h on loon mOI1ality
CBS dean Robert Sheath says he pleased that the WWF end orsed U o f G s project and represented the fac ility to participants during the promotiorr The enshyhanced public awarerress of the aquatic sciences fac ilshyity is illlpo rtant he sa ys It re inforces to the public our dedicatiorr - alo ng with the WWF and C Fshyto the maintenance arrd protection of our natural re shysources
The $40000 earmarked for G uelph comes fro lll nine of the wineries and d ist illeries that pa I1icipated in the ca mpaIgn They are Andres Wines Ltd Sea shygram Canada Hiralll W alker Sa les Division Gilbey Canada Irrc Pelee Is land Winery and Vineyards Inc Sainsbury and Co Ltd Calona Vineya rds the Mark Anthony G roup and Feathe rstone and ComshyParents support library pany Ltd
T o date $49 million of the $6-million fu nd-ra lsshying goal for the aq uatic sc ien ces facillty has been rai sed allowing the Unl vers it y to corrSlruct two of the facility s buildings and finish some interior roo ills Eleven of 27 laborato ries in the Hage n Aqualab are completed and researc h has begun Fund raising continues for the balance of $ l1 m ilshylion needed to open the complete fac ilit y and estabshylish an operatin g e ndowment
The breadth of Univers ity research in aqu atic sys shytems and their co nservation will be g reatl y e nhanced with the comple tion of this Fac ility says John Mabley v ice-pres ident (development and public a fshyfairs) The Unlvers ity is grateful to both the WWF and the LCBO for the ir support o f the aquatic sci-
OVC reviews curriculum OVC has received a $260 000 g rant from the Max Be ll Foundation to suppo r1 the co lleges ongo ing proshyject of curriculum renewal and deve lopment kn ow n as DVM 2000
The grant w ill be used to hi re 3rr education spec ia lshy
N o one recogrri zes the escalatirrg cost of a un iversity education more than ist to work with OVC facu lty over the next fi ve years
pa re nts so it s not surp rising that those who are able to give do g ive gerrershy to irrtrod uce implement and assess an outcomes shy
ous ly to U of G s parent li brary fund Launched irr 1990 the Pare nt s P ro shy based curric ulum The specialist will a lso be acti ve
gram has raised more than $657 000 in g i fts arrd pledges Stude rrt ca lle rs in suppOlting irrte runive rs ity consultation As part of
netted an all-tillle high in pledges over the past year fin ishing in June with this project the information gathe red throug h curricu shy$132466 lum development wi ll be shared with other vete rishy
Pictured above are sOllle of the students who made it happen Each o ne is na ry co lleges a two- o r three-year veteran o t the te lep hone campaign Front row from left OVC has bee n involved in curcic ulum re vie w are Azeeza Ali Natalie Basaraba Do nr~al y n Charles a rrd Lu ke Williams In s ince the laurrch of DVM 2000 in 1993 Recogmtion back are chief librarian Mike Ridley le ft and program chair Han k Vander of the importance of fa culty deve lopment and curshyPol a 1965 g raduate of OAC an d the parent of a U of U student Money ric ulu m c hange was sparked by a 1988 report of the ra ised through the tele phone ca mpaign is used to buy library resources for un shy Pew National Ve terinary Program in the Unlted dergradu ates R id ley says that Parent s Progra lll material is used more often States It called for changes in ve terinary ed ucation than most othe r reso urces in the library in res ponse to the chang ing veterina ry needs of soci shy
ety The review was a lso supported by Max Be ll
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Uof Gwelcomes college students U of G continues to build on artIcu lation agreements that a llow college st udents to transfer to university programs and vice versa Senate has approved new agreeme nts between the FACS child studies program and Fanshawe CoJlege and the Loyali st College of Applied Ans and Technology
Gradu ates of Loyalist and Fanshawes early childshyhood education diploma program will receive recogshynition for designated advanced standing credits at Gue lph for completion of the BASc in child studshyies The communi ty college graduates admitted to Guelph can a lso par1icipate in the Uni versitys studyshyabroad programs
Both Gue lph and community co llege graduates will be able to take pat1 in other U of G ar1icu lation agreements such as the one wi th tile faculty of edushycation at Nipissing College
Tax credit boosts co-op programs The 700 students enrolled in U of G s 3 1 co-op pro shygrams may find it eas ie r to land a place ment thanks to a new employer tax credit introduced in the Onshytario provincial bud get May 7
Beginning Sept 1 e mployers ca n claim a tax credit of up to 1000 per co-op placement The tax sav ings to corporations is equa l to to per cent of the costs of hiring a student enrolled in a recognized coshyop program at a university or coll ege
Interested employers can receive more informashytion through the niversity s Counselling and Stu shydent Resource Centre at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 4365
CBS celebrates 25th The College of Biologica l Sc ience wiiJ throw ope n its doors Sept 27 and 28 to welcome alu mni to a 25th-anniversary ce lebration Each depal1ment will participate in an open house from 2 to 5 pm both FIiday and Saturday wit h decade rooms se t up in the Axelrod Animal Science and Nutrition Chemistry and Biochemistry and PoweU buildings and in McN ally House
The Friday open house wi ll be followed by a mixe r at the nive ls ity Club from 6 to II pm and observatory tours from 9 to II pm A dinner and dance wi ll be he ld Saturday beginning at 630 pm in Pe ter Clark Ha ll
Although CBS was the last of U of G s seven colshyleges to be fOlmed its estab lishment in 1971 coinshycided with an upsurge of interest in the biologica l sciences that is still going strong today As a result CBS now claims more than 16 pe r cent of the Unishyvers itys total graduates - over 10700
A history booklet is being prepared by the college to document it s growth and wi ll be available during the anniversary weekend along with ot her CBS memorabilia For information on regi stration and acshycommodation call 519-824-4120 Ext 3343 or se nd email totonipuog ue lphca
Gueph AUrl lllIS
Sarah Collin left and Michelle Perry prepare to leave U of G for a year of teaching in Japan
Photo by Kerith Waddington
Japanese coup for U of G Sarah Collin Mic helle Pe rry and Rick Vise ntin are three 1996 Guelph graduates who are s pe nding the next year teaching English in Jap an They were c hoshysen out of 3600 provincial app licants to pal1i c ipate in the international exc han ge and foreign-language teaching program Sociology professor Vi ctor
jimoto chair of U of G s Japan Program ltays the first-time se lection of th ree Guelph students to parshyticipate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (J ET ) Program is a coup for the niversity Launched in 1987 JET is funded by the japanese Mini stry of Forshye ign Affairs jimoto believes today s economy makes experience outside ones community imperashytive Collin Perry and Visentin are continuing their education process he says
At age 10 Pet Trust continues to meet needs with research Since it was estab li shed in 1986 OVes Pet Trust has funded more [han 100 resea rch projects to imshyprove the health of compan ion animals and enab le veterinanans to learn more abou t anima l beha vior and the human pet bone One of the most recent studshyies addresses a g rowing interest In ho listic medi c ine among veterinanans and pet owne rs
For the first lime a formal research projec t at a Cashy
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nadi an veterinary school is being staged to study the efficacy of herbal and homeopathic products for pain and cancer treatment in dogs
Practice-based clinical trials are be ing conducted under the supervi sion of population medicine pro fesshysor Brenda Bonnen BSc 75 DVM 79 and PhD 88 with epidemio logy graduate student Carol Poland BSc(Ag r ) 83 and DVM 90 The clinica l tria l will have applications to human medi cine and may answer question s about the placebo e ffec t in hushymans Po land says
Ho li sti c medic ine is an umbre ll a tenn that includes the four main the rapies of homeopathy acupuncture chiroprac tic and herbal medicine as well as many other the rapi es such as aromatherapy magnetic the rshyapy and touc h therapy
Bo nnen be lieves the OVC study is a re tlec tion of consumer de mand Consumers are more educated but also inte rested in more natural and less invas ive forms o f the rapy
The cl inical trial is be ing funded by pri va te doshynors The literature re vie w is supported by the Pet
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Gryphon Club creates Medal of Merit The traditi onal Homecoming Hall o f Fame inductio n ceremony will be a little unusual th is year as the Gryphon Clu b we lcomes three athl etes and a builder as we ll as an entire cross-country team and a te lev ishysion broadcaster The annual dinne r will be he ld Sept 27 in Peter Clark Hall
CHCH sports commentator Norm Marsha ll will be awarded the G ryphon Club s new Medal of Me rit esshytabli shed to recogni ze outstanding commitment to Ontario sport The award enables the Univers ity to ho nor individuals outs ide the Gue lph program Through his CHCH cove rage of Gryphon spon s events Ma rsha ll has interviewed many of the athshyletes who are membe rs of the Hall of Fame
In addi tion the Gryphon Club will hono r the seven membe rs o f the 1969 championship crossshycountry team Grant Mclaren BSc 70 Paul Manley DVM 74 GO 76 and MSc 78 Grant Mustard BSc(Agr ) 72 Barry Sn ider BSc 71 Kriss C ronin Pat Larry BSc(PE ) and Jack Galbraith DVM 72 This tea m had the most successshyful season eve r e njoyed by a cross-country team at Guelph They were OntarioQuebec Athle tic Assoc iashy
tio n (OQAA) champio ns and Ca nadi an Inshyterco ll egiate Athletic Union (CIA U) champi ons
Indi vidual athletes who will be inshyducted into the Hall of Fame are John Henry DVM 6 1 Abe Fo lland BSA 35 and Larry Hurd DVM 7l Prof Victo r Matthews Languages and Lite rature w ill be inducted as a builde r
He nry excelled in football and hoc key He pl ayed on the 1958 and 59 football teams when they were Ontario intercolleshygiate champions and semi- finalists at the Atl anti c Bowl He was Male Athlete o f the Yea r and Wildman Trophy winne r in 19606 1
Hurd ea rned fi ve varsity le tte rs fo r his ex plo its in the pool He was CIAU AIshyCanadian in 1966 won two gold and one silver Ontario Uni ve rs ity Athleti c Assoshyciati on medals and set s ix U o f G swimshyming records He was a member o f the 400 re lay team that clocked the fa stes t time in Canada in 1969
Fo ll and was a famili ar face on the footshyba ll fie ld and the basketball court from 193 1 to 1934 contributing to severa l champi onship wins Notable was the 1932 basketball c hampio nship a nd the 1932 and 33 intenned iate football chamshypionships He rece ived the Wildman Troshyphy in 1934
Matthe ws coached U o f G s cross-co unshytry team for more than 15 years and the trac k team for s ix years During that time
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he ce le brated with fo ur CIA U champions four Onshytari o champions and five OQAA champions He also se rved as meet director when Guelph hosted the CIAU cross-co untry championships in 1980 and 1984
Tickets for the Hall o f Fame dinner are available throu gh the Departme nt of Athletics Ca ll 5 J9-824shy41 20 Ext 6134 or 6 133 for information
Grads join alumni ranks Some 2060 U of G students graduated during seven convocation ceremonies in June In addition the Unishyversity awa rded six honorary degrees two Univershys it y professor emeJitus honors and a Medal of Merit
Honorary degrees went to nutritionist Helen Guth rie a leader in research in human nutrition poshylitica l scientist Mart in Lipset a senior schol ar at the Woodrow Wil son Centre fo r Internationa l Scholars in Washington dramatist George Luscombe found er of Toronto Workshop Productions OAC alumnus Ken Murray retired CEO of JM Schne ider Inc statistic ian CR Rao a pioneer in statistical theory and applications and toxicologist Stephen Safe disshyting ui shed profe ssor at Texas AampM Uni versity and a fOlm er U of G professor
Retired veterinary science professor Brian Derbyshi re and retired phys ics pro fessor Jim Stevens were g iven the title of University professor emeritu s The Meda l of Merit was awarded to retired zoology professor Mary Be verley -Burton
New name same location Alumni visi ting or calling the campus since July I have been served by Uni versity staff in a new adminshyistrati ve un it called Development and Public Affa irs Fonnerl y ca lled Unive rsity Affairs and Developshyment the unit has been restructured by vice-presishydent John Mabley to include three key departments a new unit ca lled Campaign Programs Alumni Afshyfa irs and Deve lopment which marries two preshyviousl y separate unit s and Communications and Public Affa irs a merger of University Communica shytions and Community Re lations T he last is the deshypartment responsible for publication of the Cuelph Alumnus
The restructuring coincides with a number of pershysonnel changes that will create a whole new manageshyment team this fall Paulette Samson has been appointed director of alumni affairs and developshyment and searches will be launched to fill the direcshytors positions in Campaign Programs and Communications and Public Affairs
Although the greeting you hear on the phone may be different Deve lopment and Public Affa irs is still the place to ca ll for news of a lumni events and ac tivishyties To talk to staff in Alumni Affairs and Developshyment call 51 9-824-4 120 Ext 6936 Yo u can reac h the C uelph Alumnus in Communications and Public Affa irs at Ext 8706
Guelph Aiumlllls
Medal of Achievement
During convocation ce remonies in June the UG pr sen led its Alumni Medal of Achieveme nt to Lynn Roblin BASc 80 and MSc 82
Although her career is still 4uite young Roblin $ expertise in public health nutrition has already had a positive inlluence on anadas nutrition education programs and has earned her a national reputation in her field
She completed an undergrad uate degree in human nutrition and a Illa ters degree in human kinetics before beginning a career that has included posishytions in scve ral municipal hea lth Icpartments She now docs private consultshyIng
Roblin worked on the Hea lthy Lifesty le Program deve loped by the Onshytario Ministry o f Hea lth and has had a national impact through he r design work on the new Canadas Food G uide for Healthy Eating a project o f Health and Welfare Canada This is the most widely used nutrition tool in the country
She was also part o f a team that published a unique recipe book for the Cashynad ian Dieteti Association lIealrhy Pleasures is u collaborative e ffort inshyvolving hers from across the country who developed recipes that are both healthfu l and interesting More re ently Robli n work d with co lleague Bev Callaghan 10 produce Suppertime Survival a rec ipe book on its way to atshytracting a nat ional audienc Her skills hav also benefited the Canadian Sugar In titute and led to the design of a teacher s kit for use in school nutrishytion programs across ulnada
Roblin is also a leader wit hin the UG AA and the Mac-FAC Alumni Asshysociation She has served on both executi ves on the UG A workplaceacclshydemic interface committee and on the BASc progra m-planning committee and has provided substantial input on behalf of alumni to the nivcrsity strategic-planning process She has even made herself available to represent alumni at tudent orientation events and Olhe functions where students can benefit from her enthusiasm and talent
Visit the U of G Web site at httpwwwuoguelphca and the UGAA site at httpwwwUGalumniuoguelphca
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S ome say YOli ((mIee their
presence as you walk
across JOJlJ1stoll Green or
through Alumni Stadium
The screaming fans the
chill ill the air the sounds
ofhattIe echoing across
the field Its a tradition
as old as Canada and a
RUniC synoflyrnolls with
the autUnIn season
Football
Gentlemen footballers When the University or Guelph was rounded in 1874 as the Onshytario School or Agriculture rugby football was beginning to gain a footholu as one of Canadas most popular new sports It was a game brought to Canada by the British who had leamed it during their time at upper-class prep schools These gentlemen footballers settled in urban centres and military garrisons and spent their lei sure time honing their skills at this rough and brushytal Sp0I1 and introducing it to the colonials
The early game had 14 or 15 men on each side who were exshytremely skilled kickers and runners It was an expensive sport bcshycause the players provided their own playing gear and equipment Most would he outtilled in canvas suits with woollen sweaters and socks topped olT with high-cut boots Most teams could afford 10 buy only one football bladder to last a season or two and few players wore protective equipment because it was
considered unmanly Plide and a lack of clear rules caused many serious - sometimes fatal- injuries But the dangers did not dampen the competitive Spilit of these early pioneers
Guelph Stratford St Catha rines London and POit Hope took part in what is thought to be the first league-like structure in Onshytario OAC was one of the colleges that had a rugby football team along with Tri nity College Ottawa College and the Toronto Rugby Cluh There is virtually no trace of these early teams and according to Guelph alumnus and fonner football star WJ Billy Squirrel OAC 07 therc is little mention of field SPOIts being played on campus between 1874 and IRR2
During the colleges formative years students attended lecshytures for half the day and worked the other half Most frec time was taken up by reading over lecture notes and attending church Eventually organized Sp0I1 was fonnally introduced into most Canadian universities and colleges as part of a new theory of
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After leaving Guelph Smirle Lawson played for the University of Toronto Here he plunges over the McGill opposishytion in a 1908 game
Photo courtesy Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Museum
Story by Elizabeth Dagg a 1993 BA graduate and an avid Gryphonfan who is currently wriring a hisrory of rughyfootball in Canado
Historical material Fom Gryphon assistant coach Pat Tracey the University of Guelph Library archives and the Canadian Foothall Hall of Fame and Museum
the college and by 1888 OAC was competitive enough to make a bid for the dominion championship (later renamed the Grey Cup) But the orange and black were honorably defeated by the Toronto Varsity seniors by 10 points The College on the Hill would have to wait another 96 years before challenging for anshyother national championship
The formation of the OAC Athletic Association in 1892 strengthened the rugby football club There was new recognition t-hat the college s sports clubs needed patrons and a fan base to survive The football club believed it couldn ( be a success withshyout the aid of the fair sex The opening of Macdonald Institute in 1903 strengthened the image of football as a spectator sport Popularity grew at all Canadian universities as femal e students became a growing presence on campuses The promise of female spectators even encouraged a larger turnout for fall tryouts and provided new incentives for better play
education that promoted sport as a way to build moral physical and mental character Well-rounded graduates became the goa
Thc early OAC teams operated at junior intermediate and senshyior levels The players and faculty also initiated early intramural Or inter-year games that pitted first-year students against senshyiors to boost school spirit
The rugby football club struggled to survive in the early years sometimes finding competition from the OAC association (or socshycer) football club too fierce But even with a school population hovering at the 100 mark throughout the 1880s the college still managed to field teams on a yearly basi s
Although the football club wasn t stable the players did meet with success during the 1880s There wasnt much glory to be had in those days however The players might buy a cricket cap or spend a dollar on a team photo as mementos The 1884 and 1885 seasons fielded one of the strongest teams in the history of
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from Guelph to support their home-town boy Lawson went on to star with the Toronto Argonauts
and was a world-renowned soldier pathologist and hushymanitarian He is the only Guelph native to receive an honored place in the Canadian Football Hall or Fame and Museum
The outbreak of the Great War brought the momentum the football club had developed to a temporary halt With vast numbers of students enlisting to serve overseas it beshycame difficult to recruit players EventuaUy in 1() 16 the operation of all football unions was suspended due to the war
Postwar boom The First World War marked the end of Canada s innoshy
Growing pains The popularity of rugby football continued to grow at Guelph but the competitiveness of OAC seniors began to flag against other powerhouse teams in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Union such as the University of Toronto Ottawa College McGill and Queens
Guelphs athletic association made a crucial decision to focus on intermediate- and junior-level play In 1903 OAC entered a team in the intermediate series of the Ontario Rugby Football Unshyion and had a successful inaugural season competing against teams from Berlin (now Kitchener) Galt and Hamilton By 1906 OAC had developed a championship team and the winners of the Western College Association took the pennant home for the winter Six years later the new red and blue won the Junior Intershycollegiate Championship The momentum had begun to build
One of the greatest football stars ever to grace Canadian playshying fields was to be found on the OAC roster for the 1904 seashyson Guelph native Alexander Smirle Lawson learned the game on the playing field in front of Johnston Hall The plunging haltback nicknamed The Big Train spent one season at OAC before transferring to the University of Toronto to study medishycine There he led the Varsity to its first Grey Cup win in 1909 For the historic game Lawsons father brought an entourage
cence and football was no exception The era of pure amateurism was coming to an end and was being reshy
placed with semi-professional players and coaches A great gulf emerged between clubs that maintained amateur status and those that were forging down the road to professionalism Some univershysity and college teams found it increasingly difficult to compete at the senior level for the Grey Cup against teams stacked with paid coaches and players
For the OAC Aggies football team it meant great change The end of the war ushered in an era of stars on and off the field The 1919 Aggies found returning veterans ready to play on a difshyferent field of battle Ted Wildman emerged as the colleges first
true grid iron star as an exceptional runner passer and kicker on the 191920 squads When Wildman died in 1931 Canada Packers donated a trophy in his memory The trophy is still awarded annually to the graduatshying football player who combines acashydemics athletics leadership and fair play
The first Guelph teams nicknamed the OAC Aggies competed on Johnston Green at the front of the campus When the Ontario Veterinary
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College moved to Guelph in 1922 both colleges fielded football teams but the Aggies and Vets eventushyally melded into one OA-vC team which adopted the name Redmen From 1925 to 1949 they played beshyhind the veterinary buildings on the west side of camshypus moving to the presenl site on Powerhouse Lane in 1950
TIle [930s saw Guelphs new head coach and athshyletic director FG Baldy Baldwin fo llowing in the footsteps of the professional coaches who had come before him such as McGills Frank Shaugnessy and Billy Hughes at Queens Baldwin brought to campus American-style coaching techniqucs that involved scishyent ific and regimented tactics His playing career had started at Queen s where he was quarterback on a doshy ion honors when the rugged Guelph senior syuad expelienced minion championship team He played college football in the only one loss and trampled Ollawa in a 29-6 championship vicshy
nited States for three years [n Guelph Baldwin led the Aggies tory They repeated the [eat one year later defeating the McMas shyto three Canadian [ntemlediate Intercollegiate Rugby Union ter Rams 58-0 in the final game Championships and the team s only undefeated season in
As a student at OAC Mitchell was a star athlete in football193637 His coaching record has yet to be equalled When he
basketball and wrestling and rece ived the coveted Wildman Troshyleft campus in 1945 he continued his career as coach of the
phy in his final year 1938 He earned an education degree Ottawa Rough Riders
served in the navy during the war and taught brie f1y in Ollawa beshyAt Guelph Baldwin also nurtured
fore returning to Guelph He he ld every possible position in the his share of gridiron greats He
football program - player scout coach head coach and athletic coached his SLlccessor team captain
director He served as head coach for nine seasons and was direcshyBill Mitche ll to stardom as the squads
tor of athletics until 1967 starting qual1erback Teammate All
Mitchell passed coaching duties and a winning tradition on to Hales was the hard-nosed centre on the Intercollegiate Championship teams of coach Jay Fry in 1953 Fry coached only two years and was folshy
lowed in rapid succession by Tom Mooney Don Hayes and Bill 1932 and 1933 He went on to play for the Toronto Argonauts before returning Graham Mooney s powerhouse teams of 1958 and 1959 were
champions of the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference to business He served as MP for where he relied on the talents of players like co-captains Murray Guelph and Wellington from 1957 to Atkinson Carl Jackson and Robbie Keith The 1959 team posted 1974 one of the best seasons in the history of the Rcclmen Only two teams McMaster and Waterloo were able to score against the
Call to war Redmen defensive squad which allowed only 19 points in seven War again interrupted the progress of campus Iootball The end league games with four shutouts The year ended with the Red shyo f the Second World War marked the end of the Baldwin dynasty men making the ir first appearance in the Atlantic Bowl where
teams and the beginning of Mitchell s reign A legend in his own they were defeated by SI Francis Xavier
right Mitchell still had big shoes to fill And he did continuing The euphoria was sholt-lived however as the Redmen Ie ll the series of postwar wins that included a 1947 march to domin- from victory to defeat in 1960 beginning one of the longest
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
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Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
George Brinkman
Glenn Fox
Guelph Alumnus
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
Research results will be put into practice faster 6926 or access the enhanced partnership Web site at
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technology to all areas of Ontalio We hope this leads to new oPPOItunities for producers to become Slory reprinled from At Gue lph
Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
Photo by Robin Knight
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
Bob Murray BSA 49
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Alumni have tradi tiona lly in tlucnced Universit deci ion making by serving on co llege alumni a~soshy
ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
staff reunion for grads of the 80s and 90s Call Ext 4892 for details
bull All former Bullring staff
bull CSA reunion Call Ext 6743 to register
CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Accommodation is available at the College Inn (519-836-1240) and Days Inn (5 19-822-91(2)
Souvenir T-shirts mugs and history booklets will be available To register call Ext 3343 fax to 519-767-2044 or e-mail to nipuoguelphca
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Sept 23-29 - Wel lness Awareness W eek call Ext 3327 fo r eventsac tivities Sept 24 - FACS Career Night 5 15 to 7 pm Peter Clark Hall All FACS gracls welcome To volunteer as a speaker call Karcn Schol z BASc 93 at 519-271-0055 or Laurie Malleau BComm 83 at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 2102 Sept 25 bull Homecoming kickoff at free noon-hour concert Branion Plaza bull University barbecue festival and marketplace 4 to l)30 pm Branion
Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
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S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
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most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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More than 1000 student athletes have battled on the
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on campus 1 15 years ago They won They lost
They became heroes in the hearts of their fan s and
legends in campus hi story Guelphs traditi on of edushy
cation and athletics has bred a school spiril that
wou ld be hard to duplicate anywhere else
Cover design by Rick Coffey of Lionheart Lithography Cambridge
The Gryphons don I love the ir school because of
the football- it s Ihe other way around But footshy
ball is certainly a potent symbol of that deeper affecshy
tion These are the words of alumnus Pat Tracey
who played more footba ll games in a Gryphon unishy
form than any other player
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4 A win in the locker
room
5 Helping students
7 Campus
9 Football legends
19 Research pays
25 Alumni news and
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Gryphon Lair makes it to the Hall ofFame
he Gryphon locker room in IUllln i tadium has won a ner1h in the unadian middotootball liall of Fame and Mu cum repshylica of the ryphon Lair will be insta lled next pring as a pennashynent display at the Hmnilton nt museum
hosen in a nationwid ompeti tion lhe lir will be ~ atllred in an interactive display thaI will invite visitor to try on un i folm~ lisshyten to the coachs pre-game instnlctions and re pcat the Rudyard Kipli ng poem that each Gryphon captain reads to inspire his playshyers before a game
Generally off lim its to the public the Guclph locker 100111 is
All-Canadian Kyle Walters No 12 and 1995 Wildman Trophy winner Kip Wigmore No 30
Photo by Martin Schwatbe
painted in Gryphon red gold and black and is decorated with more than 65 action photos of fonner uelph player including many who weI t Oil to play professional footbal l Each locker has its own shynameplate and inside the security box is a list of f0l111er players who ha e used that locker since the sta liurn opened in 1970
To get into the Lair ph ers W[llk through the Hall of Honor which displays action photos of uelph s W ildman T rophy win shynersOnlrio niversity thlctic sso ialion individual ehmllpions md school record ho i I rs There is a si -foot Gryphon pa inted on the wa ll and a players pass il on Iheir way to the fie ld each one louche the front c law for good luc k
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U of G will meet the challenge match the dollars Bct ween now and the end of March 1997 the University will seek the support of its alumni and frien ds for an initiative that promises to significanlly enhance financial resources for student assistance
ailed the niversity 0[ G uelph 0PPOI1ushynity F und it has been created with the help of a uniquc dollar-for-dollar matching-grant proshygram announced by the Ontario government in May
The govel11 ment has challenged all Ontario colleges and uni e rs it ies to increase endowshyments for student assistance at a time when tuishytion costs are steadily increasing The average cost of annual tuition for a student enlering Guelph this fall is $2 450 Ten years ago it was $1214 20 years ago it was $580
A unive rsity education remains as sound an investmenr in young people as it ever was and generous giving to the University of Ciuclph Opportunity Fund wi ll ensure that well-motishyvated students always have access to Guelph s quality programs
University president Mordechai Roza nsk i welcomes the provincial matching-grant chalshylenge calling it an exceptional opportunit y for Guelph to strengthen its resources for stushydent assistance Student aid through sc holar shyships and bursaries is a U of G priority expressed public ly in Guelph s s trategic-planshyning document Making Change
The Opportunity Fund will complement the University s recent move to double its bursary program Revenue generated from tuition inshycreases has enabled Guelph to award 500 new e ntrance awards of $500 each this fall The 2600 applications received for those new awards demonst rate a need among students for more financial aid
Tuition revenue has also provided an addishytional $500000 unde r the Ontario Student Asshysistance Program and a $100000 aHocation to a new Uni versity-based workstudy program In the 199697 acade mic year U of G will award a total of $180000 in bursaries and about $15 million in scho larships including 13 Presidents Scholarships of $20000 eac h
Gifts and pledges to the University of Guelph Opportunity Fund must be cOlTunittecl before March 311997 to qualify for governshyment matching
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From the president
The Universitys Board of Governors recently approved an avshye rage 196-per-cent increase in undergraduate tuition to take efshyfect in Ihe 1996(97 academic year This decision was reached only after the most careful consideration of practical altema shytives and Ihe U of G community remains comm itted 10 ensurshy
ing Ihn a G ue lph education will always be accessible to qualified students
To h Ip guarantee Guelph s accessibility to wcll-motivaled students 18 per cent of the tuition inshycrease will be direc ted to student as islance purposes exceeding the IO-pcr-cent minimum recommended by the pro ineial government This will place Guelph in the top half of universities in Ontario in student 5cholshyarshipbursary resources at the undergraduate level AIshymosl 950000 will become available in this ac ademic year for fin anc ial aid meritshyand needs-based entrance
awards the bursary program and the workstudy program
We have moved filmly
Chancellor Lincoln Alexander left and president Mordechai RozanSki far right signal the need to work with students to meet their academic and financial needs
Photo by Martin Schwalbe
and decLsively at the Univershysity of Guelph to ease the imshy
pact of a necessary tuition increase and now the University has been g iven an exceptional opportunity to fUlther strengthen reshysources for student assistance which we are calling the Univershys ity of Guelph Opportunity Fund
The Opportunity Fund is based on it pledge announced this May by the Ontario government whereby cach college and unishyvers ity in the province is challenged to enhance funding for stushydent assistance purposes
For every private endowment dollar raised beshy
Give to U ofG s Opportunity
Fund and the Ontario governshyment will match your gift dollar
for dollar
fore March 3J J997 the province will invest a marched dollar
The UniversityS distingu ished chancellor Linshycoln Alexander has agreed to serve as volunteer chair for the U of G Opportunity Fund which he beshylieves offers meaningful potential for Guelphs abilshyity to continue to attract se rious students irrespective of their financial background
When you are asked to support U ofGs trust fund please remember what a Guelph education has meant to your life and 10 the lives of those you chershyish Your gift will help ensure that our university can continue to serve into the future with the acashydemic distinction and student accessibility that have characte rized its past
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Aquatic sciences receive LCBO funding U of G s aqua ti c sc iences research fa cility will be buoyed up by funding from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario s 1996 Shop the World-He lp Save the Animals campaign
Guelph received $40000 through the World Wildshylife Fund (WWF) a partrrer a lo rrg with the Carradian Nat ure Federation (CNF) in the LCBO campaign w hi ch raised a total of$147000
The dorration wi ll be used to support completi orr of the Hagen AquaJab arrd the Axelrod Irrstitute of Ichthyology arrd to enhance faculty researc h ai med at protectirrg preserving arrd managing aquati c reshy
sources Thi s suppor1 builds on proceeds received from the 1995 Shop the World ca mpaign which were used for researc h on loon mOI1ality
CBS dean Robert Sheath says he pleased that the WWF end orsed U o f G s project and represented the fac ility to participants during the promotiorr The enshyhanced public awarerress of the aquatic sciences fac ilshyity is illlpo rtant he sa ys It re inforces to the public our dedicatiorr - alo ng with the WWF and C Fshyto the maintenance arrd protection of our natural re shysources
The $40000 earmarked for G uelph comes fro lll nine of the wineries and d ist illeries that pa I1icipated in the ca mpaIgn They are Andres Wines Ltd Sea shygram Canada Hiralll W alker Sa les Division Gilbey Canada Irrc Pelee Is land Winery and Vineyards Inc Sainsbury and Co Ltd Calona Vineya rds the Mark Anthony G roup and Feathe rstone and ComshyParents support library pany Ltd
T o date $49 million of the $6-million fu nd-ra lsshying goal for the aq uatic sc ien ces facillty has been rai sed allowing the Unl vers it y to corrSlruct two of the facility s buildings and finish some interior roo ills Eleven of 27 laborato ries in the Hage n Aqualab are completed and researc h has begun Fund raising continues for the balance of $ l1 m ilshylion needed to open the complete fac ilit y and estabshylish an operatin g e ndowment
The breadth of Univers ity research in aqu atic sys shytems and their co nservation will be g reatl y e nhanced with the comple tion of this Fac ility says John Mabley v ice-pres ident (development and public a fshyfairs) The Unlvers ity is grateful to both the WWF and the LCBO for the ir support o f the aquatic sci-
OVC reviews curriculum OVC has received a $260 000 g rant from the Max Be ll Foundation to suppo r1 the co lleges ongo ing proshyject of curriculum renewal and deve lopment kn ow n as DVM 2000
The grant w ill be used to hi re 3rr education spec ia lshy
N o one recogrri zes the escalatirrg cost of a un iversity education more than ist to work with OVC facu lty over the next fi ve years
pa re nts so it s not surp rising that those who are able to give do g ive gerrershy to irrtrod uce implement and assess an outcomes shy
ous ly to U of G s parent li brary fund Launched irr 1990 the Pare nt s P ro shy based curric ulum The specialist will a lso be acti ve
gram has raised more than $657 000 in g i fts arrd pledges Stude rrt ca lle rs in suppOlting irrte runive rs ity consultation As part of
netted an all-tillle high in pledges over the past year fin ishing in June with this project the information gathe red throug h curricu shy$132466 lum development wi ll be shared with other vete rishy
Pictured above are sOllle of the students who made it happen Each o ne is na ry co lleges a two- o r three-year veteran o t the te lep hone campaign Front row from left OVC has bee n involved in curcic ulum re vie w are Azeeza Ali Natalie Basaraba Do nr~al y n Charles a rrd Lu ke Williams In s ince the laurrch of DVM 2000 in 1993 Recogmtion back are chief librarian Mike Ridley le ft and program chair Han k Vander of the importance of fa culty deve lopment and curshyPol a 1965 g raduate of OAC an d the parent of a U of U student Money ric ulu m c hange was sparked by a 1988 report of the ra ised through the tele phone ca mpaign is used to buy library resources for un shy Pew National Ve terinary Program in the Unlted dergradu ates R id ley says that Parent s Progra lll material is used more often States It called for changes in ve terinary ed ucation than most othe r reso urces in the library in res ponse to the chang ing veterina ry needs of soci shy
ety The review was a lso supported by Max Be ll
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Uof Gwelcomes college students U of G continues to build on artIcu lation agreements that a llow college st udents to transfer to university programs and vice versa Senate has approved new agreeme nts between the FACS child studies program and Fanshawe CoJlege and the Loyali st College of Applied Ans and Technology
Gradu ates of Loyalist and Fanshawes early childshyhood education diploma program will receive recogshynition for designated advanced standing credits at Gue lph for completion of the BASc in child studshyies The communi ty college graduates admitted to Guelph can a lso par1icipate in the Uni versitys studyshyabroad programs
Both Gue lph and community co llege graduates will be able to take pat1 in other U of G ar1icu lation agreements such as the one wi th tile faculty of edushycation at Nipissing College
Tax credit boosts co-op programs The 700 students enrolled in U of G s 3 1 co-op pro shygrams may find it eas ie r to land a place ment thanks to a new employer tax credit introduced in the Onshytario provincial bud get May 7
Beginning Sept 1 e mployers ca n claim a tax credit of up to 1000 per co-op placement The tax sav ings to corporations is equa l to to per cent of the costs of hiring a student enrolled in a recognized coshyop program at a university or coll ege
Interested employers can receive more informashytion through the niversity s Counselling and Stu shydent Resource Centre at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 4365
CBS celebrates 25th The College of Biologica l Sc ience wiiJ throw ope n its doors Sept 27 and 28 to welcome alu mni to a 25th-anniversary ce lebration Each depal1ment will participate in an open house from 2 to 5 pm both FIiday and Saturday wit h decade rooms se t up in the Axelrod Animal Science and Nutrition Chemistry and Biochemistry and PoweU buildings and in McN ally House
The Friday open house wi ll be followed by a mixe r at the nive ls ity Club from 6 to II pm and observatory tours from 9 to II pm A dinner and dance wi ll be he ld Saturday beginning at 630 pm in Pe ter Clark Ha ll
Although CBS was the last of U of G s seven colshyleges to be fOlmed its estab lishment in 1971 coinshycided with an upsurge of interest in the biologica l sciences that is still going strong today As a result CBS now claims more than 16 pe r cent of the Unishyvers itys total graduates - over 10700
A history booklet is being prepared by the college to document it s growth and wi ll be available during the anniversary weekend along with ot her CBS memorabilia For information on regi stration and acshycommodation call 519-824-4120 Ext 3343 or se nd email totonipuog ue lphca
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Sarah Collin left and Michelle Perry prepare to leave U of G for a year of teaching in Japan
Photo by Kerith Waddington
Japanese coup for U of G Sarah Collin Mic helle Pe rry and Rick Vise ntin are three 1996 Guelph graduates who are s pe nding the next year teaching English in Jap an They were c hoshysen out of 3600 provincial app licants to pal1i c ipate in the international exc han ge and foreign-language teaching program Sociology professor Vi ctor
jimoto chair of U of G s Japan Program ltays the first-time se lection of th ree Guelph students to parshyticipate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (J ET ) Program is a coup for the niversity Launched in 1987 JET is funded by the japanese Mini stry of Forshye ign Affairs jimoto believes today s economy makes experience outside ones community imperashytive Collin Perry and Visentin are continuing their education process he says
At age 10 Pet Trust continues to meet needs with research Since it was estab li shed in 1986 OVes Pet Trust has funded more [han 100 resea rch projects to imshyprove the health of compan ion animals and enab le veterinanans to learn more abou t anima l beha vior and the human pet bone One of the most recent studshyies addresses a g rowing interest In ho listic medi c ine among veterinanans and pet owne rs
For the first lime a formal research projec t at a Cashy
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nadi an veterinary school is being staged to study the efficacy of herbal and homeopathic products for pain and cancer treatment in dogs
Practice-based clinical trials are be ing conducted under the supervi sion of population medicine pro fesshysor Brenda Bonnen BSc 75 DVM 79 and PhD 88 with epidemio logy graduate student Carol Poland BSc(Ag r ) 83 and DVM 90 The clinica l tria l will have applications to human medi cine and may answer question s about the placebo e ffec t in hushymans Po land says
Ho li sti c medic ine is an umbre ll a tenn that includes the four main the rapies of homeopathy acupuncture chiroprac tic and herbal medicine as well as many other the rapi es such as aromatherapy magnetic the rshyapy and touc h therapy
Bo nnen be lieves the OVC study is a re tlec tion of consumer de mand Consumers are more educated but also inte rested in more natural and less invas ive forms o f the rapy
The cl inical trial is be ing funded by pri va te doshynors The literature re vie w is supported by the Pet
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Gryphon Club creates Medal of Merit The traditi onal Homecoming Hall o f Fame inductio n ceremony will be a little unusual th is year as the Gryphon Clu b we lcomes three athl etes and a builder as we ll as an entire cross-country team and a te lev ishysion broadcaster The annual dinne r will be he ld Sept 27 in Peter Clark Hall
CHCH sports commentator Norm Marsha ll will be awarded the G ryphon Club s new Medal of Me rit esshytabli shed to recogni ze outstanding commitment to Ontario sport The award enables the Univers ity to ho nor individuals outs ide the Gue lph program Through his CHCH cove rage of Gryphon spon s events Ma rsha ll has interviewed many of the athshyletes who are membe rs of the Hall of Fame
In addi tion the Gryphon Club will hono r the seven membe rs o f the 1969 championship crossshycountry team Grant Mclaren BSc 70 Paul Manley DVM 74 GO 76 and MSc 78 Grant Mustard BSc(Agr ) 72 Barry Sn ider BSc 71 Kriss C ronin Pat Larry BSc(PE ) and Jack Galbraith DVM 72 This tea m had the most successshyful season eve r e njoyed by a cross-country team at Guelph They were OntarioQuebec Athle tic Assoc iashy
tio n (OQAA) champio ns and Ca nadi an Inshyterco ll egiate Athletic Union (CIA U) champi ons
Indi vidual athletes who will be inshyducted into the Hall of Fame are John Henry DVM 6 1 Abe Fo lland BSA 35 and Larry Hurd DVM 7l Prof Victo r Matthews Languages and Lite rature w ill be inducted as a builde r
He nry excelled in football and hoc key He pl ayed on the 1958 and 59 football teams when they were Ontario intercolleshygiate champions and semi- finalists at the Atl anti c Bowl He was Male Athlete o f the Yea r and Wildman Trophy winne r in 19606 1
Hurd ea rned fi ve varsity le tte rs fo r his ex plo its in the pool He was CIAU AIshyCanadian in 1966 won two gold and one silver Ontario Uni ve rs ity Athleti c Assoshyciati on medals and set s ix U o f G swimshyming records He was a member o f the 400 re lay team that clocked the fa stes t time in Canada in 1969
Fo ll and was a famili ar face on the footshyba ll fie ld and the basketball court from 193 1 to 1934 contributing to severa l champi onship wins Notable was the 1932 basketball c hampio nship a nd the 1932 and 33 intenned iate football chamshypionships He rece ived the Wildman Troshyphy in 1934
Matthe ws coached U o f G s cross-co unshytry team for more than 15 years and the trac k team for s ix years During that time
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he ce le brated with fo ur CIA U champions four Onshytari o champions and five OQAA champions He also se rved as meet director when Guelph hosted the CIAU cross-co untry championships in 1980 and 1984
Tickets for the Hall o f Fame dinner are available throu gh the Departme nt of Athletics Ca ll 5 J9-824shy41 20 Ext 6134 or 6 133 for information
Grads join alumni ranks Some 2060 U of G students graduated during seven convocation ceremonies in June In addition the Unishyversity awa rded six honorary degrees two Univershys it y professor emeJitus honors and a Medal of Merit
Honorary degrees went to nutritionist Helen Guth rie a leader in research in human nutrition poshylitica l scientist Mart in Lipset a senior schol ar at the Woodrow Wil son Centre fo r Internationa l Scholars in Washington dramatist George Luscombe found er of Toronto Workshop Productions OAC alumnus Ken Murray retired CEO of JM Schne ider Inc statistic ian CR Rao a pioneer in statistical theory and applications and toxicologist Stephen Safe disshyting ui shed profe ssor at Texas AampM Uni versity and a fOlm er U of G professor
Retired veterinary science professor Brian Derbyshi re and retired phys ics pro fessor Jim Stevens were g iven the title of University professor emeritu s The Meda l of Merit was awarded to retired zoology professor Mary Be verley -Burton
New name same location Alumni visi ting or calling the campus since July I have been served by Uni versity staff in a new adminshyistrati ve un it called Development and Public Affa irs Fonnerl y ca lled Unive rsity Affairs and Developshyment the unit has been restructured by vice-presishydent John Mabley to include three key departments a new unit ca lled Campaign Programs Alumni Afshyfa irs and Deve lopment which marries two preshyviousl y separate unit s and Communications and Public Affa irs a merger of University Communica shytions and Community Re lations T he last is the deshypartment responsible for publication of the Cuelph Alumnus
The restructuring coincides with a number of pershysonnel changes that will create a whole new manageshyment team this fall Paulette Samson has been appointed director of alumni affairs and developshyment and searches will be launched to fill the direcshytors positions in Campaign Programs and Communications and Public Affairs
Although the greeting you hear on the phone may be different Deve lopment and Public Affa irs is still the place to ca ll for news of a lumni events and ac tivishyties To talk to staff in Alumni Affairs and Developshyment call 51 9-824-4 120 Ext 6936 Yo u can reac h the C uelph Alumnus in Communications and Public Affa irs at Ext 8706
Guelph Aiumlllls
Medal of Achievement
During convocation ce remonies in June the UG pr sen led its Alumni Medal of Achieveme nt to Lynn Roblin BASc 80 and MSc 82
Although her career is still 4uite young Roblin $ expertise in public health nutrition has already had a positive inlluence on anadas nutrition education programs and has earned her a national reputation in her field
She completed an undergrad uate degree in human nutrition and a Illa ters degree in human kinetics before beginning a career that has included posishytions in scve ral municipal hea lth Icpartments She now docs private consultshyIng
Roblin worked on the Hea lthy Lifesty le Program deve loped by the Onshytario Ministry o f Hea lth and has had a national impact through he r design work on the new Canadas Food G uide for Healthy Eating a project o f Health and Welfare Canada This is the most widely used nutrition tool in the country
She was also part o f a team that published a unique recipe book for the Cashynad ian Dieteti Association lIealrhy Pleasures is u collaborative e ffort inshyvolving hers from across the country who developed recipes that are both healthfu l and interesting More re ently Robli n work d with co lleague Bev Callaghan 10 produce Suppertime Survival a rec ipe book on its way to atshytracting a nat ional audienc Her skills hav also benefited the Canadian Sugar In titute and led to the design of a teacher s kit for use in school nutrishytion programs across ulnada
Roblin is also a leader wit hin the UG AA and the Mac-FAC Alumni Asshysociation She has served on both executi ves on the UG A workplaceacclshydemic interface committee and on the BASc progra m-planning committee and has provided substantial input on behalf of alumni to the nivcrsity strategic-planning process She has even made herself available to represent alumni at tudent orientation events and Olhe functions where students can benefit from her enthusiasm and talent
Visit the U of G Web site at httpwwwuoguelphca and the UGAA site at httpwwwUGalumniuoguelphca
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S ome say YOli ((mIee their
presence as you walk
across JOJlJ1stoll Green or
through Alumni Stadium
The screaming fans the
chill ill the air the sounds
ofhattIe echoing across
the field Its a tradition
as old as Canada and a
RUniC synoflyrnolls with
the autUnIn season
Football
Gentlemen footballers When the University or Guelph was rounded in 1874 as the Onshytario School or Agriculture rugby football was beginning to gain a footholu as one of Canadas most popular new sports It was a game brought to Canada by the British who had leamed it during their time at upper-class prep schools These gentlemen footballers settled in urban centres and military garrisons and spent their lei sure time honing their skills at this rough and brushytal Sp0I1 and introducing it to the colonials
The early game had 14 or 15 men on each side who were exshytremely skilled kickers and runners It was an expensive sport bcshycause the players provided their own playing gear and equipment Most would he outtilled in canvas suits with woollen sweaters and socks topped olT with high-cut boots Most teams could afford 10 buy only one football bladder to last a season or two and few players wore protective equipment because it was
considered unmanly Plide and a lack of clear rules caused many serious - sometimes fatal- injuries But the dangers did not dampen the competitive Spilit of these early pioneers
Guelph Stratford St Catha rines London and POit Hope took part in what is thought to be the first league-like structure in Onshytario OAC was one of the colleges that had a rugby football team along with Tri nity College Ottawa College and the Toronto Rugby Cluh There is virtually no trace of these early teams and according to Guelph alumnus and fonner football star WJ Billy Squirrel OAC 07 therc is little mention of field SPOIts being played on campus between 1874 and IRR2
During the colleges formative years students attended lecshytures for half the day and worked the other half Most frec time was taken up by reading over lecture notes and attending church Eventually organized Sp0I1 was fonnally introduced into most Canadian universities and colleges as part of a new theory of
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After leaving Guelph Smirle Lawson played for the University of Toronto Here he plunges over the McGill opposishytion in a 1908 game
Photo courtesy Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Museum
Story by Elizabeth Dagg a 1993 BA graduate and an avid Gryphonfan who is currently wriring a hisrory of rughyfootball in Canado
Historical material Fom Gryphon assistant coach Pat Tracey the University of Guelph Library archives and the Canadian Foothall Hall of Fame and Museum
the college and by 1888 OAC was competitive enough to make a bid for the dominion championship (later renamed the Grey Cup) But the orange and black were honorably defeated by the Toronto Varsity seniors by 10 points The College on the Hill would have to wait another 96 years before challenging for anshyother national championship
The formation of the OAC Athletic Association in 1892 strengthened the rugby football club There was new recognition t-hat the college s sports clubs needed patrons and a fan base to survive The football club believed it couldn ( be a success withshyout the aid of the fair sex The opening of Macdonald Institute in 1903 strengthened the image of football as a spectator sport Popularity grew at all Canadian universities as femal e students became a growing presence on campuses The promise of female spectators even encouraged a larger turnout for fall tryouts and provided new incentives for better play
education that promoted sport as a way to build moral physical and mental character Well-rounded graduates became the goa
Thc early OAC teams operated at junior intermediate and senshyior levels The players and faculty also initiated early intramural Or inter-year games that pitted first-year students against senshyiors to boost school spirit
The rugby football club struggled to survive in the early years sometimes finding competition from the OAC association (or socshycer) football club too fierce But even with a school population hovering at the 100 mark throughout the 1880s the college still managed to field teams on a yearly basi s
Although the football club wasn t stable the players did meet with success during the 1880s There wasnt much glory to be had in those days however The players might buy a cricket cap or spend a dollar on a team photo as mementos The 1884 and 1885 seasons fielded one of the strongest teams in the history of
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from Guelph to support their home-town boy Lawson went on to star with the Toronto Argonauts
and was a world-renowned soldier pathologist and hushymanitarian He is the only Guelph native to receive an honored place in the Canadian Football Hall or Fame and Museum
The outbreak of the Great War brought the momentum the football club had developed to a temporary halt With vast numbers of students enlisting to serve overseas it beshycame difficult to recruit players EventuaUy in 1() 16 the operation of all football unions was suspended due to the war
Postwar boom The First World War marked the end of Canada s innoshy
Growing pains The popularity of rugby football continued to grow at Guelph but the competitiveness of OAC seniors began to flag against other powerhouse teams in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Union such as the University of Toronto Ottawa College McGill and Queens
Guelphs athletic association made a crucial decision to focus on intermediate- and junior-level play In 1903 OAC entered a team in the intermediate series of the Ontario Rugby Football Unshyion and had a successful inaugural season competing against teams from Berlin (now Kitchener) Galt and Hamilton By 1906 OAC had developed a championship team and the winners of the Western College Association took the pennant home for the winter Six years later the new red and blue won the Junior Intershycollegiate Championship The momentum had begun to build
One of the greatest football stars ever to grace Canadian playshying fields was to be found on the OAC roster for the 1904 seashyson Guelph native Alexander Smirle Lawson learned the game on the playing field in front of Johnston Hall The plunging haltback nicknamed The Big Train spent one season at OAC before transferring to the University of Toronto to study medishycine There he led the Varsity to its first Grey Cup win in 1909 For the historic game Lawsons father brought an entourage
cence and football was no exception The era of pure amateurism was coming to an end and was being reshy
placed with semi-professional players and coaches A great gulf emerged between clubs that maintained amateur status and those that were forging down the road to professionalism Some univershysity and college teams found it increasingly difficult to compete at the senior level for the Grey Cup against teams stacked with paid coaches and players
For the OAC Aggies football team it meant great change The end of the war ushered in an era of stars on and off the field The 1919 Aggies found returning veterans ready to play on a difshyferent field of battle Ted Wildman emerged as the colleges first
true grid iron star as an exceptional runner passer and kicker on the 191920 squads When Wildman died in 1931 Canada Packers donated a trophy in his memory The trophy is still awarded annually to the graduatshying football player who combines acashydemics athletics leadership and fair play
The first Guelph teams nicknamed the OAC Aggies competed on Johnston Green at the front of the campus When the Ontario Veterinary
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College moved to Guelph in 1922 both colleges fielded football teams but the Aggies and Vets eventushyally melded into one OA-vC team which adopted the name Redmen From 1925 to 1949 they played beshyhind the veterinary buildings on the west side of camshypus moving to the presenl site on Powerhouse Lane in 1950
TIle [930s saw Guelphs new head coach and athshyletic director FG Baldy Baldwin fo llowing in the footsteps of the professional coaches who had come before him such as McGills Frank Shaugnessy and Billy Hughes at Queens Baldwin brought to campus American-style coaching techniqucs that involved scishyent ific and regimented tactics His playing career had started at Queen s where he was quarterback on a doshy ion honors when the rugged Guelph senior syuad expelienced minion championship team He played college football in the only one loss and trampled Ollawa in a 29-6 championship vicshy
nited States for three years [n Guelph Baldwin led the Aggies tory They repeated the [eat one year later defeating the McMas shyto three Canadian [ntemlediate Intercollegiate Rugby Union ter Rams 58-0 in the final game Championships and the team s only undefeated season in
As a student at OAC Mitchell was a star athlete in football193637 His coaching record has yet to be equalled When he
basketball and wrestling and rece ived the coveted Wildman Troshyleft campus in 1945 he continued his career as coach of the
phy in his final year 1938 He earned an education degree Ottawa Rough Riders
served in the navy during the war and taught brie f1y in Ollawa beshyAt Guelph Baldwin also nurtured
fore returning to Guelph He he ld every possible position in the his share of gridiron greats He
football program - player scout coach head coach and athletic coached his SLlccessor team captain
director He served as head coach for nine seasons and was direcshyBill Mitche ll to stardom as the squads
tor of athletics until 1967 starting qual1erback Teammate All
Mitchell passed coaching duties and a winning tradition on to Hales was the hard-nosed centre on the Intercollegiate Championship teams of coach Jay Fry in 1953 Fry coached only two years and was folshy
lowed in rapid succession by Tom Mooney Don Hayes and Bill 1932 and 1933 He went on to play for the Toronto Argonauts before returning Graham Mooney s powerhouse teams of 1958 and 1959 were
champions of the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference to business He served as MP for where he relied on the talents of players like co-captains Murray Guelph and Wellington from 1957 to Atkinson Carl Jackson and Robbie Keith The 1959 team posted 1974 one of the best seasons in the history of the Rcclmen Only two teams McMaster and Waterloo were able to score against the
Call to war Redmen defensive squad which allowed only 19 points in seven War again interrupted the progress of campus Iootball The end league games with four shutouts The year ended with the Red shyo f the Second World War marked the end of the Baldwin dynasty men making the ir first appearance in the Atlantic Bowl where
teams and the beginning of Mitchell s reign A legend in his own they were defeated by SI Francis Xavier
right Mitchell still had big shoes to fill And he did continuing The euphoria was sholt-lived however as the Redmen Ie ll the series of postwar wins that included a 1947 march to domin- from victory to defeat in 1960 beginning one of the longest
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
L19~ 10000 _deateW~erJ
Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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technology to all areas of Ontalio We hope this leads to new oPPOItunities for producers to become Slory reprinled from At Gue lph
Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
Photo by Robin Knight
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
Bob Murray BSA 49
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Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Alumni have tradi tiona lly in tlucnced Universit deci ion making by serving on co llege alumni a~soshy
ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
Sept 23to 29-HOMECOMING 1996 1
Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
staff reunion for grads of the 80s and 90s Call Ext 4892 for details
bull All former Bullring staff
bull CSA reunion Call Ext 6743 to register
CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Sept 23-29 - Wel lness Awareness W eek call Ext 3327 fo r eventsac tivities Sept 24 - FACS Career Night 5 15 to 7 pm Peter Clark Hall All FACS gracls welcome To volunteer as a speaker call Karcn Schol z BASc 93 at 519-271-0055 or Laurie Malleau BComm 83 at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 2102 Sept 25 bull Homecoming kickoff at free noon-hour concert Branion Plaza bull University barbecue festival and marketplace 4 to l)30 pm Branion
Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
Alumni House Call Ext 6533 to volunteer bull Observatory tours 9 to 11 pm meet at the front door of Za vitz Hall Sept 27 bull Conce rt St George s Square downtown Guelph 3 105 pm bull Free movie night Thornbrough 100 bull Gryphon Club Hall of Fame dinne r 630 pm ticke ts $50 Ext 6 133 bull Velcome wagon information table 6 to 10 pm are na bull Agg ie social 9 pm arena everyone we lcome Call Ext 8321 for tic kets Sept 28 bull Vclcorne wagon noon to 4 pm Alumni Stad ium 6 10 10 pm arena bull Studenla lumni swim meet R30 alll Ca ll A lan Fairweathe r E l 2220 bull HK I-IH Alumni Assoc iation annual meeting 930 am Po we ll Build ing bull ngi neering Alumni Association meeting lO am hornbrough 100 bull Alumni House open house 10 am to I pm bull G lory Bowl alumni footb all game 10 am Alumni Stad iwil bull Intramural volleyball tournament Call Ext 2160 for information bull UGAA 30th-anni versary reunion barbecue II 30 am Alumni House bull Foolhall game - G ryp hons is LJ of T BllIes 2 p m Alumni Stadium
Tickets $3 in advance at the we lcome wagon bull Class re unions HAFA 86 FACS R5 and OAC 56A bull All-ages concert with licensed area R pm a re na Alumni atlmilled at stu shy
de nt prices Ca ll Ext 43G8 fo r tickets Sept 29 - Bonsai show Arbore tuIll II aIll to 5 pm
Pick up an aluIllni card from Alumni House or the we lcome wagon Bring it with ID for licensed event s Pick up a Homecoming tabloid and enter the draw at the Wcl W IllC wagon For information caliS 19-R24-4120 Ext 2102
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
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S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
Cuelp AllmlIIS
career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Make HOMECOMING 196 afamily affair
We have If you dig FOOTBALL corrON
CANDY or AGGIE GET-TOGETHERS
youll have a great time at
p Jgt RALLY CONCERTS and an
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There will also be a PARADE amp
and a chance to cheer on the
GRYPHON PLAYERS at
Saturdays BIG GAME against
the U of T Blues
GRIFF will be there along with
a bunch of SWIM TEAM grads and
the new HALL OF FAME winners
YOU should be there TOO
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Sept 24 to 29
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Theres a new-student barbecue on Thursday the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Dinner and an
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September 1996
Editor MMy Dickieso n
Executie editor Sandra Webster 8A 75
Contributors
Barbara C han ce 8A 74 Eli zabeth Dagg 8A 93 Tina Veltri 8A 95 Kerith Waddington 8A 96 Debbie Thompson Wilson BA 77
Designproduction
Mary Di ckieson
Lind a Gra ham BA 77
Editorial Advisory Board
Mary Dickieso n chai r Susan Blair BA 83 Guu~ Haza laar BA 76 Klari Kalkman BSe 79 Sheila Levak BComm 83 Deni s Lynn Bsc 69 Crysta l MaCKay BSc(Agr1 93 Dan Melanson BA 89 Pau le tte Samson Riw Sterne B Comm 87 Charl ene van Leeuwen
BASe 87 Bob Winkel BSc (Agr) 60
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Gu elph (I SS N 0830middot3630) Vol 29 No2 Copyright 1996 Publication dates are May I Sept I and Dec I
Thi s publica tio n is guided by Guelph s standards of qua lily and good tas te Opinions ex pressed are those o r Ihe con tribut ors and do not necessari ly re ncctthe orue ial position o f th e Universit y or th e UGAA Cop shyies of the magazineS ed itorial po li cy are available 0 11 reques t
This publi catio n is printed On 50 00 recyc led paper
Guelph Alumnus
On the cover
More than 1000 student athletes have battled on the
Guelph gridiron since rugby football was firsl played
on campus 1 15 years ago They won They lost
They became heroes in the hearts of their fan s and
legends in campus hi story Guelphs traditi on of edushy
cation and athletics has bred a school spiril that
wou ld be hard to duplicate anywhere else
Cover design by Rick Coffey of Lionheart Lithography Cambridge
The Gryphons don I love the ir school because of
the football- it s Ihe other way around But footshy
ball is certainly a potent symbol of that deeper affecshy
tion These are the words of alumnus Pat Tracey
who played more footba ll games in a Gryphon unishy
form than any other player
~ERSITY wGUELPH
4 A win in the locker
room
5 Helping students
7 Campus
9 Football legends
19 Research pays
25 Alumni news and
coming everllS
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Gryphon Lair makes it to the Hall ofFame
he Gryphon locker room in IUllln i tadium has won a ner1h in the unadian middotootball liall of Fame and Mu cum repshylica of the ryphon Lair will be insta lled next pring as a pennashynent display at the Hmnilton nt museum
hosen in a nationwid ompeti tion lhe lir will be ~ atllred in an interactive display thaI will invite visitor to try on un i folm~ lisshyten to the coachs pre-game instnlctions and re pcat the Rudyard Kipli ng poem that each Gryphon captain reads to inspire his playshyers before a game
Generally off lim its to the public the Guclph locker 100111 is
All-Canadian Kyle Walters No 12 and 1995 Wildman Trophy winner Kip Wigmore No 30
Photo by Martin Schwatbe
painted in Gryphon red gold and black and is decorated with more than 65 action photos of fonner uelph player including many who weI t Oil to play professional footbal l Each locker has its own shynameplate and inside the security box is a list of f0l111er players who ha e used that locker since the sta liurn opened in 1970
To get into the Lair ph ers W[llk through the Hall of Honor which displays action photos of uelph s W ildman T rophy win shynersOnlrio niversity thlctic sso ialion individual ehmllpions md school record ho i I rs There is a si -foot Gryphon pa inted on the wa ll and a players pass il on Iheir way to the fie ld each one louche the front c law for good luc k
Guelph AtllIlIlll
U of G will meet the challenge match the dollars Bct ween now and the end of March 1997 the University will seek the support of its alumni and frien ds for an initiative that promises to significanlly enhance financial resources for student assistance
ailed the niversity 0[ G uelph 0PPOI1ushynity F und it has been created with the help of a uniquc dollar-for-dollar matching-grant proshygram announced by the Ontario government in May
The govel11 ment has challenged all Ontario colleges and uni e rs it ies to increase endowshyments for student assistance at a time when tuishytion costs are steadily increasing The average cost of annual tuition for a student enlering Guelph this fall is $2 450 Ten years ago it was $1214 20 years ago it was $580
A unive rsity education remains as sound an investmenr in young people as it ever was and generous giving to the University of Ciuclph Opportunity Fund wi ll ensure that well-motishyvated students always have access to Guelph s quality programs
University president Mordechai Roza nsk i welcomes the provincial matching-grant chalshylenge calling it an exceptional opportunit y for Guelph to strengthen its resources for stushydent assistance Student aid through sc holar shyships and bursaries is a U of G priority expressed public ly in Guelph s s trategic-planshyning document Making Change
The Opportunity Fund will complement the University s recent move to double its bursary program Revenue generated from tuition inshycreases has enabled Guelph to award 500 new e ntrance awards of $500 each this fall The 2600 applications received for those new awards demonst rate a need among students for more financial aid
Tuition revenue has also provided an addishytional $500000 unde r the Ontario Student Asshysistance Program and a $100000 aHocation to a new Uni versity-based workstudy program In the 199697 acade mic year U of G will award a total of $180000 in bursaries and about $15 million in scho larships including 13 Presidents Scholarships of $20000 eac h
Gifts and pledges to the University of Guelph Opportunity Fund must be cOlTunittecl before March 311997 to qualify for governshyment matching
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From the president
The Universitys Board of Governors recently approved an avshye rage 196-per-cent increase in undergraduate tuition to take efshyfect in Ihe 1996(97 academic year This decision was reached only after the most careful consideration of practical altema shytives and Ihe U of G community remains comm itted 10 ensurshy
ing Ihn a G ue lph education will always be accessible to qualified students
To h Ip guarantee Guelph s accessibility to wcll-motivaled students 18 per cent of the tuition inshycrease will be direc ted to student as islance purposes exceeding the IO-pcr-cent minimum recommended by the pro ineial government This will place Guelph in the top half of universities in Ontario in student 5cholshyarshipbursary resources at the undergraduate level AIshymosl 950000 will become available in this ac ademic year for fin anc ial aid meritshyand needs-based entrance
awards the bursary program and the workstudy program
We have moved filmly
Chancellor Lincoln Alexander left and president Mordechai RozanSki far right signal the need to work with students to meet their academic and financial needs
Photo by Martin Schwalbe
and decLsively at the Univershysity of Guelph to ease the imshy
pact of a necessary tuition increase and now the University has been g iven an exceptional opportunity to fUlther strengthen reshysources for student assistance which we are calling the Univershys ity of Guelph Opportunity Fund
The Opportunity Fund is based on it pledge announced this May by the Ontario government whereby cach college and unishyvers ity in the province is challenged to enhance funding for stushydent assistance purposes
For every private endowment dollar raised beshy
Give to U ofG s Opportunity
Fund and the Ontario governshyment will match your gift dollar
for dollar
fore March 3J J997 the province will invest a marched dollar
The UniversityS distingu ished chancellor Linshycoln Alexander has agreed to serve as volunteer chair for the U of G Opportunity Fund which he beshylieves offers meaningful potential for Guelphs abilshyity to continue to attract se rious students irrespective of their financial background
When you are asked to support U ofGs trust fund please remember what a Guelph education has meant to your life and 10 the lives of those you chershyish Your gift will help ensure that our university can continue to serve into the future with the acashydemic distinction and student accessibility that have characte rized its past
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Aquatic sciences receive LCBO funding U of G s aqua ti c sc iences research fa cility will be buoyed up by funding from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario s 1996 Shop the World-He lp Save the Animals campaign
Guelph received $40000 through the World Wildshylife Fund (WWF) a partrrer a lo rrg with the Carradian Nat ure Federation (CNF) in the LCBO campaign w hi ch raised a total of$147000
The dorration wi ll be used to support completi orr of the Hagen AquaJab arrd the Axelrod Irrstitute of Ichthyology arrd to enhance faculty researc h ai med at protectirrg preserving arrd managing aquati c reshy
sources Thi s suppor1 builds on proceeds received from the 1995 Shop the World ca mpaign which were used for researc h on loon mOI1ality
CBS dean Robert Sheath says he pleased that the WWF end orsed U o f G s project and represented the fac ility to participants during the promotiorr The enshyhanced public awarerress of the aquatic sciences fac ilshyity is illlpo rtant he sa ys It re inforces to the public our dedicatiorr - alo ng with the WWF and C Fshyto the maintenance arrd protection of our natural re shysources
The $40000 earmarked for G uelph comes fro lll nine of the wineries and d ist illeries that pa I1icipated in the ca mpaIgn They are Andres Wines Ltd Sea shygram Canada Hiralll W alker Sa les Division Gilbey Canada Irrc Pelee Is land Winery and Vineyards Inc Sainsbury and Co Ltd Calona Vineya rds the Mark Anthony G roup and Feathe rstone and ComshyParents support library pany Ltd
T o date $49 million of the $6-million fu nd-ra lsshying goal for the aq uatic sc ien ces facillty has been rai sed allowing the Unl vers it y to corrSlruct two of the facility s buildings and finish some interior roo ills Eleven of 27 laborato ries in the Hage n Aqualab are completed and researc h has begun Fund raising continues for the balance of $ l1 m ilshylion needed to open the complete fac ilit y and estabshylish an operatin g e ndowment
The breadth of Univers ity research in aqu atic sys shytems and their co nservation will be g reatl y e nhanced with the comple tion of this Fac ility says John Mabley v ice-pres ident (development and public a fshyfairs) The Unlvers ity is grateful to both the WWF and the LCBO for the ir support o f the aquatic sci-
OVC reviews curriculum OVC has received a $260 000 g rant from the Max Be ll Foundation to suppo r1 the co lleges ongo ing proshyject of curriculum renewal and deve lopment kn ow n as DVM 2000
The grant w ill be used to hi re 3rr education spec ia lshy
N o one recogrri zes the escalatirrg cost of a un iversity education more than ist to work with OVC facu lty over the next fi ve years
pa re nts so it s not surp rising that those who are able to give do g ive gerrershy to irrtrod uce implement and assess an outcomes shy
ous ly to U of G s parent li brary fund Launched irr 1990 the Pare nt s P ro shy based curric ulum The specialist will a lso be acti ve
gram has raised more than $657 000 in g i fts arrd pledges Stude rrt ca lle rs in suppOlting irrte runive rs ity consultation As part of
netted an all-tillle high in pledges over the past year fin ishing in June with this project the information gathe red throug h curricu shy$132466 lum development wi ll be shared with other vete rishy
Pictured above are sOllle of the students who made it happen Each o ne is na ry co lleges a two- o r three-year veteran o t the te lep hone campaign Front row from left OVC has bee n involved in curcic ulum re vie w are Azeeza Ali Natalie Basaraba Do nr~al y n Charles a rrd Lu ke Williams In s ince the laurrch of DVM 2000 in 1993 Recogmtion back are chief librarian Mike Ridley le ft and program chair Han k Vander of the importance of fa culty deve lopment and curshyPol a 1965 g raduate of OAC an d the parent of a U of U student Money ric ulu m c hange was sparked by a 1988 report of the ra ised through the tele phone ca mpaign is used to buy library resources for un shy Pew National Ve terinary Program in the Unlted dergradu ates R id ley says that Parent s Progra lll material is used more often States It called for changes in ve terinary ed ucation than most othe r reso urces in the library in res ponse to the chang ing veterina ry needs of soci shy
ety The review was a lso supported by Max Be ll
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Uof Gwelcomes college students U of G continues to build on artIcu lation agreements that a llow college st udents to transfer to university programs and vice versa Senate has approved new agreeme nts between the FACS child studies program and Fanshawe CoJlege and the Loyali st College of Applied Ans and Technology
Gradu ates of Loyalist and Fanshawes early childshyhood education diploma program will receive recogshynition for designated advanced standing credits at Gue lph for completion of the BASc in child studshyies The communi ty college graduates admitted to Guelph can a lso par1icipate in the Uni versitys studyshyabroad programs
Both Gue lph and community co llege graduates will be able to take pat1 in other U of G ar1icu lation agreements such as the one wi th tile faculty of edushycation at Nipissing College
Tax credit boosts co-op programs The 700 students enrolled in U of G s 3 1 co-op pro shygrams may find it eas ie r to land a place ment thanks to a new employer tax credit introduced in the Onshytario provincial bud get May 7
Beginning Sept 1 e mployers ca n claim a tax credit of up to 1000 per co-op placement The tax sav ings to corporations is equa l to to per cent of the costs of hiring a student enrolled in a recognized coshyop program at a university or coll ege
Interested employers can receive more informashytion through the niversity s Counselling and Stu shydent Resource Centre at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 4365
CBS celebrates 25th The College of Biologica l Sc ience wiiJ throw ope n its doors Sept 27 and 28 to welcome alu mni to a 25th-anniversary ce lebration Each depal1ment will participate in an open house from 2 to 5 pm both FIiday and Saturday wit h decade rooms se t up in the Axelrod Animal Science and Nutrition Chemistry and Biochemistry and PoweU buildings and in McN ally House
The Friday open house wi ll be followed by a mixe r at the nive ls ity Club from 6 to II pm and observatory tours from 9 to II pm A dinner and dance wi ll be he ld Saturday beginning at 630 pm in Pe ter Clark Ha ll
Although CBS was the last of U of G s seven colshyleges to be fOlmed its estab lishment in 1971 coinshycided with an upsurge of interest in the biologica l sciences that is still going strong today As a result CBS now claims more than 16 pe r cent of the Unishyvers itys total graduates - over 10700
A history booklet is being prepared by the college to document it s growth and wi ll be available during the anniversary weekend along with ot her CBS memorabilia For information on regi stration and acshycommodation call 519-824-4120 Ext 3343 or se nd email totonipuog ue lphca
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Sarah Collin left and Michelle Perry prepare to leave U of G for a year of teaching in Japan
Photo by Kerith Waddington
Japanese coup for U of G Sarah Collin Mic helle Pe rry and Rick Vise ntin are three 1996 Guelph graduates who are s pe nding the next year teaching English in Jap an They were c hoshysen out of 3600 provincial app licants to pal1i c ipate in the international exc han ge and foreign-language teaching program Sociology professor Vi ctor
jimoto chair of U of G s Japan Program ltays the first-time se lection of th ree Guelph students to parshyticipate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (J ET ) Program is a coup for the niversity Launched in 1987 JET is funded by the japanese Mini stry of Forshye ign Affairs jimoto believes today s economy makes experience outside ones community imperashytive Collin Perry and Visentin are continuing their education process he says
At age 10 Pet Trust continues to meet needs with research Since it was estab li shed in 1986 OVes Pet Trust has funded more [han 100 resea rch projects to imshyprove the health of compan ion animals and enab le veterinanans to learn more abou t anima l beha vior and the human pet bone One of the most recent studshyies addresses a g rowing interest In ho listic medi c ine among veterinanans and pet owne rs
For the first lime a formal research projec t at a Cashy
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nadi an veterinary school is being staged to study the efficacy of herbal and homeopathic products for pain and cancer treatment in dogs
Practice-based clinical trials are be ing conducted under the supervi sion of population medicine pro fesshysor Brenda Bonnen BSc 75 DVM 79 and PhD 88 with epidemio logy graduate student Carol Poland BSc(Ag r ) 83 and DVM 90 The clinica l tria l will have applications to human medi cine and may answer question s about the placebo e ffec t in hushymans Po land says
Ho li sti c medic ine is an umbre ll a tenn that includes the four main the rapies of homeopathy acupuncture chiroprac tic and herbal medicine as well as many other the rapi es such as aromatherapy magnetic the rshyapy and touc h therapy
Bo nnen be lieves the OVC study is a re tlec tion of consumer de mand Consumers are more educated but also inte rested in more natural and less invas ive forms o f the rapy
The cl inical trial is be ing funded by pri va te doshynors The literature re vie w is supported by the Pet
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Gryphon Club creates Medal of Merit The traditi onal Homecoming Hall o f Fame inductio n ceremony will be a little unusual th is year as the Gryphon Clu b we lcomes three athl etes and a builder as we ll as an entire cross-country team and a te lev ishysion broadcaster The annual dinne r will be he ld Sept 27 in Peter Clark Hall
CHCH sports commentator Norm Marsha ll will be awarded the G ryphon Club s new Medal of Me rit esshytabli shed to recogni ze outstanding commitment to Ontario sport The award enables the Univers ity to ho nor individuals outs ide the Gue lph program Through his CHCH cove rage of Gryphon spon s events Ma rsha ll has interviewed many of the athshyletes who are membe rs of the Hall of Fame
In addi tion the Gryphon Club will hono r the seven membe rs o f the 1969 championship crossshycountry team Grant Mclaren BSc 70 Paul Manley DVM 74 GO 76 and MSc 78 Grant Mustard BSc(Agr ) 72 Barry Sn ider BSc 71 Kriss C ronin Pat Larry BSc(PE ) and Jack Galbraith DVM 72 This tea m had the most successshyful season eve r e njoyed by a cross-country team at Guelph They were OntarioQuebec Athle tic Assoc iashy
tio n (OQAA) champio ns and Ca nadi an Inshyterco ll egiate Athletic Union (CIA U) champi ons
Indi vidual athletes who will be inshyducted into the Hall of Fame are John Henry DVM 6 1 Abe Fo lland BSA 35 and Larry Hurd DVM 7l Prof Victo r Matthews Languages and Lite rature w ill be inducted as a builde r
He nry excelled in football and hoc key He pl ayed on the 1958 and 59 football teams when they were Ontario intercolleshygiate champions and semi- finalists at the Atl anti c Bowl He was Male Athlete o f the Yea r and Wildman Trophy winne r in 19606 1
Hurd ea rned fi ve varsity le tte rs fo r his ex plo its in the pool He was CIAU AIshyCanadian in 1966 won two gold and one silver Ontario Uni ve rs ity Athleti c Assoshyciati on medals and set s ix U o f G swimshyming records He was a member o f the 400 re lay team that clocked the fa stes t time in Canada in 1969
Fo ll and was a famili ar face on the footshyba ll fie ld and the basketball court from 193 1 to 1934 contributing to severa l champi onship wins Notable was the 1932 basketball c hampio nship a nd the 1932 and 33 intenned iate football chamshypionships He rece ived the Wildman Troshyphy in 1934
Matthe ws coached U o f G s cross-co unshytry team for more than 15 years and the trac k team for s ix years During that time
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he ce le brated with fo ur CIA U champions four Onshytari o champions and five OQAA champions He also se rved as meet director when Guelph hosted the CIAU cross-co untry championships in 1980 and 1984
Tickets for the Hall o f Fame dinner are available throu gh the Departme nt of Athletics Ca ll 5 J9-824shy41 20 Ext 6134 or 6 133 for information
Grads join alumni ranks Some 2060 U of G students graduated during seven convocation ceremonies in June In addition the Unishyversity awa rded six honorary degrees two Univershys it y professor emeJitus honors and a Medal of Merit
Honorary degrees went to nutritionist Helen Guth rie a leader in research in human nutrition poshylitica l scientist Mart in Lipset a senior schol ar at the Woodrow Wil son Centre fo r Internationa l Scholars in Washington dramatist George Luscombe found er of Toronto Workshop Productions OAC alumnus Ken Murray retired CEO of JM Schne ider Inc statistic ian CR Rao a pioneer in statistical theory and applications and toxicologist Stephen Safe disshyting ui shed profe ssor at Texas AampM Uni versity and a fOlm er U of G professor
Retired veterinary science professor Brian Derbyshi re and retired phys ics pro fessor Jim Stevens were g iven the title of University professor emeritu s The Meda l of Merit was awarded to retired zoology professor Mary Be verley -Burton
New name same location Alumni visi ting or calling the campus since July I have been served by Uni versity staff in a new adminshyistrati ve un it called Development and Public Affa irs Fonnerl y ca lled Unive rsity Affairs and Developshyment the unit has been restructured by vice-presishydent John Mabley to include three key departments a new unit ca lled Campaign Programs Alumni Afshyfa irs and Deve lopment which marries two preshyviousl y separate unit s and Communications and Public Affa irs a merger of University Communica shytions and Community Re lations T he last is the deshypartment responsible for publication of the Cuelph Alumnus
The restructuring coincides with a number of pershysonnel changes that will create a whole new manageshyment team this fall Paulette Samson has been appointed director of alumni affairs and developshyment and searches will be launched to fill the direcshytors positions in Campaign Programs and Communications and Public Affairs
Although the greeting you hear on the phone may be different Deve lopment and Public Affa irs is still the place to ca ll for news of a lumni events and ac tivishyties To talk to staff in Alumni Affairs and Developshyment call 51 9-824-4 120 Ext 6936 Yo u can reac h the C uelph Alumnus in Communications and Public Affa irs at Ext 8706
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Medal of Achievement
During convocation ce remonies in June the UG pr sen led its Alumni Medal of Achieveme nt to Lynn Roblin BASc 80 and MSc 82
Although her career is still 4uite young Roblin $ expertise in public health nutrition has already had a positive inlluence on anadas nutrition education programs and has earned her a national reputation in her field
She completed an undergrad uate degree in human nutrition and a Illa ters degree in human kinetics before beginning a career that has included posishytions in scve ral municipal hea lth Icpartments She now docs private consultshyIng
Roblin worked on the Hea lthy Lifesty le Program deve loped by the Onshytario Ministry o f Hea lth and has had a national impact through he r design work on the new Canadas Food G uide for Healthy Eating a project o f Health and Welfare Canada This is the most widely used nutrition tool in the country
She was also part o f a team that published a unique recipe book for the Cashynad ian Dieteti Association lIealrhy Pleasures is u collaborative e ffort inshyvolving hers from across the country who developed recipes that are both healthfu l and interesting More re ently Robli n work d with co lleague Bev Callaghan 10 produce Suppertime Survival a rec ipe book on its way to atshytracting a nat ional audienc Her skills hav also benefited the Canadian Sugar In titute and led to the design of a teacher s kit for use in school nutrishytion programs across ulnada
Roblin is also a leader wit hin the UG AA and the Mac-FAC Alumni Asshysociation She has served on both executi ves on the UG A workplaceacclshydemic interface committee and on the BASc progra m-planning committee and has provided substantial input on behalf of alumni to the nivcrsity strategic-planning process She has even made herself available to represent alumni at tudent orientation events and Olhe functions where students can benefit from her enthusiasm and talent
Visit the U of G Web site at httpwwwuoguelphca and the UGAA site at httpwwwUGalumniuoguelphca
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S ome say YOli ((mIee their
presence as you walk
across JOJlJ1stoll Green or
through Alumni Stadium
The screaming fans the
chill ill the air the sounds
ofhattIe echoing across
the field Its a tradition
as old as Canada and a
RUniC synoflyrnolls with
the autUnIn season
Football
Gentlemen footballers When the University or Guelph was rounded in 1874 as the Onshytario School or Agriculture rugby football was beginning to gain a footholu as one of Canadas most popular new sports It was a game brought to Canada by the British who had leamed it during their time at upper-class prep schools These gentlemen footballers settled in urban centres and military garrisons and spent their lei sure time honing their skills at this rough and brushytal Sp0I1 and introducing it to the colonials
The early game had 14 or 15 men on each side who were exshytremely skilled kickers and runners It was an expensive sport bcshycause the players provided their own playing gear and equipment Most would he outtilled in canvas suits with woollen sweaters and socks topped olT with high-cut boots Most teams could afford 10 buy only one football bladder to last a season or two and few players wore protective equipment because it was
considered unmanly Plide and a lack of clear rules caused many serious - sometimes fatal- injuries But the dangers did not dampen the competitive Spilit of these early pioneers
Guelph Stratford St Catha rines London and POit Hope took part in what is thought to be the first league-like structure in Onshytario OAC was one of the colleges that had a rugby football team along with Tri nity College Ottawa College and the Toronto Rugby Cluh There is virtually no trace of these early teams and according to Guelph alumnus and fonner football star WJ Billy Squirrel OAC 07 therc is little mention of field SPOIts being played on campus between 1874 and IRR2
During the colleges formative years students attended lecshytures for half the day and worked the other half Most frec time was taken up by reading over lecture notes and attending church Eventually organized Sp0I1 was fonnally introduced into most Canadian universities and colleges as part of a new theory of
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After leaving Guelph Smirle Lawson played for the University of Toronto Here he plunges over the McGill opposishytion in a 1908 game
Photo courtesy Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Museum
Story by Elizabeth Dagg a 1993 BA graduate and an avid Gryphonfan who is currently wriring a hisrory of rughyfootball in Canado
Historical material Fom Gryphon assistant coach Pat Tracey the University of Guelph Library archives and the Canadian Foothall Hall of Fame and Museum
the college and by 1888 OAC was competitive enough to make a bid for the dominion championship (later renamed the Grey Cup) But the orange and black were honorably defeated by the Toronto Varsity seniors by 10 points The College on the Hill would have to wait another 96 years before challenging for anshyother national championship
The formation of the OAC Athletic Association in 1892 strengthened the rugby football club There was new recognition t-hat the college s sports clubs needed patrons and a fan base to survive The football club believed it couldn ( be a success withshyout the aid of the fair sex The opening of Macdonald Institute in 1903 strengthened the image of football as a spectator sport Popularity grew at all Canadian universities as femal e students became a growing presence on campuses The promise of female spectators even encouraged a larger turnout for fall tryouts and provided new incentives for better play
education that promoted sport as a way to build moral physical and mental character Well-rounded graduates became the goa
Thc early OAC teams operated at junior intermediate and senshyior levels The players and faculty also initiated early intramural Or inter-year games that pitted first-year students against senshyiors to boost school spirit
The rugby football club struggled to survive in the early years sometimes finding competition from the OAC association (or socshycer) football club too fierce But even with a school population hovering at the 100 mark throughout the 1880s the college still managed to field teams on a yearly basi s
Although the football club wasn t stable the players did meet with success during the 1880s There wasnt much glory to be had in those days however The players might buy a cricket cap or spend a dollar on a team photo as mementos The 1884 and 1885 seasons fielded one of the strongest teams in the history of
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from Guelph to support their home-town boy Lawson went on to star with the Toronto Argonauts
and was a world-renowned soldier pathologist and hushymanitarian He is the only Guelph native to receive an honored place in the Canadian Football Hall or Fame and Museum
The outbreak of the Great War brought the momentum the football club had developed to a temporary halt With vast numbers of students enlisting to serve overseas it beshycame difficult to recruit players EventuaUy in 1() 16 the operation of all football unions was suspended due to the war
Postwar boom The First World War marked the end of Canada s innoshy
Growing pains The popularity of rugby football continued to grow at Guelph but the competitiveness of OAC seniors began to flag against other powerhouse teams in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Union such as the University of Toronto Ottawa College McGill and Queens
Guelphs athletic association made a crucial decision to focus on intermediate- and junior-level play In 1903 OAC entered a team in the intermediate series of the Ontario Rugby Football Unshyion and had a successful inaugural season competing against teams from Berlin (now Kitchener) Galt and Hamilton By 1906 OAC had developed a championship team and the winners of the Western College Association took the pennant home for the winter Six years later the new red and blue won the Junior Intershycollegiate Championship The momentum had begun to build
One of the greatest football stars ever to grace Canadian playshying fields was to be found on the OAC roster for the 1904 seashyson Guelph native Alexander Smirle Lawson learned the game on the playing field in front of Johnston Hall The plunging haltback nicknamed The Big Train spent one season at OAC before transferring to the University of Toronto to study medishycine There he led the Varsity to its first Grey Cup win in 1909 For the historic game Lawsons father brought an entourage
cence and football was no exception The era of pure amateurism was coming to an end and was being reshy
placed with semi-professional players and coaches A great gulf emerged between clubs that maintained amateur status and those that were forging down the road to professionalism Some univershysity and college teams found it increasingly difficult to compete at the senior level for the Grey Cup against teams stacked with paid coaches and players
For the OAC Aggies football team it meant great change The end of the war ushered in an era of stars on and off the field The 1919 Aggies found returning veterans ready to play on a difshyferent field of battle Ted Wildman emerged as the colleges first
true grid iron star as an exceptional runner passer and kicker on the 191920 squads When Wildman died in 1931 Canada Packers donated a trophy in his memory The trophy is still awarded annually to the graduatshying football player who combines acashydemics athletics leadership and fair play
The first Guelph teams nicknamed the OAC Aggies competed on Johnston Green at the front of the campus When the Ontario Veterinary
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College moved to Guelph in 1922 both colleges fielded football teams but the Aggies and Vets eventushyally melded into one OA-vC team which adopted the name Redmen From 1925 to 1949 they played beshyhind the veterinary buildings on the west side of camshypus moving to the presenl site on Powerhouse Lane in 1950
TIle [930s saw Guelphs new head coach and athshyletic director FG Baldy Baldwin fo llowing in the footsteps of the professional coaches who had come before him such as McGills Frank Shaugnessy and Billy Hughes at Queens Baldwin brought to campus American-style coaching techniqucs that involved scishyent ific and regimented tactics His playing career had started at Queen s where he was quarterback on a doshy ion honors when the rugged Guelph senior syuad expelienced minion championship team He played college football in the only one loss and trampled Ollawa in a 29-6 championship vicshy
nited States for three years [n Guelph Baldwin led the Aggies tory They repeated the [eat one year later defeating the McMas shyto three Canadian [ntemlediate Intercollegiate Rugby Union ter Rams 58-0 in the final game Championships and the team s only undefeated season in
As a student at OAC Mitchell was a star athlete in football193637 His coaching record has yet to be equalled When he
basketball and wrestling and rece ived the coveted Wildman Troshyleft campus in 1945 he continued his career as coach of the
phy in his final year 1938 He earned an education degree Ottawa Rough Riders
served in the navy during the war and taught brie f1y in Ollawa beshyAt Guelph Baldwin also nurtured
fore returning to Guelph He he ld every possible position in the his share of gridiron greats He
football program - player scout coach head coach and athletic coached his SLlccessor team captain
director He served as head coach for nine seasons and was direcshyBill Mitche ll to stardom as the squads
tor of athletics until 1967 starting qual1erback Teammate All
Mitchell passed coaching duties and a winning tradition on to Hales was the hard-nosed centre on the Intercollegiate Championship teams of coach Jay Fry in 1953 Fry coached only two years and was folshy
lowed in rapid succession by Tom Mooney Don Hayes and Bill 1932 and 1933 He went on to play for the Toronto Argonauts before returning Graham Mooney s powerhouse teams of 1958 and 1959 were
champions of the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference to business He served as MP for where he relied on the talents of players like co-captains Murray Guelph and Wellington from 1957 to Atkinson Carl Jackson and Robbie Keith The 1959 team posted 1974 one of the best seasons in the history of the Rcclmen Only two teams McMaster and Waterloo were able to score against the
Call to war Redmen defensive squad which allowed only 19 points in seven War again interrupted the progress of campus Iootball The end league games with four shutouts The year ended with the Red shyo f the Second World War marked the end of the Baldwin dynasty men making the ir first appearance in the Atlantic Bowl where
teams and the beginning of Mitchell s reign A legend in his own they were defeated by SI Francis Xavier
right Mitchell still had big shoes to fill And he did continuing The euphoria was sholt-lived however as the Redmen Ie ll the series of postwar wins that included a 1947 march to domin- from victory to defeat in 1960 beginning one of the longest
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
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Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
Photo by Robin Knight
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
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CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
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most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
Cuelp AllmlIIS
career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Gryphon Lair makes it to the Hall ofFame
he Gryphon locker room in IUllln i tadium has won a ner1h in the unadian middotootball liall of Fame and Mu cum repshylica of the ryphon Lair will be insta lled next pring as a pennashynent display at the Hmnilton nt museum
hosen in a nationwid ompeti tion lhe lir will be ~ atllred in an interactive display thaI will invite visitor to try on un i folm~ lisshyten to the coachs pre-game instnlctions and re pcat the Rudyard Kipli ng poem that each Gryphon captain reads to inspire his playshyers before a game
Generally off lim its to the public the Guclph locker 100111 is
All-Canadian Kyle Walters No 12 and 1995 Wildman Trophy winner Kip Wigmore No 30
Photo by Martin Schwatbe
painted in Gryphon red gold and black and is decorated with more than 65 action photos of fonner uelph player including many who weI t Oil to play professional footbal l Each locker has its own shynameplate and inside the security box is a list of f0l111er players who ha e used that locker since the sta liurn opened in 1970
To get into the Lair ph ers W[llk through the Hall of Honor which displays action photos of uelph s W ildman T rophy win shynersOnlrio niversity thlctic sso ialion individual ehmllpions md school record ho i I rs There is a si -foot Gryphon pa inted on the wa ll and a players pass il on Iheir way to the fie ld each one louche the front c law for good luc k
Guelph AtllIlIlll
U of G will meet the challenge match the dollars Bct ween now and the end of March 1997 the University will seek the support of its alumni and frien ds for an initiative that promises to significanlly enhance financial resources for student assistance
ailed the niversity 0[ G uelph 0PPOI1ushynity F und it has been created with the help of a uniquc dollar-for-dollar matching-grant proshygram announced by the Ontario government in May
The govel11 ment has challenged all Ontario colleges and uni e rs it ies to increase endowshyments for student assistance at a time when tuishytion costs are steadily increasing The average cost of annual tuition for a student enlering Guelph this fall is $2 450 Ten years ago it was $1214 20 years ago it was $580
A unive rsity education remains as sound an investmenr in young people as it ever was and generous giving to the University of Ciuclph Opportunity Fund wi ll ensure that well-motishyvated students always have access to Guelph s quality programs
University president Mordechai Roza nsk i welcomes the provincial matching-grant chalshylenge calling it an exceptional opportunit y for Guelph to strengthen its resources for stushydent assistance Student aid through sc holar shyships and bursaries is a U of G priority expressed public ly in Guelph s s trategic-planshyning document Making Change
The Opportunity Fund will complement the University s recent move to double its bursary program Revenue generated from tuition inshycreases has enabled Guelph to award 500 new e ntrance awards of $500 each this fall The 2600 applications received for those new awards demonst rate a need among students for more financial aid
Tuition revenue has also provided an addishytional $500000 unde r the Ontario Student Asshysistance Program and a $100000 aHocation to a new Uni versity-based workstudy program In the 199697 acade mic year U of G will award a total of $180000 in bursaries and about $15 million in scho larships including 13 Presidents Scholarships of $20000 eac h
Gifts and pledges to the University of Guelph Opportunity Fund must be cOlTunittecl before March 311997 to qualify for governshyment matching
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From the president
The Universitys Board of Governors recently approved an avshye rage 196-per-cent increase in undergraduate tuition to take efshyfect in Ihe 1996(97 academic year This decision was reached only after the most careful consideration of practical altema shytives and Ihe U of G community remains comm itted 10 ensurshy
ing Ihn a G ue lph education will always be accessible to qualified students
To h Ip guarantee Guelph s accessibility to wcll-motivaled students 18 per cent of the tuition inshycrease will be direc ted to student as islance purposes exceeding the IO-pcr-cent minimum recommended by the pro ineial government This will place Guelph in the top half of universities in Ontario in student 5cholshyarshipbursary resources at the undergraduate level AIshymosl 950000 will become available in this ac ademic year for fin anc ial aid meritshyand needs-based entrance
awards the bursary program and the workstudy program
We have moved filmly
Chancellor Lincoln Alexander left and president Mordechai RozanSki far right signal the need to work with students to meet their academic and financial needs
Photo by Martin Schwalbe
and decLsively at the Univershysity of Guelph to ease the imshy
pact of a necessary tuition increase and now the University has been g iven an exceptional opportunity to fUlther strengthen reshysources for student assistance which we are calling the Univershys ity of Guelph Opportunity Fund
The Opportunity Fund is based on it pledge announced this May by the Ontario government whereby cach college and unishyvers ity in the province is challenged to enhance funding for stushydent assistance purposes
For every private endowment dollar raised beshy
Give to U ofG s Opportunity
Fund and the Ontario governshyment will match your gift dollar
for dollar
fore March 3J J997 the province will invest a marched dollar
The UniversityS distingu ished chancellor Linshycoln Alexander has agreed to serve as volunteer chair for the U of G Opportunity Fund which he beshylieves offers meaningful potential for Guelphs abilshyity to continue to attract se rious students irrespective of their financial background
When you are asked to support U ofGs trust fund please remember what a Guelph education has meant to your life and 10 the lives of those you chershyish Your gift will help ensure that our university can continue to serve into the future with the acashydemic distinction and student accessibility that have characte rized its past
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Aquatic sciences receive LCBO funding U of G s aqua ti c sc iences research fa cility will be buoyed up by funding from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario s 1996 Shop the World-He lp Save the Animals campaign
Guelph received $40000 through the World Wildshylife Fund (WWF) a partrrer a lo rrg with the Carradian Nat ure Federation (CNF) in the LCBO campaign w hi ch raised a total of$147000
The dorration wi ll be used to support completi orr of the Hagen AquaJab arrd the Axelrod Irrstitute of Ichthyology arrd to enhance faculty researc h ai med at protectirrg preserving arrd managing aquati c reshy
sources Thi s suppor1 builds on proceeds received from the 1995 Shop the World ca mpaign which were used for researc h on loon mOI1ality
CBS dean Robert Sheath says he pleased that the WWF end orsed U o f G s project and represented the fac ility to participants during the promotiorr The enshyhanced public awarerress of the aquatic sciences fac ilshyity is illlpo rtant he sa ys It re inforces to the public our dedicatiorr - alo ng with the WWF and C Fshyto the maintenance arrd protection of our natural re shysources
The $40000 earmarked for G uelph comes fro lll nine of the wineries and d ist illeries that pa I1icipated in the ca mpaIgn They are Andres Wines Ltd Sea shygram Canada Hiralll W alker Sa les Division Gilbey Canada Irrc Pelee Is land Winery and Vineyards Inc Sainsbury and Co Ltd Calona Vineya rds the Mark Anthony G roup and Feathe rstone and ComshyParents support library pany Ltd
T o date $49 million of the $6-million fu nd-ra lsshying goal for the aq uatic sc ien ces facillty has been rai sed allowing the Unl vers it y to corrSlruct two of the facility s buildings and finish some interior roo ills Eleven of 27 laborato ries in the Hage n Aqualab are completed and researc h has begun Fund raising continues for the balance of $ l1 m ilshylion needed to open the complete fac ilit y and estabshylish an operatin g e ndowment
The breadth of Univers ity research in aqu atic sys shytems and their co nservation will be g reatl y e nhanced with the comple tion of this Fac ility says John Mabley v ice-pres ident (development and public a fshyfairs) The Unlvers ity is grateful to both the WWF and the LCBO for the ir support o f the aquatic sci-
OVC reviews curriculum OVC has received a $260 000 g rant from the Max Be ll Foundation to suppo r1 the co lleges ongo ing proshyject of curriculum renewal and deve lopment kn ow n as DVM 2000
The grant w ill be used to hi re 3rr education spec ia lshy
N o one recogrri zes the escalatirrg cost of a un iversity education more than ist to work with OVC facu lty over the next fi ve years
pa re nts so it s not surp rising that those who are able to give do g ive gerrershy to irrtrod uce implement and assess an outcomes shy
ous ly to U of G s parent li brary fund Launched irr 1990 the Pare nt s P ro shy based curric ulum The specialist will a lso be acti ve
gram has raised more than $657 000 in g i fts arrd pledges Stude rrt ca lle rs in suppOlting irrte runive rs ity consultation As part of
netted an all-tillle high in pledges over the past year fin ishing in June with this project the information gathe red throug h curricu shy$132466 lum development wi ll be shared with other vete rishy
Pictured above are sOllle of the students who made it happen Each o ne is na ry co lleges a two- o r three-year veteran o t the te lep hone campaign Front row from left OVC has bee n involved in curcic ulum re vie w are Azeeza Ali Natalie Basaraba Do nr~al y n Charles a rrd Lu ke Williams In s ince the laurrch of DVM 2000 in 1993 Recogmtion back are chief librarian Mike Ridley le ft and program chair Han k Vander of the importance of fa culty deve lopment and curshyPol a 1965 g raduate of OAC an d the parent of a U of U student Money ric ulu m c hange was sparked by a 1988 report of the ra ised through the tele phone ca mpaign is used to buy library resources for un shy Pew National Ve terinary Program in the Unlted dergradu ates R id ley says that Parent s Progra lll material is used more often States It called for changes in ve terinary ed ucation than most othe r reso urces in the library in res ponse to the chang ing veterina ry needs of soci shy
ety The review was a lso supported by Max Be ll
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Uof Gwelcomes college students U of G continues to build on artIcu lation agreements that a llow college st udents to transfer to university programs and vice versa Senate has approved new agreeme nts between the FACS child studies program and Fanshawe CoJlege and the Loyali st College of Applied Ans and Technology
Gradu ates of Loyalist and Fanshawes early childshyhood education diploma program will receive recogshynition for designated advanced standing credits at Gue lph for completion of the BASc in child studshyies The communi ty college graduates admitted to Guelph can a lso par1icipate in the Uni versitys studyshyabroad programs
Both Gue lph and community co llege graduates will be able to take pat1 in other U of G ar1icu lation agreements such as the one wi th tile faculty of edushycation at Nipissing College
Tax credit boosts co-op programs The 700 students enrolled in U of G s 3 1 co-op pro shygrams may find it eas ie r to land a place ment thanks to a new employer tax credit introduced in the Onshytario provincial bud get May 7
Beginning Sept 1 e mployers ca n claim a tax credit of up to 1000 per co-op placement The tax sav ings to corporations is equa l to to per cent of the costs of hiring a student enrolled in a recognized coshyop program at a university or coll ege
Interested employers can receive more informashytion through the niversity s Counselling and Stu shydent Resource Centre at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 4365
CBS celebrates 25th The College of Biologica l Sc ience wiiJ throw ope n its doors Sept 27 and 28 to welcome alu mni to a 25th-anniversary ce lebration Each depal1ment will participate in an open house from 2 to 5 pm both FIiday and Saturday wit h decade rooms se t up in the Axelrod Animal Science and Nutrition Chemistry and Biochemistry and PoweU buildings and in McN ally House
The Friday open house wi ll be followed by a mixe r at the nive ls ity Club from 6 to II pm and observatory tours from 9 to II pm A dinner and dance wi ll be he ld Saturday beginning at 630 pm in Pe ter Clark Ha ll
Although CBS was the last of U of G s seven colshyleges to be fOlmed its estab lishment in 1971 coinshycided with an upsurge of interest in the biologica l sciences that is still going strong today As a result CBS now claims more than 16 pe r cent of the Unishyvers itys total graduates - over 10700
A history booklet is being prepared by the college to document it s growth and wi ll be available during the anniversary weekend along with ot her CBS memorabilia For information on regi stration and acshycommodation call 519-824-4120 Ext 3343 or se nd email totonipuog ue lphca
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Sarah Collin left and Michelle Perry prepare to leave U of G for a year of teaching in Japan
Photo by Kerith Waddington
Japanese coup for U of G Sarah Collin Mic helle Pe rry and Rick Vise ntin are three 1996 Guelph graduates who are s pe nding the next year teaching English in Jap an They were c hoshysen out of 3600 provincial app licants to pal1i c ipate in the international exc han ge and foreign-language teaching program Sociology professor Vi ctor
jimoto chair of U of G s Japan Program ltays the first-time se lection of th ree Guelph students to parshyticipate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (J ET ) Program is a coup for the niversity Launched in 1987 JET is funded by the japanese Mini stry of Forshye ign Affairs jimoto believes today s economy makes experience outside ones community imperashytive Collin Perry and Visentin are continuing their education process he says
At age 10 Pet Trust continues to meet needs with research Since it was estab li shed in 1986 OVes Pet Trust has funded more [han 100 resea rch projects to imshyprove the health of compan ion animals and enab le veterinanans to learn more abou t anima l beha vior and the human pet bone One of the most recent studshyies addresses a g rowing interest In ho listic medi c ine among veterinanans and pet owne rs
For the first lime a formal research projec t at a Cashy
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nadi an veterinary school is being staged to study the efficacy of herbal and homeopathic products for pain and cancer treatment in dogs
Practice-based clinical trials are be ing conducted under the supervi sion of population medicine pro fesshysor Brenda Bonnen BSc 75 DVM 79 and PhD 88 with epidemio logy graduate student Carol Poland BSc(Ag r ) 83 and DVM 90 The clinica l tria l will have applications to human medi cine and may answer question s about the placebo e ffec t in hushymans Po land says
Ho li sti c medic ine is an umbre ll a tenn that includes the four main the rapies of homeopathy acupuncture chiroprac tic and herbal medicine as well as many other the rapi es such as aromatherapy magnetic the rshyapy and touc h therapy
Bo nnen be lieves the OVC study is a re tlec tion of consumer de mand Consumers are more educated but also inte rested in more natural and less invas ive forms o f the rapy
The cl inical trial is be ing funded by pri va te doshynors The literature re vie w is supported by the Pet
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Gryphon Club creates Medal of Merit The traditi onal Homecoming Hall o f Fame inductio n ceremony will be a little unusual th is year as the Gryphon Clu b we lcomes three athl etes and a builder as we ll as an entire cross-country team and a te lev ishysion broadcaster The annual dinne r will be he ld Sept 27 in Peter Clark Hall
CHCH sports commentator Norm Marsha ll will be awarded the G ryphon Club s new Medal of Me rit esshytabli shed to recogni ze outstanding commitment to Ontario sport The award enables the Univers ity to ho nor individuals outs ide the Gue lph program Through his CHCH cove rage of Gryphon spon s events Ma rsha ll has interviewed many of the athshyletes who are membe rs of the Hall of Fame
In addi tion the Gryphon Club will hono r the seven membe rs o f the 1969 championship crossshycountry team Grant Mclaren BSc 70 Paul Manley DVM 74 GO 76 and MSc 78 Grant Mustard BSc(Agr ) 72 Barry Sn ider BSc 71 Kriss C ronin Pat Larry BSc(PE ) and Jack Galbraith DVM 72 This tea m had the most successshyful season eve r e njoyed by a cross-country team at Guelph They were OntarioQuebec Athle tic Assoc iashy
tio n (OQAA) champio ns and Ca nadi an Inshyterco ll egiate Athletic Union (CIA U) champi ons
Indi vidual athletes who will be inshyducted into the Hall of Fame are John Henry DVM 6 1 Abe Fo lland BSA 35 and Larry Hurd DVM 7l Prof Victo r Matthews Languages and Lite rature w ill be inducted as a builde r
He nry excelled in football and hoc key He pl ayed on the 1958 and 59 football teams when they were Ontario intercolleshygiate champions and semi- finalists at the Atl anti c Bowl He was Male Athlete o f the Yea r and Wildman Trophy winne r in 19606 1
Hurd ea rned fi ve varsity le tte rs fo r his ex plo its in the pool He was CIAU AIshyCanadian in 1966 won two gold and one silver Ontario Uni ve rs ity Athleti c Assoshyciati on medals and set s ix U o f G swimshyming records He was a member o f the 400 re lay team that clocked the fa stes t time in Canada in 1969
Fo ll and was a famili ar face on the footshyba ll fie ld and the basketball court from 193 1 to 1934 contributing to severa l champi onship wins Notable was the 1932 basketball c hampio nship a nd the 1932 and 33 intenned iate football chamshypionships He rece ived the Wildman Troshyphy in 1934
Matthe ws coached U o f G s cross-co unshytry team for more than 15 years and the trac k team for s ix years During that time
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he ce le brated with fo ur CIA U champions four Onshytari o champions and five OQAA champions He also se rved as meet director when Guelph hosted the CIAU cross-co untry championships in 1980 and 1984
Tickets for the Hall o f Fame dinner are available throu gh the Departme nt of Athletics Ca ll 5 J9-824shy41 20 Ext 6134 or 6 133 for information
Grads join alumni ranks Some 2060 U of G students graduated during seven convocation ceremonies in June In addition the Unishyversity awa rded six honorary degrees two Univershys it y professor emeJitus honors and a Medal of Merit
Honorary degrees went to nutritionist Helen Guth rie a leader in research in human nutrition poshylitica l scientist Mart in Lipset a senior schol ar at the Woodrow Wil son Centre fo r Internationa l Scholars in Washington dramatist George Luscombe found er of Toronto Workshop Productions OAC alumnus Ken Murray retired CEO of JM Schne ider Inc statistic ian CR Rao a pioneer in statistical theory and applications and toxicologist Stephen Safe disshyting ui shed profe ssor at Texas AampM Uni versity and a fOlm er U of G professor
Retired veterinary science professor Brian Derbyshi re and retired phys ics pro fessor Jim Stevens were g iven the title of University professor emeritu s The Meda l of Merit was awarded to retired zoology professor Mary Be verley -Burton
New name same location Alumni visi ting or calling the campus since July I have been served by Uni versity staff in a new adminshyistrati ve un it called Development and Public Affa irs Fonnerl y ca lled Unive rsity Affairs and Developshyment the unit has been restructured by vice-presishydent John Mabley to include three key departments a new unit ca lled Campaign Programs Alumni Afshyfa irs and Deve lopment which marries two preshyviousl y separate unit s and Communications and Public Affa irs a merger of University Communica shytions and Community Re lations T he last is the deshypartment responsible for publication of the Cuelph Alumnus
The restructuring coincides with a number of pershysonnel changes that will create a whole new manageshyment team this fall Paulette Samson has been appointed director of alumni affairs and developshyment and searches will be launched to fill the direcshytors positions in Campaign Programs and Communications and Public Affairs
Although the greeting you hear on the phone may be different Deve lopment and Public Affa irs is still the place to ca ll for news of a lumni events and ac tivishyties To talk to staff in Alumni Affairs and Developshyment call 51 9-824-4 120 Ext 6936 Yo u can reac h the C uelph Alumnus in Communications and Public Affa irs at Ext 8706
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Medal of Achievement
During convocation ce remonies in June the UG pr sen led its Alumni Medal of Achieveme nt to Lynn Roblin BASc 80 and MSc 82
Although her career is still 4uite young Roblin $ expertise in public health nutrition has already had a positive inlluence on anadas nutrition education programs and has earned her a national reputation in her field
She completed an undergrad uate degree in human nutrition and a Illa ters degree in human kinetics before beginning a career that has included posishytions in scve ral municipal hea lth Icpartments She now docs private consultshyIng
Roblin worked on the Hea lthy Lifesty le Program deve loped by the Onshytario Ministry o f Hea lth and has had a national impact through he r design work on the new Canadas Food G uide for Healthy Eating a project o f Health and Welfare Canada This is the most widely used nutrition tool in the country
She was also part o f a team that published a unique recipe book for the Cashynad ian Dieteti Association lIealrhy Pleasures is u collaborative e ffort inshyvolving hers from across the country who developed recipes that are both healthfu l and interesting More re ently Robli n work d with co lleague Bev Callaghan 10 produce Suppertime Survival a rec ipe book on its way to atshytracting a nat ional audienc Her skills hav also benefited the Canadian Sugar In titute and led to the design of a teacher s kit for use in school nutrishytion programs across ulnada
Roblin is also a leader wit hin the UG AA and the Mac-FAC Alumni Asshysociation She has served on both executi ves on the UG A workplaceacclshydemic interface committee and on the BASc progra m-planning committee and has provided substantial input on behalf of alumni to the nivcrsity strategic-planning process She has even made herself available to represent alumni at tudent orientation events and Olhe functions where students can benefit from her enthusiasm and talent
Visit the U of G Web site at httpwwwuoguelphca and the UGAA site at httpwwwUGalumniuoguelphca
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presence as you walk
across JOJlJ1stoll Green or
through Alumni Stadium
The screaming fans the
chill ill the air the sounds
ofhattIe echoing across
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as old as Canada and a
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Football
Gentlemen footballers When the University or Guelph was rounded in 1874 as the Onshytario School or Agriculture rugby football was beginning to gain a footholu as one of Canadas most popular new sports It was a game brought to Canada by the British who had leamed it during their time at upper-class prep schools These gentlemen footballers settled in urban centres and military garrisons and spent their lei sure time honing their skills at this rough and brushytal Sp0I1 and introducing it to the colonials
The early game had 14 or 15 men on each side who were exshytremely skilled kickers and runners It was an expensive sport bcshycause the players provided their own playing gear and equipment Most would he outtilled in canvas suits with woollen sweaters and socks topped olT with high-cut boots Most teams could afford 10 buy only one football bladder to last a season or two and few players wore protective equipment because it was
considered unmanly Plide and a lack of clear rules caused many serious - sometimes fatal- injuries But the dangers did not dampen the competitive Spilit of these early pioneers
Guelph Stratford St Catha rines London and POit Hope took part in what is thought to be the first league-like structure in Onshytario OAC was one of the colleges that had a rugby football team along with Tri nity College Ottawa College and the Toronto Rugby Cluh There is virtually no trace of these early teams and according to Guelph alumnus and fonner football star WJ Billy Squirrel OAC 07 therc is little mention of field SPOIts being played on campus between 1874 and IRR2
During the colleges formative years students attended lecshytures for half the day and worked the other half Most frec time was taken up by reading over lecture notes and attending church Eventually organized Sp0I1 was fonnally introduced into most Canadian universities and colleges as part of a new theory of
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After leaving Guelph Smirle Lawson played for the University of Toronto Here he plunges over the McGill opposishytion in a 1908 game
Photo courtesy Canadian Football Hall of Fame
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Story by Elizabeth Dagg a 1993 BA graduate and an avid Gryphonfan who is currently wriring a hisrory of rughyfootball in Canado
Historical material Fom Gryphon assistant coach Pat Tracey the University of Guelph Library archives and the Canadian Foothall Hall of Fame and Museum
the college and by 1888 OAC was competitive enough to make a bid for the dominion championship (later renamed the Grey Cup) But the orange and black were honorably defeated by the Toronto Varsity seniors by 10 points The College on the Hill would have to wait another 96 years before challenging for anshyother national championship
The formation of the OAC Athletic Association in 1892 strengthened the rugby football club There was new recognition t-hat the college s sports clubs needed patrons and a fan base to survive The football club believed it couldn ( be a success withshyout the aid of the fair sex The opening of Macdonald Institute in 1903 strengthened the image of football as a spectator sport Popularity grew at all Canadian universities as femal e students became a growing presence on campuses The promise of female spectators even encouraged a larger turnout for fall tryouts and provided new incentives for better play
education that promoted sport as a way to build moral physical and mental character Well-rounded graduates became the goa
Thc early OAC teams operated at junior intermediate and senshyior levels The players and faculty also initiated early intramural Or inter-year games that pitted first-year students against senshyiors to boost school spirit
The rugby football club struggled to survive in the early years sometimes finding competition from the OAC association (or socshycer) football club too fierce But even with a school population hovering at the 100 mark throughout the 1880s the college still managed to field teams on a yearly basi s
Although the football club wasn t stable the players did meet with success during the 1880s There wasnt much glory to be had in those days however The players might buy a cricket cap or spend a dollar on a team photo as mementos The 1884 and 1885 seasons fielded one of the strongest teams in the history of
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from Guelph to support their home-town boy Lawson went on to star with the Toronto Argonauts
and was a world-renowned soldier pathologist and hushymanitarian He is the only Guelph native to receive an honored place in the Canadian Football Hall or Fame and Museum
The outbreak of the Great War brought the momentum the football club had developed to a temporary halt With vast numbers of students enlisting to serve overseas it beshycame difficult to recruit players EventuaUy in 1() 16 the operation of all football unions was suspended due to the war
Postwar boom The First World War marked the end of Canada s innoshy
Growing pains The popularity of rugby football continued to grow at Guelph but the competitiveness of OAC seniors began to flag against other powerhouse teams in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Union such as the University of Toronto Ottawa College McGill and Queens
Guelphs athletic association made a crucial decision to focus on intermediate- and junior-level play In 1903 OAC entered a team in the intermediate series of the Ontario Rugby Football Unshyion and had a successful inaugural season competing against teams from Berlin (now Kitchener) Galt and Hamilton By 1906 OAC had developed a championship team and the winners of the Western College Association took the pennant home for the winter Six years later the new red and blue won the Junior Intershycollegiate Championship The momentum had begun to build
One of the greatest football stars ever to grace Canadian playshying fields was to be found on the OAC roster for the 1904 seashyson Guelph native Alexander Smirle Lawson learned the game on the playing field in front of Johnston Hall The plunging haltback nicknamed The Big Train spent one season at OAC before transferring to the University of Toronto to study medishycine There he led the Varsity to its first Grey Cup win in 1909 For the historic game Lawsons father brought an entourage
cence and football was no exception The era of pure amateurism was coming to an end and was being reshy
placed with semi-professional players and coaches A great gulf emerged between clubs that maintained amateur status and those that were forging down the road to professionalism Some univershysity and college teams found it increasingly difficult to compete at the senior level for the Grey Cup against teams stacked with paid coaches and players
For the OAC Aggies football team it meant great change The end of the war ushered in an era of stars on and off the field The 1919 Aggies found returning veterans ready to play on a difshyferent field of battle Ted Wildman emerged as the colleges first
true grid iron star as an exceptional runner passer and kicker on the 191920 squads When Wildman died in 1931 Canada Packers donated a trophy in his memory The trophy is still awarded annually to the graduatshying football player who combines acashydemics athletics leadership and fair play
The first Guelph teams nicknamed the OAC Aggies competed on Johnston Green at the front of the campus When the Ontario Veterinary
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College moved to Guelph in 1922 both colleges fielded football teams but the Aggies and Vets eventushyally melded into one OA-vC team which adopted the name Redmen From 1925 to 1949 they played beshyhind the veterinary buildings on the west side of camshypus moving to the presenl site on Powerhouse Lane in 1950
TIle [930s saw Guelphs new head coach and athshyletic director FG Baldy Baldwin fo llowing in the footsteps of the professional coaches who had come before him such as McGills Frank Shaugnessy and Billy Hughes at Queens Baldwin brought to campus American-style coaching techniqucs that involved scishyent ific and regimented tactics His playing career had started at Queen s where he was quarterback on a doshy ion honors when the rugged Guelph senior syuad expelienced minion championship team He played college football in the only one loss and trampled Ollawa in a 29-6 championship vicshy
nited States for three years [n Guelph Baldwin led the Aggies tory They repeated the [eat one year later defeating the McMas shyto three Canadian [ntemlediate Intercollegiate Rugby Union ter Rams 58-0 in the final game Championships and the team s only undefeated season in
As a student at OAC Mitchell was a star athlete in football193637 His coaching record has yet to be equalled When he
basketball and wrestling and rece ived the coveted Wildman Troshyleft campus in 1945 he continued his career as coach of the
phy in his final year 1938 He earned an education degree Ottawa Rough Riders
served in the navy during the war and taught brie f1y in Ollawa beshyAt Guelph Baldwin also nurtured
fore returning to Guelph He he ld every possible position in the his share of gridiron greats He
football program - player scout coach head coach and athletic coached his SLlccessor team captain
director He served as head coach for nine seasons and was direcshyBill Mitche ll to stardom as the squads
tor of athletics until 1967 starting qual1erback Teammate All
Mitchell passed coaching duties and a winning tradition on to Hales was the hard-nosed centre on the Intercollegiate Championship teams of coach Jay Fry in 1953 Fry coached only two years and was folshy
lowed in rapid succession by Tom Mooney Don Hayes and Bill 1932 and 1933 He went on to play for the Toronto Argonauts before returning Graham Mooney s powerhouse teams of 1958 and 1959 were
champions of the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference to business He served as MP for where he relied on the talents of players like co-captains Murray Guelph and Wellington from 1957 to Atkinson Carl Jackson and Robbie Keith The 1959 team posted 1974 one of the best seasons in the history of the Rcclmen Only two teams McMaster and Waterloo were able to score against the
Call to war Redmen defensive squad which allowed only 19 points in seven War again interrupted the progress of campus Iootball The end league games with four shutouts The year ended with the Red shyo f the Second World War marked the end of the Baldwin dynasty men making the ir first appearance in the Atlantic Bowl where
teams and the beginning of Mitchell s reign A legend in his own they were defeated by SI Francis Xavier
right Mitchell still had big shoes to fill And he did continuing The euphoria was sholt-lived however as the Redmen Ie ll the series of postwar wins that included a 1947 march to domin- from victory to defeat in 1960 beginning one of the longest
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
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Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Made up of the nine a lu mni cU ITent ly appoi ntcd to Senate by the ir peers the caucus meets monthl y to co-ordinate views of its individual constituencies
Alumni have tradi tiona lly in tlucnced Universit deci ion making by serving on co llege alumni a~soshy
ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
In addition to M urray the caucus COl s is t~ of chair Mark Stevenson BA 93 Martin Bosch BSc 69 and M Sc 71 Mary Ann Grape BSc(HK) 76 Vem Hambley DVM 62 Shirley Surgconer BASc 72 and Elizabeth O Ne il BASc 74 and MSc 83
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Sept 23-29 - Wel lness Awareness W eek call Ext 3327 fo r eventsac tivities Sept 24 - FACS Career Night 5 15 to 7 pm Peter Clark Hall All FACS gracls welcome To volunteer as a speaker call Karcn Schol z BASc 93 at 519-271-0055 or Laurie Malleau BComm 83 at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 2102 Sept 25 bull Homecoming kickoff at free noon-hour concert Branion Plaza bull University barbecue festival and marketplace 4 to l)30 pm Branion
Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Noreen and Charles Broadwell
joined the Ontario Bean Producers M arket ing Board as ge ne ra l manager a position he held for 26 yea rs until re shytirement
Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
oy Tinct Veltri
For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Lost Grads If yo u can help us locate any of the fo llo wing alumni contact A lumni Record s Uni ve rsit y of G ue lph Guelph O lll
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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U of G will meet the challenge match the dollars Bct ween now and the end of March 1997 the University will seek the support of its alumni and frien ds for an initiative that promises to significanlly enhance financial resources for student assistance
ailed the niversity 0[ G uelph 0PPOI1ushynity F und it has been created with the help of a uniquc dollar-for-dollar matching-grant proshygram announced by the Ontario government in May
The govel11 ment has challenged all Ontario colleges and uni e rs it ies to increase endowshyments for student assistance at a time when tuishytion costs are steadily increasing The average cost of annual tuition for a student enlering Guelph this fall is $2 450 Ten years ago it was $1214 20 years ago it was $580
A unive rsity education remains as sound an investmenr in young people as it ever was and generous giving to the University of Ciuclph Opportunity Fund wi ll ensure that well-motishyvated students always have access to Guelph s quality programs
University president Mordechai Roza nsk i welcomes the provincial matching-grant chalshylenge calling it an exceptional opportunit y for Guelph to strengthen its resources for stushydent assistance Student aid through sc holar shyships and bursaries is a U of G priority expressed public ly in Guelph s s trategic-planshyning document Making Change
The Opportunity Fund will complement the University s recent move to double its bursary program Revenue generated from tuition inshycreases has enabled Guelph to award 500 new e ntrance awards of $500 each this fall The 2600 applications received for those new awards demonst rate a need among students for more financial aid
Tuition revenue has also provided an addishytional $500000 unde r the Ontario Student Asshysistance Program and a $100000 aHocation to a new Uni versity-based workstudy program In the 199697 acade mic year U of G will award a total of $180000 in bursaries and about $15 million in scho larships including 13 Presidents Scholarships of $20000 eac h
Gifts and pledges to the University of Guelph Opportunity Fund must be cOlTunittecl before March 311997 to qualify for governshyment matching
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From the president
The Universitys Board of Governors recently approved an avshye rage 196-per-cent increase in undergraduate tuition to take efshyfect in Ihe 1996(97 academic year This decision was reached only after the most careful consideration of practical altema shytives and Ihe U of G community remains comm itted 10 ensurshy
ing Ihn a G ue lph education will always be accessible to qualified students
To h Ip guarantee Guelph s accessibility to wcll-motivaled students 18 per cent of the tuition inshycrease will be direc ted to student as islance purposes exceeding the IO-pcr-cent minimum recommended by the pro ineial government This will place Guelph in the top half of universities in Ontario in student 5cholshyarshipbursary resources at the undergraduate level AIshymosl 950000 will become available in this ac ademic year for fin anc ial aid meritshyand needs-based entrance
awards the bursary program and the workstudy program
We have moved filmly
Chancellor Lincoln Alexander left and president Mordechai RozanSki far right signal the need to work with students to meet their academic and financial needs
Photo by Martin Schwalbe
and decLsively at the Univershysity of Guelph to ease the imshy
pact of a necessary tuition increase and now the University has been g iven an exceptional opportunity to fUlther strengthen reshysources for student assistance which we are calling the Univershys ity of Guelph Opportunity Fund
The Opportunity Fund is based on it pledge announced this May by the Ontario government whereby cach college and unishyvers ity in the province is challenged to enhance funding for stushydent assistance purposes
For every private endowment dollar raised beshy
Give to U ofG s Opportunity
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fore March 3J J997 the province will invest a marched dollar
The UniversityS distingu ished chancellor Linshycoln Alexander has agreed to serve as volunteer chair for the U of G Opportunity Fund which he beshylieves offers meaningful potential for Guelphs abilshyity to continue to attract se rious students irrespective of their financial background
When you are asked to support U ofGs trust fund please remember what a Guelph education has meant to your life and 10 the lives of those you chershyish Your gift will help ensure that our university can continue to serve into the future with the acashydemic distinction and student accessibility that have characte rized its past
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Aquatic sciences receive LCBO funding U of G s aqua ti c sc iences research fa cility will be buoyed up by funding from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario s 1996 Shop the World-He lp Save the Animals campaign
Guelph received $40000 through the World Wildshylife Fund (WWF) a partrrer a lo rrg with the Carradian Nat ure Federation (CNF) in the LCBO campaign w hi ch raised a total of$147000
The dorration wi ll be used to support completi orr of the Hagen AquaJab arrd the Axelrod Irrstitute of Ichthyology arrd to enhance faculty researc h ai med at protectirrg preserving arrd managing aquati c reshy
sources Thi s suppor1 builds on proceeds received from the 1995 Shop the World ca mpaign which were used for researc h on loon mOI1ality
CBS dean Robert Sheath says he pleased that the WWF end orsed U o f G s project and represented the fac ility to participants during the promotiorr The enshyhanced public awarerress of the aquatic sciences fac ilshyity is illlpo rtant he sa ys It re inforces to the public our dedicatiorr - alo ng with the WWF and C Fshyto the maintenance arrd protection of our natural re shysources
The $40000 earmarked for G uelph comes fro lll nine of the wineries and d ist illeries that pa I1icipated in the ca mpaIgn They are Andres Wines Ltd Sea shygram Canada Hiralll W alker Sa les Division Gilbey Canada Irrc Pelee Is land Winery and Vineyards Inc Sainsbury and Co Ltd Calona Vineya rds the Mark Anthony G roup and Feathe rstone and ComshyParents support library pany Ltd
T o date $49 million of the $6-million fu nd-ra lsshying goal for the aq uatic sc ien ces facillty has been rai sed allowing the Unl vers it y to corrSlruct two of the facility s buildings and finish some interior roo ills Eleven of 27 laborato ries in the Hage n Aqualab are completed and researc h has begun Fund raising continues for the balance of $ l1 m ilshylion needed to open the complete fac ilit y and estabshylish an operatin g e ndowment
The breadth of Univers ity research in aqu atic sys shytems and their co nservation will be g reatl y e nhanced with the comple tion of this Fac ility says John Mabley v ice-pres ident (development and public a fshyfairs) The Unlvers ity is grateful to both the WWF and the LCBO for the ir support o f the aquatic sci-
OVC reviews curriculum OVC has received a $260 000 g rant from the Max Be ll Foundation to suppo r1 the co lleges ongo ing proshyject of curriculum renewal and deve lopment kn ow n as DVM 2000
The grant w ill be used to hi re 3rr education spec ia lshy
N o one recogrri zes the escalatirrg cost of a un iversity education more than ist to work with OVC facu lty over the next fi ve years
pa re nts so it s not surp rising that those who are able to give do g ive gerrershy to irrtrod uce implement and assess an outcomes shy
ous ly to U of G s parent li brary fund Launched irr 1990 the Pare nt s P ro shy based curric ulum The specialist will a lso be acti ve
gram has raised more than $657 000 in g i fts arrd pledges Stude rrt ca lle rs in suppOlting irrte runive rs ity consultation As part of
netted an all-tillle high in pledges over the past year fin ishing in June with this project the information gathe red throug h curricu shy$132466 lum development wi ll be shared with other vete rishy
Pictured above are sOllle of the students who made it happen Each o ne is na ry co lleges a two- o r three-year veteran o t the te lep hone campaign Front row from left OVC has bee n involved in curcic ulum re vie w are Azeeza Ali Natalie Basaraba Do nr~al y n Charles a rrd Lu ke Williams In s ince the laurrch of DVM 2000 in 1993 Recogmtion back are chief librarian Mike Ridley le ft and program chair Han k Vander of the importance of fa culty deve lopment and curshyPol a 1965 g raduate of OAC an d the parent of a U of U student Money ric ulu m c hange was sparked by a 1988 report of the ra ised through the tele phone ca mpaign is used to buy library resources for un shy Pew National Ve terinary Program in the Unlted dergradu ates R id ley says that Parent s Progra lll material is used more often States It called for changes in ve terinary ed ucation than most othe r reso urces in the library in res ponse to the chang ing veterina ry needs of soci shy
ety The review was a lso supported by Max Be ll
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Uof Gwelcomes college students U of G continues to build on artIcu lation agreements that a llow college st udents to transfer to university programs and vice versa Senate has approved new agreeme nts between the FACS child studies program and Fanshawe CoJlege and the Loyali st College of Applied Ans and Technology
Gradu ates of Loyalist and Fanshawes early childshyhood education diploma program will receive recogshynition for designated advanced standing credits at Gue lph for completion of the BASc in child studshyies The communi ty college graduates admitted to Guelph can a lso par1icipate in the Uni versitys studyshyabroad programs
Both Gue lph and community co llege graduates will be able to take pat1 in other U of G ar1icu lation agreements such as the one wi th tile faculty of edushycation at Nipissing College
Tax credit boosts co-op programs The 700 students enrolled in U of G s 3 1 co-op pro shygrams may find it eas ie r to land a place ment thanks to a new employer tax credit introduced in the Onshytario provincial bud get May 7
Beginning Sept 1 e mployers ca n claim a tax credit of up to 1000 per co-op placement The tax sav ings to corporations is equa l to to per cent of the costs of hiring a student enrolled in a recognized coshyop program at a university or coll ege
Interested employers can receive more informashytion through the niversity s Counselling and Stu shydent Resource Centre at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 4365
CBS celebrates 25th The College of Biologica l Sc ience wiiJ throw ope n its doors Sept 27 and 28 to welcome alu mni to a 25th-anniversary ce lebration Each depal1ment will participate in an open house from 2 to 5 pm both FIiday and Saturday wit h decade rooms se t up in the Axelrod Animal Science and Nutrition Chemistry and Biochemistry and PoweU buildings and in McN ally House
The Friday open house wi ll be followed by a mixe r at the nive ls ity Club from 6 to II pm and observatory tours from 9 to II pm A dinner and dance wi ll be he ld Saturday beginning at 630 pm in Pe ter Clark Ha ll
Although CBS was the last of U of G s seven colshyleges to be fOlmed its estab lishment in 1971 coinshycided with an upsurge of interest in the biologica l sciences that is still going strong today As a result CBS now claims more than 16 pe r cent of the Unishyvers itys total graduates - over 10700
A history booklet is being prepared by the college to document it s growth and wi ll be available during the anniversary weekend along with ot her CBS memorabilia For information on regi stration and acshycommodation call 519-824-4120 Ext 3343 or se nd email totonipuog ue lphca
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Sarah Collin left and Michelle Perry prepare to leave U of G for a year of teaching in Japan
Photo by Kerith Waddington
Japanese coup for U of G Sarah Collin Mic helle Pe rry and Rick Vise ntin are three 1996 Guelph graduates who are s pe nding the next year teaching English in Jap an They were c hoshysen out of 3600 provincial app licants to pal1i c ipate in the international exc han ge and foreign-language teaching program Sociology professor Vi ctor
jimoto chair of U of G s Japan Program ltays the first-time se lection of th ree Guelph students to parshyticipate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (J ET ) Program is a coup for the niversity Launched in 1987 JET is funded by the japanese Mini stry of Forshye ign Affairs jimoto believes today s economy makes experience outside ones community imperashytive Collin Perry and Visentin are continuing their education process he says
At age 10 Pet Trust continues to meet needs with research Since it was estab li shed in 1986 OVes Pet Trust has funded more [han 100 resea rch projects to imshyprove the health of compan ion animals and enab le veterinanans to learn more abou t anima l beha vior and the human pet bone One of the most recent studshyies addresses a g rowing interest In ho listic medi c ine among veterinanans and pet owne rs
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nadi an veterinary school is being staged to study the efficacy of herbal and homeopathic products for pain and cancer treatment in dogs
Practice-based clinical trials are be ing conducted under the supervi sion of population medicine pro fesshysor Brenda Bonnen BSc 75 DVM 79 and PhD 88 with epidemio logy graduate student Carol Poland BSc(Ag r ) 83 and DVM 90 The clinica l tria l will have applications to human medi cine and may answer question s about the placebo e ffec t in hushymans Po land says
Ho li sti c medic ine is an umbre ll a tenn that includes the four main the rapies of homeopathy acupuncture chiroprac tic and herbal medicine as well as many other the rapi es such as aromatherapy magnetic the rshyapy and touc h therapy
Bo nnen be lieves the OVC study is a re tlec tion of consumer de mand Consumers are more educated but also inte rested in more natural and less invas ive forms o f the rapy
The cl inical trial is be ing funded by pri va te doshynors The literature re vie w is supported by the Pet
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Gryphon Club creates Medal of Merit The traditi onal Homecoming Hall o f Fame inductio n ceremony will be a little unusual th is year as the Gryphon Clu b we lcomes three athl etes and a builder as we ll as an entire cross-country team and a te lev ishysion broadcaster The annual dinne r will be he ld Sept 27 in Peter Clark Hall
CHCH sports commentator Norm Marsha ll will be awarded the G ryphon Club s new Medal of Me rit esshytabli shed to recogni ze outstanding commitment to Ontario sport The award enables the Univers ity to ho nor individuals outs ide the Gue lph program Through his CHCH cove rage of Gryphon spon s events Ma rsha ll has interviewed many of the athshyletes who are membe rs of the Hall of Fame
In addi tion the Gryphon Club will hono r the seven membe rs o f the 1969 championship crossshycountry team Grant Mclaren BSc 70 Paul Manley DVM 74 GO 76 and MSc 78 Grant Mustard BSc(Agr ) 72 Barry Sn ider BSc 71 Kriss C ronin Pat Larry BSc(PE ) and Jack Galbraith DVM 72 This tea m had the most successshyful season eve r e njoyed by a cross-country team at Guelph They were OntarioQuebec Athle tic Assoc iashy
tio n (OQAA) champio ns and Ca nadi an Inshyterco ll egiate Athletic Union (CIA U) champi ons
Indi vidual athletes who will be inshyducted into the Hall of Fame are John Henry DVM 6 1 Abe Fo lland BSA 35 and Larry Hurd DVM 7l Prof Victo r Matthews Languages and Lite rature w ill be inducted as a builde r
He nry excelled in football and hoc key He pl ayed on the 1958 and 59 football teams when they were Ontario intercolleshygiate champions and semi- finalists at the Atl anti c Bowl He was Male Athlete o f the Yea r and Wildman Trophy winne r in 19606 1
Hurd ea rned fi ve varsity le tte rs fo r his ex plo its in the pool He was CIAU AIshyCanadian in 1966 won two gold and one silver Ontario Uni ve rs ity Athleti c Assoshyciati on medals and set s ix U o f G swimshyming records He was a member o f the 400 re lay team that clocked the fa stes t time in Canada in 1969
Fo ll and was a famili ar face on the footshyba ll fie ld and the basketball court from 193 1 to 1934 contributing to severa l champi onship wins Notable was the 1932 basketball c hampio nship a nd the 1932 and 33 intenned iate football chamshypionships He rece ived the Wildman Troshyphy in 1934
Matthe ws coached U o f G s cross-co unshytry team for more than 15 years and the trac k team for s ix years During that time
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he ce le brated with fo ur CIA U champions four Onshytari o champions and five OQAA champions He also se rved as meet director when Guelph hosted the CIAU cross-co untry championships in 1980 and 1984
Tickets for the Hall o f Fame dinner are available throu gh the Departme nt of Athletics Ca ll 5 J9-824shy41 20 Ext 6134 or 6 133 for information
Grads join alumni ranks Some 2060 U of G students graduated during seven convocation ceremonies in June In addition the Unishyversity awa rded six honorary degrees two Univershys it y professor emeJitus honors and a Medal of Merit
Honorary degrees went to nutritionist Helen Guth rie a leader in research in human nutrition poshylitica l scientist Mart in Lipset a senior schol ar at the Woodrow Wil son Centre fo r Internationa l Scholars in Washington dramatist George Luscombe found er of Toronto Workshop Productions OAC alumnus Ken Murray retired CEO of JM Schne ider Inc statistic ian CR Rao a pioneer in statistical theory and applications and toxicologist Stephen Safe disshyting ui shed profe ssor at Texas AampM Uni versity and a fOlm er U of G professor
Retired veterinary science professor Brian Derbyshi re and retired phys ics pro fessor Jim Stevens were g iven the title of University professor emeritu s The Meda l of Merit was awarded to retired zoology professor Mary Be verley -Burton
New name same location Alumni visi ting or calling the campus since July I have been served by Uni versity staff in a new adminshyistrati ve un it called Development and Public Affa irs Fonnerl y ca lled Unive rsity Affairs and Developshyment the unit has been restructured by vice-presishydent John Mabley to include three key departments a new unit ca lled Campaign Programs Alumni Afshyfa irs and Deve lopment which marries two preshyviousl y separate unit s and Communications and Public Affa irs a merger of University Communica shytions and Community Re lations T he last is the deshypartment responsible for publication of the Cuelph Alumnus
The restructuring coincides with a number of pershysonnel changes that will create a whole new manageshyment team this fall Paulette Samson has been appointed director of alumni affairs and developshyment and searches will be launched to fill the direcshytors positions in Campaign Programs and Communications and Public Affairs
Although the greeting you hear on the phone may be different Deve lopment and Public Affa irs is still the place to ca ll for news of a lumni events and ac tivishyties To talk to staff in Alumni Affairs and Developshyment call 51 9-824-4 120 Ext 6936 Yo u can reac h the C uelph Alumnus in Communications and Public Affa irs at Ext 8706
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Medal of Achievement
During convocation ce remonies in June the UG pr sen led its Alumni Medal of Achieveme nt to Lynn Roblin BASc 80 and MSc 82
Although her career is still 4uite young Roblin $ expertise in public health nutrition has already had a positive inlluence on anadas nutrition education programs and has earned her a national reputation in her field
She completed an undergrad uate degree in human nutrition and a Illa ters degree in human kinetics before beginning a career that has included posishytions in scve ral municipal hea lth Icpartments She now docs private consultshyIng
Roblin worked on the Hea lthy Lifesty le Program deve loped by the Onshytario Ministry o f Hea lth and has had a national impact through he r design work on the new Canadas Food G uide for Healthy Eating a project o f Health and Welfare Canada This is the most widely used nutrition tool in the country
She was also part o f a team that published a unique recipe book for the Cashynad ian Dieteti Association lIealrhy Pleasures is u collaborative e ffort inshyvolving hers from across the country who developed recipes that are both healthfu l and interesting More re ently Robli n work d with co lleague Bev Callaghan 10 produce Suppertime Survival a rec ipe book on its way to atshytracting a nat ional audienc Her skills hav also benefited the Canadian Sugar In titute and led to the design of a teacher s kit for use in school nutrishytion programs across ulnada
Roblin is also a leader wit hin the UG AA and the Mac-FAC Alumni Asshysociation She has served on both executi ves on the UG A workplaceacclshydemic interface committee and on the BASc progra m-planning committee and has provided substantial input on behalf of alumni to the nivcrsity strategic-planning process She has even made herself available to represent alumni at tudent orientation events and Olhe functions where students can benefit from her enthusiasm and talent
Visit the U of G Web site at httpwwwuoguelphca and the UGAA site at httpwwwUGalumniuoguelphca
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S ome say YOli ((mIee their
presence as you walk
across JOJlJ1stoll Green or
through Alumni Stadium
The screaming fans the
chill ill the air the sounds
ofhattIe echoing across
the field Its a tradition
as old as Canada and a
RUniC synoflyrnolls with
the autUnIn season
Football
Gentlemen footballers When the University or Guelph was rounded in 1874 as the Onshytario School or Agriculture rugby football was beginning to gain a footholu as one of Canadas most popular new sports It was a game brought to Canada by the British who had leamed it during their time at upper-class prep schools These gentlemen footballers settled in urban centres and military garrisons and spent their lei sure time honing their skills at this rough and brushytal Sp0I1 and introducing it to the colonials
The early game had 14 or 15 men on each side who were exshytremely skilled kickers and runners It was an expensive sport bcshycause the players provided their own playing gear and equipment Most would he outtilled in canvas suits with woollen sweaters and socks topped olT with high-cut boots Most teams could afford 10 buy only one football bladder to last a season or two and few players wore protective equipment because it was
considered unmanly Plide and a lack of clear rules caused many serious - sometimes fatal- injuries But the dangers did not dampen the competitive Spilit of these early pioneers
Guelph Stratford St Catha rines London and POit Hope took part in what is thought to be the first league-like structure in Onshytario OAC was one of the colleges that had a rugby football team along with Tri nity College Ottawa College and the Toronto Rugby Cluh There is virtually no trace of these early teams and according to Guelph alumnus and fonner football star WJ Billy Squirrel OAC 07 therc is little mention of field SPOIts being played on campus between 1874 and IRR2
During the colleges formative years students attended lecshytures for half the day and worked the other half Most frec time was taken up by reading over lecture notes and attending church Eventually organized Sp0I1 was fonnally introduced into most Canadian universities and colleges as part of a new theory of
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After leaving Guelph Smirle Lawson played for the University of Toronto Here he plunges over the McGill opposishytion in a 1908 game
Photo courtesy Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Museum
Story by Elizabeth Dagg a 1993 BA graduate and an avid Gryphonfan who is currently wriring a hisrory of rughyfootball in Canado
Historical material Fom Gryphon assistant coach Pat Tracey the University of Guelph Library archives and the Canadian Foothall Hall of Fame and Museum
the college and by 1888 OAC was competitive enough to make a bid for the dominion championship (later renamed the Grey Cup) But the orange and black were honorably defeated by the Toronto Varsity seniors by 10 points The College on the Hill would have to wait another 96 years before challenging for anshyother national championship
The formation of the OAC Athletic Association in 1892 strengthened the rugby football club There was new recognition t-hat the college s sports clubs needed patrons and a fan base to survive The football club believed it couldn ( be a success withshyout the aid of the fair sex The opening of Macdonald Institute in 1903 strengthened the image of football as a spectator sport Popularity grew at all Canadian universities as femal e students became a growing presence on campuses The promise of female spectators even encouraged a larger turnout for fall tryouts and provided new incentives for better play
education that promoted sport as a way to build moral physical and mental character Well-rounded graduates became the goa
Thc early OAC teams operated at junior intermediate and senshyior levels The players and faculty also initiated early intramural Or inter-year games that pitted first-year students against senshyiors to boost school spirit
The rugby football club struggled to survive in the early years sometimes finding competition from the OAC association (or socshycer) football club too fierce But even with a school population hovering at the 100 mark throughout the 1880s the college still managed to field teams on a yearly basi s
Although the football club wasn t stable the players did meet with success during the 1880s There wasnt much glory to be had in those days however The players might buy a cricket cap or spend a dollar on a team photo as mementos The 1884 and 1885 seasons fielded one of the strongest teams in the history of
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from Guelph to support their home-town boy Lawson went on to star with the Toronto Argonauts
and was a world-renowned soldier pathologist and hushymanitarian He is the only Guelph native to receive an honored place in the Canadian Football Hall or Fame and Museum
The outbreak of the Great War brought the momentum the football club had developed to a temporary halt With vast numbers of students enlisting to serve overseas it beshycame difficult to recruit players EventuaUy in 1() 16 the operation of all football unions was suspended due to the war
Postwar boom The First World War marked the end of Canada s innoshy
Growing pains The popularity of rugby football continued to grow at Guelph but the competitiveness of OAC seniors began to flag against other powerhouse teams in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Union such as the University of Toronto Ottawa College McGill and Queens
Guelphs athletic association made a crucial decision to focus on intermediate- and junior-level play In 1903 OAC entered a team in the intermediate series of the Ontario Rugby Football Unshyion and had a successful inaugural season competing against teams from Berlin (now Kitchener) Galt and Hamilton By 1906 OAC had developed a championship team and the winners of the Western College Association took the pennant home for the winter Six years later the new red and blue won the Junior Intershycollegiate Championship The momentum had begun to build
One of the greatest football stars ever to grace Canadian playshying fields was to be found on the OAC roster for the 1904 seashyson Guelph native Alexander Smirle Lawson learned the game on the playing field in front of Johnston Hall The plunging haltback nicknamed The Big Train spent one season at OAC before transferring to the University of Toronto to study medishycine There he led the Varsity to its first Grey Cup win in 1909 For the historic game Lawsons father brought an entourage
cence and football was no exception The era of pure amateurism was coming to an end and was being reshy
placed with semi-professional players and coaches A great gulf emerged between clubs that maintained amateur status and those that were forging down the road to professionalism Some univershysity and college teams found it increasingly difficult to compete at the senior level for the Grey Cup against teams stacked with paid coaches and players
For the OAC Aggies football team it meant great change The end of the war ushered in an era of stars on and off the field The 1919 Aggies found returning veterans ready to play on a difshyferent field of battle Ted Wildman emerged as the colleges first
true grid iron star as an exceptional runner passer and kicker on the 191920 squads When Wildman died in 1931 Canada Packers donated a trophy in his memory The trophy is still awarded annually to the graduatshying football player who combines acashydemics athletics leadership and fair play
The first Guelph teams nicknamed the OAC Aggies competed on Johnston Green at the front of the campus When the Ontario Veterinary
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College moved to Guelph in 1922 both colleges fielded football teams but the Aggies and Vets eventushyally melded into one OA-vC team which adopted the name Redmen From 1925 to 1949 they played beshyhind the veterinary buildings on the west side of camshypus moving to the presenl site on Powerhouse Lane in 1950
TIle [930s saw Guelphs new head coach and athshyletic director FG Baldy Baldwin fo llowing in the footsteps of the professional coaches who had come before him such as McGills Frank Shaugnessy and Billy Hughes at Queens Baldwin brought to campus American-style coaching techniqucs that involved scishyent ific and regimented tactics His playing career had started at Queen s where he was quarterback on a doshy ion honors when the rugged Guelph senior syuad expelienced minion championship team He played college football in the only one loss and trampled Ollawa in a 29-6 championship vicshy
nited States for three years [n Guelph Baldwin led the Aggies tory They repeated the [eat one year later defeating the McMas shyto three Canadian [ntemlediate Intercollegiate Rugby Union ter Rams 58-0 in the final game Championships and the team s only undefeated season in
As a student at OAC Mitchell was a star athlete in football193637 His coaching record has yet to be equalled When he
basketball and wrestling and rece ived the coveted Wildman Troshyleft campus in 1945 he continued his career as coach of the
phy in his final year 1938 He earned an education degree Ottawa Rough Riders
served in the navy during the war and taught brie f1y in Ollawa beshyAt Guelph Baldwin also nurtured
fore returning to Guelph He he ld every possible position in the his share of gridiron greats He
football program - player scout coach head coach and athletic coached his SLlccessor team captain
director He served as head coach for nine seasons and was direcshyBill Mitche ll to stardom as the squads
tor of athletics until 1967 starting qual1erback Teammate All
Mitchell passed coaching duties and a winning tradition on to Hales was the hard-nosed centre on the Intercollegiate Championship teams of coach Jay Fry in 1953 Fry coached only two years and was folshy
lowed in rapid succession by Tom Mooney Don Hayes and Bill 1932 and 1933 He went on to play for the Toronto Argonauts before returning Graham Mooney s powerhouse teams of 1958 and 1959 were
champions of the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference to business He served as MP for where he relied on the talents of players like co-captains Murray Guelph and Wellington from 1957 to Atkinson Carl Jackson and Robbie Keith The 1959 team posted 1974 one of the best seasons in the history of the Rcclmen Only two teams McMaster and Waterloo were able to score against the
Call to war Redmen defensive squad which allowed only 19 points in seven War again interrupted the progress of campus Iootball The end league games with four shutouts The year ended with the Red shyo f the Second World War marked the end of the Baldwin dynasty men making the ir first appearance in the Atlantic Bowl where
teams and the beginning of Mitchell s reign A legend in his own they were defeated by SI Francis Xavier
right Mitchell still had big shoes to fill And he did continuing The euphoria was sholt-lived however as the Redmen Ie ll the series of postwar wins that included a 1947 march to domin- from victory to defeat in 1960 beginning one of the longest
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
Canadians Stars Picks
1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Highest-scoring victory games
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
L19~ 10000 _deateW~erJ
Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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technology to all areas of Ontalio We hope this leads to new oPPOItunities for producers to become Slory reprinled from At Gue lph
Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
Senate caucus formed of G a lumni wil l be more involved in the dec ision shy
making process at G ue lph thanks to the estab-Ii hment of an alu mni Senate caucus
Made up of the nine a lu mni cU ITent ly appoi ntcd to Senate by the ir peers the caucus meets monthl y to co-ordinate views of its individual constituencies
Alumni have tradi tiona lly in tlucnced Universit deci ion making by serving on co llege alumni a~soshy
ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
In addition to M urray the caucus COl s is t~ of chair Mark Stevenson BA 93 Martin Bosch BSc 69 and M Sc 71 Mary Ann Grape BSc(HK) 76 Vem Hambley DVM 62 Shirley Surgconer BASc 72 and Elizabeth O Ne il BASc 74 and MSc 83
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
Sept 23to 29-HOMECOMING 1996 1
Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
staff reunion for grads of the 80s and 90s Call Ext 4892 for details
bull All former Bullring staff
bull CSA reunion Call Ext 6743 to register
CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Accommodation is available at the College Inn (519-836-1240) and Days Inn (5 19-822-91(2)
Souvenir T-shirts mugs and history booklets will be available To register call Ext 3343 fax to 519-767-2044 or e-mail to nipuoguelphca
Homecoming
Sept 23-29 - Wel lness Awareness W eek call Ext 3327 fo r eventsac tivities Sept 24 - FACS Career Night 5 15 to 7 pm Peter Clark Hall All FACS gracls welcome To volunteer as a speaker call Karcn Schol z BASc 93 at 519-271-0055 or Laurie Malleau BComm 83 at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 2102 Sept 25 bull Homecoming kickoff at free noon-hour concert Branion Plaza bull University barbecue festival and marketplace 4 to l)30 pm Branion
Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
Alumni House Call Ext 6533 to volunteer bull Observatory tours 9 to 11 pm meet at the front door of Za vitz Hall Sept 27 bull Conce rt St George s Square downtown Guelph 3 105 pm bull Free movie night Thornbrough 100 bull Gryphon Club Hall of Fame dinne r 630 pm ticke ts $50 Ext 6 133 bull Velcome wagon information table 6 to 10 pm are na bull Agg ie social 9 pm arena everyone we lcome Call Ext 8321 for tic kets Sept 28 bull Vclcorne wagon noon to 4 pm Alumni Stad ium 6 10 10 pm arena bull Studenla lumni swim meet R30 alll Ca ll A lan Fairweathe r E l 2220 bull HK I-IH Alumni Assoc iation annual meeting 930 am Po we ll Build ing bull ngi neering Alumni Association meeting lO am hornbrough 100 bull Alumni House open house 10 am to I pm bull G lory Bowl alumni footb all game 10 am Alumni Stad iwil bull Intramural volleyball tournament Call Ext 2160 for information bull UGAA 30th-anni versary reunion barbecue II 30 am Alumni House bull Foolhall game - G ryp hons is LJ of T BllIes 2 p m Alumni Stadium
Tickets $3 in advance at the we lcome wagon bull Class re unions HAFA 86 FACS R5 and OAC 56A bull All-ages concert with licensed area R pm a re na Alumni atlmilled at stu shy
de nt prices Ca ll Ext 43G8 fo r tickets Sept 29 - Bonsai show Arbore tuIll II aIll to 5 pm
Pick up an aluIllni card from Alumni House or the we lcome wagon Bring it with ID for licensed event s Pick up a Homecoming tabloid and enter the draw at the Wcl W IllC wagon For information caliS 19-R24-4120 Ext 2102
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Lost Grads If yo u can help us locate any of the fo llo wing alumni contact A lumni Record s Uni ve rsit y of G ue lph Guelph O lll
IG2WI Fax 5I lHl22-2760 E-mail jeanw ro alumni uogue I ph ca
Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Aquatic sciences receive LCBO funding U of G s aqua ti c sc iences research fa cility will be buoyed up by funding from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario s 1996 Shop the World-He lp Save the Animals campaign
Guelph received $40000 through the World Wildshylife Fund (WWF) a partrrer a lo rrg with the Carradian Nat ure Federation (CNF) in the LCBO campaign w hi ch raised a total of$147000
The dorration wi ll be used to support completi orr of the Hagen AquaJab arrd the Axelrod Irrstitute of Ichthyology arrd to enhance faculty researc h ai med at protectirrg preserving arrd managing aquati c reshy
sources Thi s suppor1 builds on proceeds received from the 1995 Shop the World ca mpaign which were used for researc h on loon mOI1ality
CBS dean Robert Sheath says he pleased that the WWF end orsed U o f G s project and represented the fac ility to participants during the promotiorr The enshyhanced public awarerress of the aquatic sciences fac ilshyity is illlpo rtant he sa ys It re inforces to the public our dedicatiorr - alo ng with the WWF and C Fshyto the maintenance arrd protection of our natural re shysources
The $40000 earmarked for G uelph comes fro lll nine of the wineries and d ist illeries that pa I1icipated in the ca mpaIgn They are Andres Wines Ltd Sea shygram Canada Hiralll W alker Sa les Division Gilbey Canada Irrc Pelee Is land Winery and Vineyards Inc Sainsbury and Co Ltd Calona Vineya rds the Mark Anthony G roup and Feathe rstone and ComshyParents support library pany Ltd
T o date $49 million of the $6-million fu nd-ra lsshying goal for the aq uatic sc ien ces facillty has been rai sed allowing the Unl vers it y to corrSlruct two of the facility s buildings and finish some interior roo ills Eleven of 27 laborato ries in the Hage n Aqualab are completed and researc h has begun Fund raising continues for the balance of $ l1 m ilshylion needed to open the complete fac ilit y and estabshylish an operatin g e ndowment
The breadth of Univers ity research in aqu atic sys shytems and their co nservation will be g reatl y e nhanced with the comple tion of this Fac ility says John Mabley v ice-pres ident (development and public a fshyfairs) The Unlvers ity is grateful to both the WWF and the LCBO for the ir support o f the aquatic sci-
OVC reviews curriculum OVC has received a $260 000 g rant from the Max Be ll Foundation to suppo r1 the co lleges ongo ing proshyject of curriculum renewal and deve lopment kn ow n as DVM 2000
The grant w ill be used to hi re 3rr education spec ia lshy
N o one recogrri zes the escalatirrg cost of a un iversity education more than ist to work with OVC facu lty over the next fi ve years
pa re nts so it s not surp rising that those who are able to give do g ive gerrershy to irrtrod uce implement and assess an outcomes shy
ous ly to U of G s parent li brary fund Launched irr 1990 the Pare nt s P ro shy based curric ulum The specialist will a lso be acti ve
gram has raised more than $657 000 in g i fts arrd pledges Stude rrt ca lle rs in suppOlting irrte runive rs ity consultation As part of
netted an all-tillle high in pledges over the past year fin ishing in June with this project the information gathe red throug h curricu shy$132466 lum development wi ll be shared with other vete rishy
Pictured above are sOllle of the students who made it happen Each o ne is na ry co lleges a two- o r three-year veteran o t the te lep hone campaign Front row from left OVC has bee n involved in curcic ulum re vie w are Azeeza Ali Natalie Basaraba Do nr~al y n Charles a rrd Lu ke Williams In s ince the laurrch of DVM 2000 in 1993 Recogmtion back are chief librarian Mike Ridley le ft and program chair Han k Vander of the importance of fa culty deve lopment and curshyPol a 1965 g raduate of OAC an d the parent of a U of U student Money ric ulu m c hange was sparked by a 1988 report of the ra ised through the tele phone ca mpaign is used to buy library resources for un shy Pew National Ve terinary Program in the Unlted dergradu ates R id ley says that Parent s Progra lll material is used more often States It called for changes in ve terinary ed ucation than most othe r reso urces in the library in res ponse to the chang ing veterina ry needs of soci shy
ety The review was a lso supported by Max Be ll
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Uof Gwelcomes college students U of G continues to build on artIcu lation agreements that a llow college st udents to transfer to university programs and vice versa Senate has approved new agreeme nts between the FACS child studies program and Fanshawe CoJlege and the Loyali st College of Applied Ans and Technology
Gradu ates of Loyalist and Fanshawes early childshyhood education diploma program will receive recogshynition for designated advanced standing credits at Gue lph for completion of the BASc in child studshyies The communi ty college graduates admitted to Guelph can a lso par1icipate in the Uni versitys studyshyabroad programs
Both Gue lph and community co llege graduates will be able to take pat1 in other U of G ar1icu lation agreements such as the one wi th tile faculty of edushycation at Nipissing College
Tax credit boosts co-op programs The 700 students enrolled in U of G s 3 1 co-op pro shygrams may find it eas ie r to land a place ment thanks to a new employer tax credit introduced in the Onshytario provincial bud get May 7
Beginning Sept 1 e mployers ca n claim a tax credit of up to 1000 per co-op placement The tax sav ings to corporations is equa l to to per cent of the costs of hiring a student enrolled in a recognized coshyop program at a university or coll ege
Interested employers can receive more informashytion through the niversity s Counselling and Stu shydent Resource Centre at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 4365
CBS celebrates 25th The College of Biologica l Sc ience wiiJ throw ope n its doors Sept 27 and 28 to welcome alu mni to a 25th-anniversary ce lebration Each depal1ment will participate in an open house from 2 to 5 pm both FIiday and Saturday wit h decade rooms se t up in the Axelrod Animal Science and Nutrition Chemistry and Biochemistry and PoweU buildings and in McN ally House
The Friday open house wi ll be followed by a mixe r at the nive ls ity Club from 6 to II pm and observatory tours from 9 to II pm A dinner and dance wi ll be he ld Saturday beginning at 630 pm in Pe ter Clark Ha ll
Although CBS was the last of U of G s seven colshyleges to be fOlmed its estab lishment in 1971 coinshycided with an upsurge of interest in the biologica l sciences that is still going strong today As a result CBS now claims more than 16 pe r cent of the Unishyvers itys total graduates - over 10700
A history booklet is being prepared by the college to document it s growth and wi ll be available during the anniversary weekend along with ot her CBS memorabilia For information on regi stration and acshycommodation call 519-824-4120 Ext 3343 or se nd email totonipuog ue lphca
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Sarah Collin left and Michelle Perry prepare to leave U of G for a year of teaching in Japan
Photo by Kerith Waddington
Japanese coup for U of G Sarah Collin Mic helle Pe rry and Rick Vise ntin are three 1996 Guelph graduates who are s pe nding the next year teaching English in Jap an They were c hoshysen out of 3600 provincial app licants to pal1i c ipate in the international exc han ge and foreign-language teaching program Sociology professor Vi ctor
jimoto chair of U of G s Japan Program ltays the first-time se lection of th ree Guelph students to parshyticipate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (J ET ) Program is a coup for the niversity Launched in 1987 JET is funded by the japanese Mini stry of Forshye ign Affairs jimoto believes today s economy makes experience outside ones community imperashytive Collin Perry and Visentin are continuing their education process he says
At age 10 Pet Trust continues to meet needs with research Since it was estab li shed in 1986 OVes Pet Trust has funded more [han 100 resea rch projects to imshyprove the health of compan ion animals and enab le veterinanans to learn more abou t anima l beha vior and the human pet bone One of the most recent studshyies addresses a g rowing interest In ho listic medi c ine among veterinanans and pet owne rs
For the first lime a formal research projec t at a Cashy
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nadi an veterinary school is being staged to study the efficacy of herbal and homeopathic products for pain and cancer treatment in dogs
Practice-based clinical trials are be ing conducted under the supervi sion of population medicine pro fesshysor Brenda Bonnen BSc 75 DVM 79 and PhD 88 with epidemio logy graduate student Carol Poland BSc(Ag r ) 83 and DVM 90 The clinica l tria l will have applications to human medi cine and may answer question s about the placebo e ffec t in hushymans Po land says
Ho li sti c medic ine is an umbre ll a tenn that includes the four main the rapies of homeopathy acupuncture chiroprac tic and herbal medicine as well as many other the rapi es such as aromatherapy magnetic the rshyapy and touc h therapy
Bo nnen be lieves the OVC study is a re tlec tion of consumer de mand Consumers are more educated but also inte rested in more natural and less invas ive forms o f the rapy
The cl inical trial is be ing funded by pri va te doshynors The literature re vie w is supported by the Pet
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Gryphon Club creates Medal of Merit The traditi onal Homecoming Hall o f Fame inductio n ceremony will be a little unusual th is year as the Gryphon Clu b we lcomes three athl etes and a builder as we ll as an entire cross-country team and a te lev ishysion broadcaster The annual dinne r will be he ld Sept 27 in Peter Clark Hall
CHCH sports commentator Norm Marsha ll will be awarded the G ryphon Club s new Medal of Me rit esshytabli shed to recogni ze outstanding commitment to Ontario sport The award enables the Univers ity to ho nor individuals outs ide the Gue lph program Through his CHCH cove rage of Gryphon spon s events Ma rsha ll has interviewed many of the athshyletes who are membe rs of the Hall of Fame
In addi tion the Gryphon Club will hono r the seven membe rs o f the 1969 championship crossshycountry team Grant Mclaren BSc 70 Paul Manley DVM 74 GO 76 and MSc 78 Grant Mustard BSc(Agr ) 72 Barry Sn ider BSc 71 Kriss C ronin Pat Larry BSc(PE ) and Jack Galbraith DVM 72 This tea m had the most successshyful season eve r e njoyed by a cross-country team at Guelph They were OntarioQuebec Athle tic Assoc iashy
tio n (OQAA) champio ns and Ca nadi an Inshyterco ll egiate Athletic Union (CIA U) champi ons
Indi vidual athletes who will be inshyducted into the Hall of Fame are John Henry DVM 6 1 Abe Fo lland BSA 35 and Larry Hurd DVM 7l Prof Victo r Matthews Languages and Lite rature w ill be inducted as a builde r
He nry excelled in football and hoc key He pl ayed on the 1958 and 59 football teams when they were Ontario intercolleshygiate champions and semi- finalists at the Atl anti c Bowl He was Male Athlete o f the Yea r and Wildman Trophy winne r in 19606 1
Hurd ea rned fi ve varsity le tte rs fo r his ex plo its in the pool He was CIAU AIshyCanadian in 1966 won two gold and one silver Ontario Uni ve rs ity Athleti c Assoshyciati on medals and set s ix U o f G swimshyming records He was a member o f the 400 re lay team that clocked the fa stes t time in Canada in 1969
Fo ll and was a famili ar face on the footshyba ll fie ld and the basketball court from 193 1 to 1934 contributing to severa l champi onship wins Notable was the 1932 basketball c hampio nship a nd the 1932 and 33 intenned iate football chamshypionships He rece ived the Wildman Troshyphy in 1934
Matthe ws coached U o f G s cross-co unshytry team for more than 15 years and the trac k team for s ix years During that time
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he ce le brated with fo ur CIA U champions four Onshytari o champions and five OQAA champions He also se rved as meet director when Guelph hosted the CIAU cross-co untry championships in 1980 and 1984
Tickets for the Hall o f Fame dinner are available throu gh the Departme nt of Athletics Ca ll 5 J9-824shy41 20 Ext 6134 or 6 133 for information
Grads join alumni ranks Some 2060 U of G students graduated during seven convocation ceremonies in June In addition the Unishyversity awa rded six honorary degrees two Univershys it y professor emeJitus honors and a Medal of Merit
Honorary degrees went to nutritionist Helen Guth rie a leader in research in human nutrition poshylitica l scientist Mart in Lipset a senior schol ar at the Woodrow Wil son Centre fo r Internationa l Scholars in Washington dramatist George Luscombe found er of Toronto Workshop Productions OAC alumnus Ken Murray retired CEO of JM Schne ider Inc statistic ian CR Rao a pioneer in statistical theory and applications and toxicologist Stephen Safe disshyting ui shed profe ssor at Texas AampM Uni versity and a fOlm er U of G professor
Retired veterinary science professor Brian Derbyshi re and retired phys ics pro fessor Jim Stevens were g iven the title of University professor emeritu s The Meda l of Merit was awarded to retired zoology professor Mary Be verley -Burton
New name same location Alumni visi ting or calling the campus since July I have been served by Uni versity staff in a new adminshyistrati ve un it called Development and Public Affa irs Fonnerl y ca lled Unive rsity Affairs and Developshyment the unit has been restructured by vice-presishydent John Mabley to include three key departments a new unit ca lled Campaign Programs Alumni Afshyfa irs and Deve lopment which marries two preshyviousl y separate unit s and Communications and Public Affa irs a merger of University Communica shytions and Community Re lations T he last is the deshypartment responsible for publication of the Cuelph Alumnus
The restructuring coincides with a number of pershysonnel changes that will create a whole new manageshyment team this fall Paulette Samson has been appointed director of alumni affairs and developshyment and searches will be launched to fill the direcshytors positions in Campaign Programs and Communications and Public Affairs
Although the greeting you hear on the phone may be different Deve lopment and Public Affa irs is still the place to ca ll for news of a lumni events and ac tivishyties To talk to staff in Alumni Affairs and Developshyment call 51 9-824-4 120 Ext 6936 Yo u can reac h the C uelph Alumnus in Communications and Public Affa irs at Ext 8706
Guelph Aiumlllls
Medal of Achievement
During convocation ce remonies in June the UG pr sen led its Alumni Medal of Achieveme nt to Lynn Roblin BASc 80 and MSc 82
Although her career is still 4uite young Roblin $ expertise in public health nutrition has already had a positive inlluence on anadas nutrition education programs and has earned her a national reputation in her field
She completed an undergrad uate degree in human nutrition and a Illa ters degree in human kinetics before beginning a career that has included posishytions in scve ral municipal hea lth Icpartments She now docs private consultshyIng
Roblin worked on the Hea lthy Lifesty le Program deve loped by the Onshytario Ministry o f Hea lth and has had a national impact through he r design work on the new Canadas Food G uide for Healthy Eating a project o f Health and Welfare Canada This is the most widely used nutrition tool in the country
She was also part o f a team that published a unique recipe book for the Cashynad ian Dieteti Association lIealrhy Pleasures is u collaborative e ffort inshyvolving hers from across the country who developed recipes that are both healthfu l and interesting More re ently Robli n work d with co lleague Bev Callaghan 10 produce Suppertime Survival a rec ipe book on its way to atshytracting a nat ional audienc Her skills hav also benefited the Canadian Sugar In titute and led to the design of a teacher s kit for use in school nutrishytion programs across ulnada
Roblin is also a leader wit hin the UG AA and the Mac-FAC Alumni Asshysociation She has served on both executi ves on the UG A workplaceacclshydemic interface committee and on the BASc progra m-planning committee and has provided substantial input on behalf of alumni to the nivcrsity strategic-planning process She has even made herself available to represent alumni at tudent orientation events and Olhe functions where students can benefit from her enthusiasm and talent
Visit the U of G Web site at httpwwwuoguelphca and the UGAA site at httpwwwUGalumniuoguelphca
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S ome say YOli ((mIee their
presence as you walk
across JOJlJ1stoll Green or
through Alumni Stadium
The screaming fans the
chill ill the air the sounds
ofhattIe echoing across
the field Its a tradition
as old as Canada and a
RUniC synoflyrnolls with
the autUnIn season
Football
Gentlemen footballers When the University or Guelph was rounded in 1874 as the Onshytario School or Agriculture rugby football was beginning to gain a footholu as one of Canadas most popular new sports It was a game brought to Canada by the British who had leamed it during their time at upper-class prep schools These gentlemen footballers settled in urban centres and military garrisons and spent their lei sure time honing their skills at this rough and brushytal Sp0I1 and introducing it to the colonials
The early game had 14 or 15 men on each side who were exshytremely skilled kickers and runners It was an expensive sport bcshycause the players provided their own playing gear and equipment Most would he outtilled in canvas suits with woollen sweaters and socks topped olT with high-cut boots Most teams could afford 10 buy only one football bladder to last a season or two and few players wore protective equipment because it was
considered unmanly Plide and a lack of clear rules caused many serious - sometimes fatal- injuries But the dangers did not dampen the competitive Spilit of these early pioneers
Guelph Stratford St Catha rines London and POit Hope took part in what is thought to be the first league-like structure in Onshytario OAC was one of the colleges that had a rugby football team along with Tri nity College Ottawa College and the Toronto Rugby Cluh There is virtually no trace of these early teams and according to Guelph alumnus and fonner football star WJ Billy Squirrel OAC 07 therc is little mention of field SPOIts being played on campus between 1874 and IRR2
During the colleges formative years students attended lecshytures for half the day and worked the other half Most frec time was taken up by reading over lecture notes and attending church Eventually organized Sp0I1 was fonnally introduced into most Canadian universities and colleges as part of a new theory of
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After leaving Guelph Smirle Lawson played for the University of Toronto Here he plunges over the McGill opposishytion in a 1908 game
Photo courtesy Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Museum
Story by Elizabeth Dagg a 1993 BA graduate and an avid Gryphonfan who is currently wriring a hisrory of rughyfootball in Canado
Historical material Fom Gryphon assistant coach Pat Tracey the University of Guelph Library archives and the Canadian Foothall Hall of Fame and Museum
the college and by 1888 OAC was competitive enough to make a bid for the dominion championship (later renamed the Grey Cup) But the orange and black were honorably defeated by the Toronto Varsity seniors by 10 points The College on the Hill would have to wait another 96 years before challenging for anshyother national championship
The formation of the OAC Athletic Association in 1892 strengthened the rugby football club There was new recognition t-hat the college s sports clubs needed patrons and a fan base to survive The football club believed it couldn ( be a success withshyout the aid of the fair sex The opening of Macdonald Institute in 1903 strengthened the image of football as a spectator sport Popularity grew at all Canadian universities as femal e students became a growing presence on campuses The promise of female spectators even encouraged a larger turnout for fall tryouts and provided new incentives for better play
education that promoted sport as a way to build moral physical and mental character Well-rounded graduates became the goa
Thc early OAC teams operated at junior intermediate and senshyior levels The players and faculty also initiated early intramural Or inter-year games that pitted first-year students against senshyiors to boost school spirit
The rugby football club struggled to survive in the early years sometimes finding competition from the OAC association (or socshycer) football club too fierce But even with a school population hovering at the 100 mark throughout the 1880s the college still managed to field teams on a yearly basi s
Although the football club wasn t stable the players did meet with success during the 1880s There wasnt much glory to be had in those days however The players might buy a cricket cap or spend a dollar on a team photo as mementos The 1884 and 1885 seasons fielded one of the strongest teams in the history of
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from Guelph to support their home-town boy Lawson went on to star with the Toronto Argonauts
and was a world-renowned soldier pathologist and hushymanitarian He is the only Guelph native to receive an honored place in the Canadian Football Hall or Fame and Museum
The outbreak of the Great War brought the momentum the football club had developed to a temporary halt With vast numbers of students enlisting to serve overseas it beshycame difficult to recruit players EventuaUy in 1() 16 the operation of all football unions was suspended due to the war
Postwar boom The First World War marked the end of Canada s innoshy
Growing pains The popularity of rugby football continued to grow at Guelph but the competitiveness of OAC seniors began to flag against other powerhouse teams in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Union such as the University of Toronto Ottawa College McGill and Queens
Guelphs athletic association made a crucial decision to focus on intermediate- and junior-level play In 1903 OAC entered a team in the intermediate series of the Ontario Rugby Football Unshyion and had a successful inaugural season competing against teams from Berlin (now Kitchener) Galt and Hamilton By 1906 OAC had developed a championship team and the winners of the Western College Association took the pennant home for the winter Six years later the new red and blue won the Junior Intershycollegiate Championship The momentum had begun to build
One of the greatest football stars ever to grace Canadian playshying fields was to be found on the OAC roster for the 1904 seashyson Guelph native Alexander Smirle Lawson learned the game on the playing field in front of Johnston Hall The plunging haltback nicknamed The Big Train spent one season at OAC before transferring to the University of Toronto to study medishycine There he led the Varsity to its first Grey Cup win in 1909 For the historic game Lawsons father brought an entourage
cence and football was no exception The era of pure amateurism was coming to an end and was being reshy
placed with semi-professional players and coaches A great gulf emerged between clubs that maintained amateur status and those that were forging down the road to professionalism Some univershysity and college teams found it increasingly difficult to compete at the senior level for the Grey Cup against teams stacked with paid coaches and players
For the OAC Aggies football team it meant great change The end of the war ushered in an era of stars on and off the field The 1919 Aggies found returning veterans ready to play on a difshyferent field of battle Ted Wildman emerged as the colleges first
true grid iron star as an exceptional runner passer and kicker on the 191920 squads When Wildman died in 1931 Canada Packers donated a trophy in his memory The trophy is still awarded annually to the graduatshying football player who combines acashydemics athletics leadership and fair play
The first Guelph teams nicknamed the OAC Aggies competed on Johnston Green at the front of the campus When the Ontario Veterinary
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College moved to Guelph in 1922 both colleges fielded football teams but the Aggies and Vets eventushyally melded into one OA-vC team which adopted the name Redmen From 1925 to 1949 they played beshyhind the veterinary buildings on the west side of camshypus moving to the presenl site on Powerhouse Lane in 1950
TIle [930s saw Guelphs new head coach and athshyletic director FG Baldy Baldwin fo llowing in the footsteps of the professional coaches who had come before him such as McGills Frank Shaugnessy and Billy Hughes at Queens Baldwin brought to campus American-style coaching techniqucs that involved scishyent ific and regimented tactics His playing career had started at Queen s where he was quarterback on a doshy ion honors when the rugged Guelph senior syuad expelienced minion championship team He played college football in the only one loss and trampled Ollawa in a 29-6 championship vicshy
nited States for three years [n Guelph Baldwin led the Aggies tory They repeated the [eat one year later defeating the McMas shyto three Canadian [ntemlediate Intercollegiate Rugby Union ter Rams 58-0 in the final game Championships and the team s only undefeated season in
As a student at OAC Mitchell was a star athlete in football193637 His coaching record has yet to be equalled When he
basketball and wrestling and rece ived the coveted Wildman Troshyleft campus in 1945 he continued his career as coach of the
phy in his final year 1938 He earned an education degree Ottawa Rough Riders
served in the navy during the war and taught brie f1y in Ollawa beshyAt Guelph Baldwin also nurtured
fore returning to Guelph He he ld every possible position in the his share of gridiron greats He
football program - player scout coach head coach and athletic coached his SLlccessor team captain
director He served as head coach for nine seasons and was direcshyBill Mitche ll to stardom as the squads
tor of athletics until 1967 starting qual1erback Teammate All
Mitchell passed coaching duties and a winning tradition on to Hales was the hard-nosed centre on the Intercollegiate Championship teams of coach Jay Fry in 1953 Fry coached only two years and was folshy
lowed in rapid succession by Tom Mooney Don Hayes and Bill 1932 and 1933 He went on to play for the Toronto Argonauts before returning Graham Mooney s powerhouse teams of 1958 and 1959 were
champions of the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference to business He served as MP for where he relied on the talents of players like co-captains Murray Guelph and Wellington from 1957 to Atkinson Carl Jackson and Robbie Keith The 1959 team posted 1974 one of the best seasons in the history of the Rcclmen Only two teams McMaster and Waterloo were able to score against the
Call to war Redmen defensive squad which allowed only 19 points in seven War again interrupted the progress of campus Iootball The end league games with four shutouts The year ended with the Red shyo f the Second World War marked the end of the Baldwin dynasty men making the ir first appearance in the Atlantic Bowl where
teams and the beginning of Mitchell s reign A legend in his own they were defeated by SI Francis Xavier
right Mitchell still had big shoes to fill And he did continuing The euphoria was sholt-lived however as the Redmen Ie ll the series of postwar wins that included a 1947 march to domin- from victory to defeat in 1960 beginning one of the longest
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
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Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
Photo by Robin Knight
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
Bob Murray BSA 49
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Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Alumni have tradi tiona lly in tlucnced Universit deci ion making by serving on co llege alumni a~soshy
ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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bull All former Bullring staff
bull CSA reunion Call Ext 6743 to register
CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
Alumni House Call Ext 6533 to volunteer bull Observatory tours 9 to 11 pm meet at the front door of Za vitz Hall Sept 27 bull Conce rt St George s Square downtown Guelph 3 105 pm bull Free movie night Thornbrough 100 bull Gryphon Club Hall of Fame dinne r 630 pm ticke ts $50 Ext 6 133 bull Velcome wagon information table 6 to 10 pm are na bull Agg ie social 9 pm arena everyone we lcome Call Ext 8321 for tic kets Sept 28 bull Vclcorne wagon noon to 4 pm Alumni Stad ium 6 10 10 pm arena bull Studenla lumni swim meet R30 alll Ca ll A lan Fairweathe r E l 2220 bull HK I-IH Alumni Assoc iation annual meeting 930 am Po we ll Build ing bull ngi neering Alumni Association meeting lO am hornbrough 100 bull Alumni House open house 10 am to I pm bull G lory Bowl alumni footb all game 10 am Alumni Stad iwil bull Intramural volleyball tournament Call Ext 2160 for information bull UGAA 30th-anni versary reunion barbecue II 30 am Alumni House bull Foolhall game - G ryp hons is LJ of T BllIes 2 p m Alumni Stadium
Tickets $3 in advance at the we lcome wagon bull Class re unions HAFA 86 FACS R5 and OAC 56A bull All-ages concert with licensed area R pm a re na Alumni atlmilled at stu shy
de nt prices Ca ll Ext 43G8 fo r tickets Sept 29 - Bonsai show Arbore tuIll II aIll to 5 pm
Pick up an aluIllni card from Alumni House or the we lcome wagon Bring it with ID for licensed event s Pick up a Homecoming tabloid and enter the draw at the Wcl W IllC wagon For information caliS 19-R24-4120 Ext 2102
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
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most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Uof Gwelcomes college students U of G continues to build on artIcu lation agreements that a llow college st udents to transfer to university programs and vice versa Senate has approved new agreeme nts between the FACS child studies program and Fanshawe CoJlege and the Loyali st College of Applied Ans and Technology
Gradu ates of Loyalist and Fanshawes early childshyhood education diploma program will receive recogshynition for designated advanced standing credits at Gue lph for completion of the BASc in child studshyies The communi ty college graduates admitted to Guelph can a lso par1icipate in the Uni versitys studyshyabroad programs
Both Gue lph and community co llege graduates will be able to take pat1 in other U of G ar1icu lation agreements such as the one wi th tile faculty of edushycation at Nipissing College
Tax credit boosts co-op programs The 700 students enrolled in U of G s 3 1 co-op pro shygrams may find it eas ie r to land a place ment thanks to a new employer tax credit introduced in the Onshytario provincial bud get May 7
Beginning Sept 1 e mployers ca n claim a tax credit of up to 1000 per co-op placement The tax sav ings to corporations is equa l to to per cent of the costs of hiring a student enrolled in a recognized coshyop program at a university or coll ege
Interested employers can receive more informashytion through the niversity s Counselling and Stu shydent Resource Centre at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 4365
CBS celebrates 25th The College of Biologica l Sc ience wiiJ throw ope n its doors Sept 27 and 28 to welcome alu mni to a 25th-anniversary ce lebration Each depal1ment will participate in an open house from 2 to 5 pm both FIiday and Saturday wit h decade rooms se t up in the Axelrod Animal Science and Nutrition Chemistry and Biochemistry and PoweU buildings and in McN ally House
The Friday open house wi ll be followed by a mixe r at the nive ls ity Club from 6 to II pm and observatory tours from 9 to II pm A dinner and dance wi ll be he ld Saturday beginning at 630 pm in Pe ter Clark Ha ll
Although CBS was the last of U of G s seven colshyleges to be fOlmed its estab lishment in 1971 coinshycided with an upsurge of interest in the biologica l sciences that is still going strong today As a result CBS now claims more than 16 pe r cent of the Unishyvers itys total graduates - over 10700
A history booklet is being prepared by the college to document it s growth and wi ll be available during the anniversary weekend along with ot her CBS memorabilia For information on regi stration and acshycommodation call 519-824-4120 Ext 3343 or se nd email totonipuog ue lphca
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Sarah Collin left and Michelle Perry prepare to leave U of G for a year of teaching in Japan
Photo by Kerith Waddington
Japanese coup for U of G Sarah Collin Mic helle Pe rry and Rick Vise ntin are three 1996 Guelph graduates who are s pe nding the next year teaching English in Jap an They were c hoshysen out of 3600 provincial app licants to pal1i c ipate in the international exc han ge and foreign-language teaching program Sociology professor Vi ctor
jimoto chair of U of G s Japan Program ltays the first-time se lection of th ree Guelph students to parshyticipate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (J ET ) Program is a coup for the niversity Launched in 1987 JET is funded by the japanese Mini stry of Forshye ign Affairs jimoto believes today s economy makes experience outside ones community imperashytive Collin Perry and Visentin are continuing their education process he says
At age 10 Pet Trust continues to meet needs with research Since it was estab li shed in 1986 OVes Pet Trust has funded more [han 100 resea rch projects to imshyprove the health of compan ion animals and enab le veterinanans to learn more abou t anima l beha vior and the human pet bone One of the most recent studshyies addresses a g rowing interest In ho listic medi c ine among veterinanans and pet owne rs
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Practice-based clinical trials are be ing conducted under the supervi sion of population medicine pro fesshysor Brenda Bonnen BSc 75 DVM 79 and PhD 88 with epidemio logy graduate student Carol Poland BSc(Ag r ) 83 and DVM 90 The clinica l tria l will have applications to human medi cine and may answer question s about the placebo e ffec t in hushymans Po land says
Ho li sti c medic ine is an umbre ll a tenn that includes the four main the rapies of homeopathy acupuncture chiroprac tic and herbal medicine as well as many other the rapi es such as aromatherapy magnetic the rshyapy and touc h therapy
Bo nnen be lieves the OVC study is a re tlec tion of consumer de mand Consumers are more educated but also inte rested in more natural and less invas ive forms o f the rapy
The cl inical trial is be ing funded by pri va te doshynors The literature re vie w is supported by the Pet
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Gryphon Club creates Medal of Merit The traditi onal Homecoming Hall o f Fame inductio n ceremony will be a little unusual th is year as the Gryphon Clu b we lcomes three athl etes and a builder as we ll as an entire cross-country team and a te lev ishysion broadcaster The annual dinne r will be he ld Sept 27 in Peter Clark Hall
CHCH sports commentator Norm Marsha ll will be awarded the G ryphon Club s new Medal of Me rit esshytabli shed to recogni ze outstanding commitment to Ontario sport The award enables the Univers ity to ho nor individuals outs ide the Gue lph program Through his CHCH cove rage of Gryphon spon s events Ma rsha ll has interviewed many of the athshyletes who are membe rs of the Hall of Fame
In addi tion the Gryphon Club will hono r the seven membe rs o f the 1969 championship crossshycountry team Grant Mclaren BSc 70 Paul Manley DVM 74 GO 76 and MSc 78 Grant Mustard BSc(Agr ) 72 Barry Sn ider BSc 71 Kriss C ronin Pat Larry BSc(PE ) and Jack Galbraith DVM 72 This tea m had the most successshyful season eve r e njoyed by a cross-country team at Guelph They were OntarioQuebec Athle tic Assoc iashy
tio n (OQAA) champio ns and Ca nadi an Inshyterco ll egiate Athletic Union (CIA U) champi ons
Indi vidual athletes who will be inshyducted into the Hall of Fame are John Henry DVM 6 1 Abe Fo lland BSA 35 and Larry Hurd DVM 7l Prof Victo r Matthews Languages and Lite rature w ill be inducted as a builde r
He nry excelled in football and hoc key He pl ayed on the 1958 and 59 football teams when they were Ontario intercolleshygiate champions and semi- finalists at the Atl anti c Bowl He was Male Athlete o f the Yea r and Wildman Trophy winne r in 19606 1
Hurd ea rned fi ve varsity le tte rs fo r his ex plo its in the pool He was CIAU AIshyCanadian in 1966 won two gold and one silver Ontario Uni ve rs ity Athleti c Assoshyciati on medals and set s ix U o f G swimshyming records He was a member o f the 400 re lay team that clocked the fa stes t time in Canada in 1969
Fo ll and was a famili ar face on the footshyba ll fie ld and the basketball court from 193 1 to 1934 contributing to severa l champi onship wins Notable was the 1932 basketball c hampio nship a nd the 1932 and 33 intenned iate football chamshypionships He rece ived the Wildman Troshyphy in 1934
Matthe ws coached U o f G s cross-co unshytry team for more than 15 years and the trac k team for s ix years During that time
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he ce le brated with fo ur CIA U champions four Onshytari o champions and five OQAA champions He also se rved as meet director when Guelph hosted the CIAU cross-co untry championships in 1980 and 1984
Tickets for the Hall o f Fame dinner are available throu gh the Departme nt of Athletics Ca ll 5 J9-824shy41 20 Ext 6134 or 6 133 for information
Grads join alumni ranks Some 2060 U of G students graduated during seven convocation ceremonies in June In addition the Unishyversity awa rded six honorary degrees two Univershys it y professor emeJitus honors and a Medal of Merit
Honorary degrees went to nutritionist Helen Guth rie a leader in research in human nutrition poshylitica l scientist Mart in Lipset a senior schol ar at the Woodrow Wil son Centre fo r Internationa l Scholars in Washington dramatist George Luscombe found er of Toronto Workshop Productions OAC alumnus Ken Murray retired CEO of JM Schne ider Inc statistic ian CR Rao a pioneer in statistical theory and applications and toxicologist Stephen Safe disshyting ui shed profe ssor at Texas AampM Uni versity and a fOlm er U of G professor
Retired veterinary science professor Brian Derbyshi re and retired phys ics pro fessor Jim Stevens were g iven the title of University professor emeritu s The Meda l of Merit was awarded to retired zoology professor Mary Be verley -Burton
New name same location Alumni visi ting or calling the campus since July I have been served by Uni versity staff in a new adminshyistrati ve un it called Development and Public Affa irs Fonnerl y ca lled Unive rsity Affairs and Developshyment the unit has been restructured by vice-presishydent John Mabley to include three key departments a new unit ca lled Campaign Programs Alumni Afshyfa irs and Deve lopment which marries two preshyviousl y separate unit s and Communications and Public Affa irs a merger of University Communica shytions and Community Re lations T he last is the deshypartment responsible for publication of the Cuelph Alumnus
The restructuring coincides with a number of pershysonnel changes that will create a whole new manageshyment team this fall Paulette Samson has been appointed director of alumni affairs and developshyment and searches will be launched to fill the direcshytors positions in Campaign Programs and Communications and Public Affairs
Although the greeting you hear on the phone may be different Deve lopment and Public Affa irs is still the place to ca ll for news of a lumni events and ac tivishyties To talk to staff in Alumni Affairs and Developshyment call 51 9-824-4 120 Ext 6936 Yo u can reac h the C uelph Alumnus in Communications and Public Affa irs at Ext 8706
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Medal of Achievement
During convocation ce remonies in June the UG pr sen led its Alumni Medal of Achieveme nt to Lynn Roblin BASc 80 and MSc 82
Although her career is still 4uite young Roblin $ expertise in public health nutrition has already had a positive inlluence on anadas nutrition education programs and has earned her a national reputation in her field
She completed an undergrad uate degree in human nutrition and a Illa ters degree in human kinetics before beginning a career that has included posishytions in scve ral municipal hea lth Icpartments She now docs private consultshyIng
Roblin worked on the Hea lthy Lifesty le Program deve loped by the Onshytario Ministry o f Hea lth and has had a national impact through he r design work on the new Canadas Food G uide for Healthy Eating a project o f Health and Welfare Canada This is the most widely used nutrition tool in the country
She was also part o f a team that published a unique recipe book for the Cashynad ian Dieteti Association lIealrhy Pleasures is u collaborative e ffort inshyvolving hers from across the country who developed recipes that are both healthfu l and interesting More re ently Robli n work d with co lleague Bev Callaghan 10 produce Suppertime Survival a rec ipe book on its way to atshytracting a nat ional audienc Her skills hav also benefited the Canadian Sugar In titute and led to the design of a teacher s kit for use in school nutrishytion programs across ulnada
Roblin is also a leader wit hin the UG AA and the Mac-FAC Alumni Asshysociation She has served on both executi ves on the UG A workplaceacclshydemic interface committee and on the BASc progra m-planning committee and has provided substantial input on behalf of alumni to the nivcrsity strategic-planning process She has even made herself available to represent alumni at tudent orientation events and Olhe functions where students can benefit from her enthusiasm and talent
Visit the U of G Web site at httpwwwuoguelphca and the UGAA site at httpwwwUGalumniuoguelphca
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S ome say YOli ((mIee their
presence as you walk
across JOJlJ1stoll Green or
through Alumni Stadium
The screaming fans the
chill ill the air the sounds
ofhattIe echoing across
the field Its a tradition
as old as Canada and a
RUniC synoflyrnolls with
the autUnIn season
Football
Gentlemen footballers When the University or Guelph was rounded in 1874 as the Onshytario School or Agriculture rugby football was beginning to gain a footholu as one of Canadas most popular new sports It was a game brought to Canada by the British who had leamed it during their time at upper-class prep schools These gentlemen footballers settled in urban centres and military garrisons and spent their lei sure time honing their skills at this rough and brushytal Sp0I1 and introducing it to the colonials
The early game had 14 or 15 men on each side who were exshytremely skilled kickers and runners It was an expensive sport bcshycause the players provided their own playing gear and equipment Most would he outtilled in canvas suits with woollen sweaters and socks topped olT with high-cut boots Most teams could afford 10 buy only one football bladder to last a season or two and few players wore protective equipment because it was
considered unmanly Plide and a lack of clear rules caused many serious - sometimes fatal- injuries But the dangers did not dampen the competitive Spilit of these early pioneers
Guelph Stratford St Catha rines London and POit Hope took part in what is thought to be the first league-like structure in Onshytario OAC was one of the colleges that had a rugby football team along with Tri nity College Ottawa College and the Toronto Rugby Cluh There is virtually no trace of these early teams and according to Guelph alumnus and fonner football star WJ Billy Squirrel OAC 07 therc is little mention of field SPOIts being played on campus between 1874 and IRR2
During the colleges formative years students attended lecshytures for half the day and worked the other half Most frec time was taken up by reading over lecture notes and attending church Eventually organized Sp0I1 was fonnally introduced into most Canadian universities and colleges as part of a new theory of
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After leaving Guelph Smirle Lawson played for the University of Toronto Here he plunges over the McGill opposishytion in a 1908 game
Photo courtesy Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Museum
Story by Elizabeth Dagg a 1993 BA graduate and an avid Gryphonfan who is currently wriring a hisrory of rughyfootball in Canado
Historical material Fom Gryphon assistant coach Pat Tracey the University of Guelph Library archives and the Canadian Foothall Hall of Fame and Museum
the college and by 1888 OAC was competitive enough to make a bid for the dominion championship (later renamed the Grey Cup) But the orange and black were honorably defeated by the Toronto Varsity seniors by 10 points The College on the Hill would have to wait another 96 years before challenging for anshyother national championship
The formation of the OAC Athletic Association in 1892 strengthened the rugby football club There was new recognition t-hat the college s sports clubs needed patrons and a fan base to survive The football club believed it couldn ( be a success withshyout the aid of the fair sex The opening of Macdonald Institute in 1903 strengthened the image of football as a spectator sport Popularity grew at all Canadian universities as femal e students became a growing presence on campuses The promise of female spectators even encouraged a larger turnout for fall tryouts and provided new incentives for better play
education that promoted sport as a way to build moral physical and mental character Well-rounded graduates became the goa
Thc early OAC teams operated at junior intermediate and senshyior levels The players and faculty also initiated early intramural Or inter-year games that pitted first-year students against senshyiors to boost school spirit
The rugby football club struggled to survive in the early years sometimes finding competition from the OAC association (or socshycer) football club too fierce But even with a school population hovering at the 100 mark throughout the 1880s the college still managed to field teams on a yearly basi s
Although the football club wasn t stable the players did meet with success during the 1880s There wasnt much glory to be had in those days however The players might buy a cricket cap or spend a dollar on a team photo as mementos The 1884 and 1885 seasons fielded one of the strongest teams in the history of
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from Guelph to support their home-town boy Lawson went on to star with the Toronto Argonauts
and was a world-renowned soldier pathologist and hushymanitarian He is the only Guelph native to receive an honored place in the Canadian Football Hall or Fame and Museum
The outbreak of the Great War brought the momentum the football club had developed to a temporary halt With vast numbers of students enlisting to serve overseas it beshycame difficult to recruit players EventuaUy in 1() 16 the operation of all football unions was suspended due to the war
Postwar boom The First World War marked the end of Canada s innoshy
Growing pains The popularity of rugby football continued to grow at Guelph but the competitiveness of OAC seniors began to flag against other powerhouse teams in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Union such as the University of Toronto Ottawa College McGill and Queens
Guelphs athletic association made a crucial decision to focus on intermediate- and junior-level play In 1903 OAC entered a team in the intermediate series of the Ontario Rugby Football Unshyion and had a successful inaugural season competing against teams from Berlin (now Kitchener) Galt and Hamilton By 1906 OAC had developed a championship team and the winners of the Western College Association took the pennant home for the winter Six years later the new red and blue won the Junior Intershycollegiate Championship The momentum had begun to build
One of the greatest football stars ever to grace Canadian playshying fields was to be found on the OAC roster for the 1904 seashyson Guelph native Alexander Smirle Lawson learned the game on the playing field in front of Johnston Hall The plunging haltback nicknamed The Big Train spent one season at OAC before transferring to the University of Toronto to study medishycine There he led the Varsity to its first Grey Cup win in 1909 For the historic game Lawsons father brought an entourage
cence and football was no exception The era of pure amateurism was coming to an end and was being reshy
placed with semi-professional players and coaches A great gulf emerged between clubs that maintained amateur status and those that were forging down the road to professionalism Some univershysity and college teams found it increasingly difficult to compete at the senior level for the Grey Cup against teams stacked with paid coaches and players
For the OAC Aggies football team it meant great change The end of the war ushered in an era of stars on and off the field The 1919 Aggies found returning veterans ready to play on a difshyferent field of battle Ted Wildman emerged as the colleges first
true grid iron star as an exceptional runner passer and kicker on the 191920 squads When Wildman died in 1931 Canada Packers donated a trophy in his memory The trophy is still awarded annually to the graduatshying football player who combines acashydemics athletics leadership and fair play
The first Guelph teams nicknamed the OAC Aggies competed on Johnston Green at the front of the campus When the Ontario Veterinary
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College moved to Guelph in 1922 both colleges fielded football teams but the Aggies and Vets eventushyally melded into one OA-vC team which adopted the name Redmen From 1925 to 1949 they played beshyhind the veterinary buildings on the west side of camshypus moving to the presenl site on Powerhouse Lane in 1950
TIle [930s saw Guelphs new head coach and athshyletic director FG Baldy Baldwin fo llowing in the footsteps of the professional coaches who had come before him such as McGills Frank Shaugnessy and Billy Hughes at Queens Baldwin brought to campus American-style coaching techniqucs that involved scishyent ific and regimented tactics His playing career had started at Queen s where he was quarterback on a doshy ion honors when the rugged Guelph senior syuad expelienced minion championship team He played college football in the only one loss and trampled Ollawa in a 29-6 championship vicshy
nited States for three years [n Guelph Baldwin led the Aggies tory They repeated the [eat one year later defeating the McMas shyto three Canadian [ntemlediate Intercollegiate Rugby Union ter Rams 58-0 in the final game Championships and the team s only undefeated season in
As a student at OAC Mitchell was a star athlete in football193637 His coaching record has yet to be equalled When he
basketball and wrestling and rece ived the coveted Wildman Troshyleft campus in 1945 he continued his career as coach of the
phy in his final year 1938 He earned an education degree Ottawa Rough Riders
served in the navy during the war and taught brie f1y in Ollawa beshyAt Guelph Baldwin also nurtured
fore returning to Guelph He he ld every possible position in the his share of gridiron greats He
football program - player scout coach head coach and athletic coached his SLlccessor team captain
director He served as head coach for nine seasons and was direcshyBill Mitche ll to stardom as the squads
tor of athletics until 1967 starting qual1erback Teammate All
Mitchell passed coaching duties and a winning tradition on to Hales was the hard-nosed centre on the Intercollegiate Championship teams of coach Jay Fry in 1953 Fry coached only two years and was folshy
lowed in rapid succession by Tom Mooney Don Hayes and Bill 1932 and 1933 He went on to play for the Toronto Argonauts before returning Graham Mooney s powerhouse teams of 1958 and 1959 were
champions of the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference to business He served as MP for where he relied on the talents of players like co-captains Murray Guelph and Wellington from 1957 to Atkinson Carl Jackson and Robbie Keith The 1959 team posted 1974 one of the best seasons in the history of the Rcclmen Only two teams McMaster and Waterloo were able to score against the
Call to war Redmen defensive squad which allowed only 19 points in seven War again interrupted the progress of campus Iootball The end league games with four shutouts The year ended with the Red shyo f the Second World War marked the end of the Baldwin dynasty men making the ir first appearance in the Atlantic Bowl where
teams and the beginning of Mitchell s reign A legend in his own they were defeated by SI Francis Xavier
right Mitchell still had big shoes to fill And he did continuing The euphoria was sholt-lived however as the Redmen Ie ll the series of postwar wins that included a 1947 march to domin- from victory to defeat in 1960 beginning one of the longest
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
Canadians Stars Picks
1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Highest-scoring victory games
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
L19~ 10000 _deateW~erJ
Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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technology to all areas of Ontalio We hope this leads to new oPPOItunities for producers to become Slory reprinled from At Gue lph
Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
Senate caucus formed of G a lumni wil l be more involved in the dec ision shy
making process at G ue lph thanks to the estab-Ii hment of an alu mni Senate caucus
Made up of the nine a lu mni cU ITent ly appoi ntcd to Senate by the ir peers the caucus meets monthl y to co-ordinate views of its individual constituencies
Alumni have tradi tiona lly in tlucnced Universit deci ion making by serving on co llege alumni a~soshy
ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
In addition to M urray the caucus COl s is t~ of chair Mark Stevenson BA 93 Martin Bosch BSc 69 and M Sc 71 Mary Ann Grape BSc(HK) 76 Vem Hambley DVM 62 Shirley Surgconer BASc 72 and Elizabeth O Ne il BASc 74 and MSc 83
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
Sept 23to 29-HOMECOMING 1996 1
Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
staff reunion for grads of the 80s and 90s Call Ext 4892 for details
bull All former Bullring staff
bull CSA reunion Call Ext 6743 to register
CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Accommodation is available at the College Inn (519-836-1240) and Days Inn (5 19-822-91(2)
Souvenir T-shirts mugs and history booklets will be available To register call Ext 3343 fax to 519-767-2044 or e-mail to nipuoguelphca
Homecoming
Sept 23-29 - Wel lness Awareness W eek call Ext 3327 fo r eventsac tivities Sept 24 - FACS Career Night 5 15 to 7 pm Peter Clark Hall All FACS gracls welcome To volunteer as a speaker call Karcn Schol z BASc 93 at 519-271-0055 or Laurie Malleau BComm 83 at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 2102 Sept 25 bull Homecoming kickoff at free noon-hour concert Branion Plaza bull University barbecue festival and marketplace 4 to l)30 pm Branion
Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
Alumni House Call Ext 6533 to volunteer bull Observatory tours 9 to 11 pm meet at the front door of Za vitz Hall Sept 27 bull Conce rt St George s Square downtown Guelph 3 105 pm bull Free movie night Thornbrough 100 bull Gryphon Club Hall of Fame dinne r 630 pm ticke ts $50 Ext 6 133 bull Velcome wagon information table 6 to 10 pm are na bull Agg ie social 9 pm arena everyone we lcome Call Ext 8321 for tic kets Sept 28 bull Vclcorne wagon noon to 4 pm Alumni Stad ium 6 10 10 pm arena bull Studenla lumni swim meet R30 alll Ca ll A lan Fairweathe r E l 2220 bull HK I-IH Alumni Assoc iation annual meeting 930 am Po we ll Build ing bull ngi neering Alumni Association meeting lO am hornbrough 100 bull Alumni House open house 10 am to I pm bull G lory Bowl alumni footb all game 10 am Alumni Stad iwil bull Intramural volleyball tournament Call Ext 2160 for information bull UGAA 30th-anni versary reunion barbecue II 30 am Alumni House bull Foolhall game - G ryp hons is LJ of T BllIes 2 p m Alumni Stadium
Tickets $3 in advance at the we lcome wagon bull Class re unions HAFA 86 FACS R5 and OAC 56A bull All-ages concert with licensed area R pm a re na Alumni atlmilled at stu shy
de nt prices Ca ll Ext 43G8 fo r tickets Sept 29 - Bonsai show Arbore tuIll II aIll to 5 pm
Pick up an aluIllni card from Alumni House or the we lcome wagon Bring it with ID for licensed event s Pick up a Homecoming tabloid and enter the draw at the Wcl W IllC wagon For information caliS 19-R24-4120 Ext 2102
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Lost Grads If yo u can help us locate any of the fo llo wing alumni contact A lumni Record s Uni ve rsit y of G ue lph Guelph O lll
IG2WI Fax 5I lHl22-2760 E-mail jeanw ro alumni uogue I ph ca
Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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nadi an veterinary school is being staged to study the efficacy of herbal and homeopathic products for pain and cancer treatment in dogs
Practice-based clinical trials are be ing conducted under the supervi sion of population medicine pro fesshysor Brenda Bonnen BSc 75 DVM 79 and PhD 88 with epidemio logy graduate student Carol Poland BSc(Ag r ) 83 and DVM 90 The clinica l tria l will have applications to human medi cine and may answer question s about the placebo e ffec t in hushymans Po land says
Ho li sti c medic ine is an umbre ll a tenn that includes the four main the rapies of homeopathy acupuncture chiroprac tic and herbal medicine as well as many other the rapi es such as aromatherapy magnetic the rshyapy and touc h therapy
Bo nnen be lieves the OVC study is a re tlec tion of consumer de mand Consumers are more educated but also inte rested in more natural and less invas ive forms o f the rapy
The cl inical trial is be ing funded by pri va te doshynors The literature re vie w is supported by the Pet
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Gryphon Club creates Medal of Merit The traditi onal Homecoming Hall o f Fame inductio n ceremony will be a little unusual th is year as the Gryphon Clu b we lcomes three athl etes and a builder as we ll as an entire cross-country team and a te lev ishysion broadcaster The annual dinne r will be he ld Sept 27 in Peter Clark Hall
CHCH sports commentator Norm Marsha ll will be awarded the G ryphon Club s new Medal of Me rit esshytabli shed to recogni ze outstanding commitment to Ontario sport The award enables the Univers ity to ho nor individuals outs ide the Gue lph program Through his CHCH cove rage of Gryphon spon s events Ma rsha ll has interviewed many of the athshyletes who are membe rs of the Hall of Fame
In addi tion the Gryphon Club will hono r the seven membe rs o f the 1969 championship crossshycountry team Grant Mclaren BSc 70 Paul Manley DVM 74 GO 76 and MSc 78 Grant Mustard BSc(Agr ) 72 Barry Sn ider BSc 71 Kriss C ronin Pat Larry BSc(PE ) and Jack Galbraith DVM 72 This tea m had the most successshyful season eve r e njoyed by a cross-country team at Guelph They were OntarioQuebec Athle tic Assoc iashy
tio n (OQAA) champio ns and Ca nadi an Inshyterco ll egiate Athletic Union (CIA U) champi ons
Indi vidual athletes who will be inshyducted into the Hall of Fame are John Henry DVM 6 1 Abe Fo lland BSA 35 and Larry Hurd DVM 7l Prof Victo r Matthews Languages and Lite rature w ill be inducted as a builde r
He nry excelled in football and hoc key He pl ayed on the 1958 and 59 football teams when they were Ontario intercolleshygiate champions and semi- finalists at the Atl anti c Bowl He was Male Athlete o f the Yea r and Wildman Trophy winne r in 19606 1
Hurd ea rned fi ve varsity le tte rs fo r his ex plo its in the pool He was CIAU AIshyCanadian in 1966 won two gold and one silver Ontario Uni ve rs ity Athleti c Assoshyciati on medals and set s ix U o f G swimshyming records He was a member o f the 400 re lay team that clocked the fa stes t time in Canada in 1969
Fo ll and was a famili ar face on the footshyba ll fie ld and the basketball court from 193 1 to 1934 contributing to severa l champi onship wins Notable was the 1932 basketball c hampio nship a nd the 1932 and 33 intenned iate football chamshypionships He rece ived the Wildman Troshyphy in 1934
Matthe ws coached U o f G s cross-co unshytry team for more than 15 years and the trac k team for s ix years During that time
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he ce le brated with fo ur CIA U champions four Onshytari o champions and five OQAA champions He also se rved as meet director when Guelph hosted the CIAU cross-co untry championships in 1980 and 1984
Tickets for the Hall o f Fame dinner are available throu gh the Departme nt of Athletics Ca ll 5 J9-824shy41 20 Ext 6134 or 6 133 for information
Grads join alumni ranks Some 2060 U of G students graduated during seven convocation ceremonies in June In addition the Unishyversity awa rded six honorary degrees two Univershys it y professor emeJitus honors and a Medal of Merit
Honorary degrees went to nutritionist Helen Guth rie a leader in research in human nutrition poshylitica l scientist Mart in Lipset a senior schol ar at the Woodrow Wil son Centre fo r Internationa l Scholars in Washington dramatist George Luscombe found er of Toronto Workshop Productions OAC alumnus Ken Murray retired CEO of JM Schne ider Inc statistic ian CR Rao a pioneer in statistical theory and applications and toxicologist Stephen Safe disshyting ui shed profe ssor at Texas AampM Uni versity and a fOlm er U of G professor
Retired veterinary science professor Brian Derbyshi re and retired phys ics pro fessor Jim Stevens were g iven the title of University professor emeritu s The Meda l of Merit was awarded to retired zoology professor Mary Be verley -Burton
New name same location Alumni visi ting or calling the campus since July I have been served by Uni versity staff in a new adminshyistrati ve un it called Development and Public Affa irs Fonnerl y ca lled Unive rsity Affairs and Developshyment the unit has been restructured by vice-presishydent John Mabley to include three key departments a new unit ca lled Campaign Programs Alumni Afshyfa irs and Deve lopment which marries two preshyviousl y separate unit s and Communications and Public Affa irs a merger of University Communica shytions and Community Re lations T he last is the deshypartment responsible for publication of the Cuelph Alumnus
The restructuring coincides with a number of pershysonnel changes that will create a whole new manageshyment team this fall Paulette Samson has been appointed director of alumni affairs and developshyment and searches will be launched to fill the direcshytors positions in Campaign Programs and Communications and Public Affairs
Although the greeting you hear on the phone may be different Deve lopment and Public Affa irs is still the place to ca ll for news of a lumni events and ac tivishyties To talk to staff in Alumni Affairs and Developshyment call 51 9-824-4 120 Ext 6936 Yo u can reac h the C uelph Alumnus in Communications and Public Affa irs at Ext 8706
Guelph Aiumlllls
Medal of Achievement
During convocation ce remonies in June the UG pr sen led its Alumni Medal of Achieveme nt to Lynn Roblin BASc 80 and MSc 82
Although her career is still 4uite young Roblin $ expertise in public health nutrition has already had a positive inlluence on anadas nutrition education programs and has earned her a national reputation in her field
She completed an undergrad uate degree in human nutrition and a Illa ters degree in human kinetics before beginning a career that has included posishytions in scve ral municipal hea lth Icpartments She now docs private consultshyIng
Roblin worked on the Hea lthy Lifesty le Program deve loped by the Onshytario Ministry o f Hea lth and has had a national impact through he r design work on the new Canadas Food G uide for Healthy Eating a project o f Health and Welfare Canada This is the most widely used nutrition tool in the country
She was also part o f a team that published a unique recipe book for the Cashynad ian Dieteti Association lIealrhy Pleasures is u collaborative e ffort inshyvolving hers from across the country who developed recipes that are both healthfu l and interesting More re ently Robli n work d with co lleague Bev Callaghan 10 produce Suppertime Survival a rec ipe book on its way to atshytracting a nat ional audienc Her skills hav also benefited the Canadian Sugar In titute and led to the design of a teacher s kit for use in school nutrishytion programs across ulnada
Roblin is also a leader wit hin the UG AA and the Mac-FAC Alumni Asshysociation She has served on both executi ves on the UG A workplaceacclshydemic interface committee and on the BASc progra m-planning committee and has provided substantial input on behalf of alumni to the nivcrsity strategic-planning process She has even made herself available to represent alumni at tudent orientation events and Olhe functions where students can benefit from her enthusiasm and talent
Visit the U of G Web site at httpwwwuoguelphca and the UGAA site at httpwwwUGalumniuoguelphca
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S ome say YOli ((mIee their
presence as you walk
across JOJlJ1stoll Green or
through Alumni Stadium
The screaming fans the
chill ill the air the sounds
ofhattIe echoing across
the field Its a tradition
as old as Canada and a
RUniC synoflyrnolls with
the autUnIn season
Football
Gentlemen footballers When the University or Guelph was rounded in 1874 as the Onshytario School or Agriculture rugby football was beginning to gain a footholu as one of Canadas most popular new sports It was a game brought to Canada by the British who had leamed it during their time at upper-class prep schools These gentlemen footballers settled in urban centres and military garrisons and spent their lei sure time honing their skills at this rough and brushytal Sp0I1 and introducing it to the colonials
The early game had 14 or 15 men on each side who were exshytremely skilled kickers and runners It was an expensive sport bcshycause the players provided their own playing gear and equipment Most would he outtilled in canvas suits with woollen sweaters and socks topped olT with high-cut boots Most teams could afford 10 buy only one football bladder to last a season or two and few players wore protective equipment because it was
considered unmanly Plide and a lack of clear rules caused many serious - sometimes fatal- injuries But the dangers did not dampen the competitive Spilit of these early pioneers
Guelph Stratford St Catha rines London and POit Hope took part in what is thought to be the first league-like structure in Onshytario OAC was one of the colleges that had a rugby football team along with Tri nity College Ottawa College and the Toronto Rugby Cluh There is virtually no trace of these early teams and according to Guelph alumnus and fonner football star WJ Billy Squirrel OAC 07 therc is little mention of field SPOIts being played on campus between 1874 and IRR2
During the colleges formative years students attended lecshytures for half the day and worked the other half Most frec time was taken up by reading over lecture notes and attending church Eventually organized Sp0I1 was fonnally introduced into most Canadian universities and colleges as part of a new theory of
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After leaving Guelph Smirle Lawson played for the University of Toronto Here he plunges over the McGill opposishytion in a 1908 game
Photo courtesy Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Museum
Story by Elizabeth Dagg a 1993 BA graduate and an avid Gryphonfan who is currently wriring a hisrory of rughyfootball in Canado
Historical material Fom Gryphon assistant coach Pat Tracey the University of Guelph Library archives and the Canadian Foothall Hall of Fame and Museum
the college and by 1888 OAC was competitive enough to make a bid for the dominion championship (later renamed the Grey Cup) But the orange and black were honorably defeated by the Toronto Varsity seniors by 10 points The College on the Hill would have to wait another 96 years before challenging for anshyother national championship
The formation of the OAC Athletic Association in 1892 strengthened the rugby football club There was new recognition t-hat the college s sports clubs needed patrons and a fan base to survive The football club believed it couldn ( be a success withshyout the aid of the fair sex The opening of Macdonald Institute in 1903 strengthened the image of football as a spectator sport Popularity grew at all Canadian universities as femal e students became a growing presence on campuses The promise of female spectators even encouraged a larger turnout for fall tryouts and provided new incentives for better play
education that promoted sport as a way to build moral physical and mental character Well-rounded graduates became the goa
Thc early OAC teams operated at junior intermediate and senshyior levels The players and faculty also initiated early intramural Or inter-year games that pitted first-year students against senshyiors to boost school spirit
The rugby football club struggled to survive in the early years sometimes finding competition from the OAC association (or socshycer) football club too fierce But even with a school population hovering at the 100 mark throughout the 1880s the college still managed to field teams on a yearly basi s
Although the football club wasn t stable the players did meet with success during the 1880s There wasnt much glory to be had in those days however The players might buy a cricket cap or spend a dollar on a team photo as mementos The 1884 and 1885 seasons fielded one of the strongest teams in the history of
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from Guelph to support their home-town boy Lawson went on to star with the Toronto Argonauts
and was a world-renowned soldier pathologist and hushymanitarian He is the only Guelph native to receive an honored place in the Canadian Football Hall or Fame and Museum
The outbreak of the Great War brought the momentum the football club had developed to a temporary halt With vast numbers of students enlisting to serve overseas it beshycame difficult to recruit players EventuaUy in 1() 16 the operation of all football unions was suspended due to the war
Postwar boom The First World War marked the end of Canada s innoshy
Growing pains The popularity of rugby football continued to grow at Guelph but the competitiveness of OAC seniors began to flag against other powerhouse teams in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Union such as the University of Toronto Ottawa College McGill and Queens
Guelphs athletic association made a crucial decision to focus on intermediate- and junior-level play In 1903 OAC entered a team in the intermediate series of the Ontario Rugby Football Unshyion and had a successful inaugural season competing against teams from Berlin (now Kitchener) Galt and Hamilton By 1906 OAC had developed a championship team and the winners of the Western College Association took the pennant home for the winter Six years later the new red and blue won the Junior Intershycollegiate Championship The momentum had begun to build
One of the greatest football stars ever to grace Canadian playshying fields was to be found on the OAC roster for the 1904 seashyson Guelph native Alexander Smirle Lawson learned the game on the playing field in front of Johnston Hall The plunging haltback nicknamed The Big Train spent one season at OAC before transferring to the University of Toronto to study medishycine There he led the Varsity to its first Grey Cup win in 1909 For the historic game Lawsons father brought an entourage
cence and football was no exception The era of pure amateurism was coming to an end and was being reshy
placed with semi-professional players and coaches A great gulf emerged between clubs that maintained amateur status and those that were forging down the road to professionalism Some univershysity and college teams found it increasingly difficult to compete at the senior level for the Grey Cup against teams stacked with paid coaches and players
For the OAC Aggies football team it meant great change The end of the war ushered in an era of stars on and off the field The 1919 Aggies found returning veterans ready to play on a difshyferent field of battle Ted Wildman emerged as the colleges first
true grid iron star as an exceptional runner passer and kicker on the 191920 squads When Wildman died in 1931 Canada Packers donated a trophy in his memory The trophy is still awarded annually to the graduatshying football player who combines acashydemics athletics leadership and fair play
The first Guelph teams nicknamed the OAC Aggies competed on Johnston Green at the front of the campus When the Ontario Veterinary
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College moved to Guelph in 1922 both colleges fielded football teams but the Aggies and Vets eventushyally melded into one OA-vC team which adopted the name Redmen From 1925 to 1949 they played beshyhind the veterinary buildings on the west side of camshypus moving to the presenl site on Powerhouse Lane in 1950
TIle [930s saw Guelphs new head coach and athshyletic director FG Baldy Baldwin fo llowing in the footsteps of the professional coaches who had come before him such as McGills Frank Shaugnessy and Billy Hughes at Queens Baldwin brought to campus American-style coaching techniqucs that involved scishyent ific and regimented tactics His playing career had started at Queen s where he was quarterback on a doshy ion honors when the rugged Guelph senior syuad expelienced minion championship team He played college football in the only one loss and trampled Ollawa in a 29-6 championship vicshy
nited States for three years [n Guelph Baldwin led the Aggies tory They repeated the [eat one year later defeating the McMas shyto three Canadian [ntemlediate Intercollegiate Rugby Union ter Rams 58-0 in the final game Championships and the team s only undefeated season in
As a student at OAC Mitchell was a star athlete in football193637 His coaching record has yet to be equalled When he
basketball and wrestling and rece ived the coveted Wildman Troshyleft campus in 1945 he continued his career as coach of the
phy in his final year 1938 He earned an education degree Ottawa Rough Riders
served in the navy during the war and taught brie f1y in Ollawa beshyAt Guelph Baldwin also nurtured
fore returning to Guelph He he ld every possible position in the his share of gridiron greats He
football program - player scout coach head coach and athletic coached his SLlccessor team captain
director He served as head coach for nine seasons and was direcshyBill Mitche ll to stardom as the squads
tor of athletics until 1967 starting qual1erback Teammate All
Mitchell passed coaching duties and a winning tradition on to Hales was the hard-nosed centre on the Intercollegiate Championship teams of coach Jay Fry in 1953 Fry coached only two years and was folshy
lowed in rapid succession by Tom Mooney Don Hayes and Bill 1932 and 1933 He went on to play for the Toronto Argonauts before returning Graham Mooney s powerhouse teams of 1958 and 1959 were
champions of the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference to business He served as MP for where he relied on the talents of players like co-captains Murray Guelph and Wellington from 1957 to Atkinson Carl Jackson and Robbie Keith The 1959 team posted 1974 one of the best seasons in the history of the Rcclmen Only two teams McMaster and Waterloo were able to score against the
Call to war Redmen defensive squad which allowed only 19 points in seven War again interrupted the progress of campus Iootball The end league games with four shutouts The year ended with the Red shyo f the Second World War marked the end of the Baldwin dynasty men making the ir first appearance in the Atlantic Bowl where
teams and the beginning of Mitchell s reign A legend in his own they were defeated by SI Francis Xavier
right Mitchell still had big shoes to fill And he did continuing The euphoria was sholt-lived however as the Redmen Ie ll the series of postwar wins that included a 1947 march to domin- from victory to defeat in 1960 beginning one of the longest
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
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Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
In addition to M urray the caucus COl s is t~ of chair Mark Stevenson BA 93 Martin Bosch BSc 69 and M Sc 71 Mary Ann Grape BSc(HK) 76 Vem Hambley DVM 62 Shirley Surgconer BASc 72 and Elizabeth O Ne il BASc 74 and MSc 83
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Sept 23-29 - Wel lness Awareness W eek call Ext 3327 fo r eventsac tivities Sept 24 - FACS Career Night 5 15 to 7 pm Peter Clark Hall All FACS gracls welcome To volunteer as a speaker call Karcn Schol z BASc 93 at 519-271-0055 or Laurie Malleau BComm 83 at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 2102 Sept 25 bull Homecoming kickoff at free noon-hour concert Branion Plaza bull University barbecue festival and marketplace 4 to l)30 pm Branion
Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Noreen and Charles Broadwell
joined the Ontario Bean Producers M arket ing Board as ge ne ra l manager a position he held for 26 yea rs until re shytirement
Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
Cuel AIIIIIIIllS
Freestyle education works
oy Tinct Veltri
For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Lost Grads If yo u can help us locate any of the fo llo wing alumni contact A lumni Record s Uni ve rsit y of G ue lph Guelph O lll
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Make HOMECOMING 196 afamily affair
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There will also be a PARADE amp
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Saturdays BIG GAME against
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GRIFF will be there along with
a bunch of SWIM TEAM grads and
the new HALL OF FAME winners
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he ce le brated with fo ur CIA U champions four Onshytari o champions and five OQAA champions He also se rved as meet director when Guelph hosted the CIAU cross-co untry championships in 1980 and 1984
Tickets for the Hall o f Fame dinner are available throu gh the Departme nt of Athletics Ca ll 5 J9-824shy41 20 Ext 6134 or 6 133 for information
Grads join alumni ranks Some 2060 U of G students graduated during seven convocation ceremonies in June In addition the Unishyversity awa rded six honorary degrees two Univershys it y professor emeJitus honors and a Medal of Merit
Honorary degrees went to nutritionist Helen Guth rie a leader in research in human nutrition poshylitica l scientist Mart in Lipset a senior schol ar at the Woodrow Wil son Centre fo r Internationa l Scholars in Washington dramatist George Luscombe found er of Toronto Workshop Productions OAC alumnus Ken Murray retired CEO of JM Schne ider Inc statistic ian CR Rao a pioneer in statistical theory and applications and toxicologist Stephen Safe disshyting ui shed profe ssor at Texas AampM Uni versity and a fOlm er U of G professor
Retired veterinary science professor Brian Derbyshi re and retired phys ics pro fessor Jim Stevens were g iven the title of University professor emeritu s The Meda l of Merit was awarded to retired zoology professor Mary Be verley -Burton
New name same location Alumni visi ting or calling the campus since July I have been served by Uni versity staff in a new adminshyistrati ve un it called Development and Public Affa irs Fonnerl y ca lled Unive rsity Affairs and Developshyment the unit has been restructured by vice-presishydent John Mabley to include three key departments a new unit ca lled Campaign Programs Alumni Afshyfa irs and Deve lopment which marries two preshyviousl y separate unit s and Communications and Public Affa irs a merger of University Communica shytions and Community Re lations T he last is the deshypartment responsible for publication of the Cuelph Alumnus
The restructuring coincides with a number of pershysonnel changes that will create a whole new manageshyment team this fall Paulette Samson has been appointed director of alumni affairs and developshyment and searches will be launched to fill the direcshytors positions in Campaign Programs and Communications and Public Affairs
Although the greeting you hear on the phone may be different Deve lopment and Public Affa irs is still the place to ca ll for news of a lumni events and ac tivishyties To talk to staff in Alumni Affairs and Developshyment call 51 9-824-4 120 Ext 6936 Yo u can reac h the C uelph Alumnus in Communications and Public Affa irs at Ext 8706
Guelph Aiumlllls
Medal of Achievement
During convocation ce remonies in June the UG pr sen led its Alumni Medal of Achieveme nt to Lynn Roblin BASc 80 and MSc 82
Although her career is still 4uite young Roblin $ expertise in public health nutrition has already had a positive inlluence on anadas nutrition education programs and has earned her a national reputation in her field
She completed an undergrad uate degree in human nutrition and a Illa ters degree in human kinetics before beginning a career that has included posishytions in scve ral municipal hea lth Icpartments She now docs private consultshyIng
Roblin worked on the Hea lthy Lifesty le Program deve loped by the Onshytario Ministry o f Hea lth and has had a national impact through he r design work on the new Canadas Food G uide for Healthy Eating a project o f Health and Welfare Canada This is the most widely used nutrition tool in the country
She was also part o f a team that published a unique recipe book for the Cashynad ian Dieteti Association lIealrhy Pleasures is u collaborative e ffort inshyvolving hers from across the country who developed recipes that are both healthfu l and interesting More re ently Robli n work d with co lleague Bev Callaghan 10 produce Suppertime Survival a rec ipe book on its way to atshytracting a nat ional audienc Her skills hav also benefited the Canadian Sugar In titute and led to the design of a teacher s kit for use in school nutrishytion programs across ulnada
Roblin is also a leader wit hin the UG AA and the Mac-FAC Alumni Asshysociation She has served on both executi ves on the UG A workplaceacclshydemic interface committee and on the BASc progra m-planning committee and has provided substantial input on behalf of alumni to the nivcrsity strategic-planning process She has even made herself available to represent alumni at tudent orientation events and Olhe functions where students can benefit from her enthusiasm and talent
Visit the U of G Web site at httpwwwuoguelphca and the UGAA site at httpwwwUGalumniuoguelphca
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S ome say YOli ((mIee their
presence as you walk
across JOJlJ1stoll Green or
through Alumni Stadium
The screaming fans the
chill ill the air the sounds
ofhattIe echoing across
the field Its a tradition
as old as Canada and a
RUniC synoflyrnolls with
the autUnIn season
Football
Gentlemen footballers When the University or Guelph was rounded in 1874 as the Onshytario School or Agriculture rugby football was beginning to gain a footholu as one of Canadas most popular new sports It was a game brought to Canada by the British who had leamed it during their time at upper-class prep schools These gentlemen footballers settled in urban centres and military garrisons and spent their lei sure time honing their skills at this rough and brushytal Sp0I1 and introducing it to the colonials
The early game had 14 or 15 men on each side who were exshytremely skilled kickers and runners It was an expensive sport bcshycause the players provided their own playing gear and equipment Most would he outtilled in canvas suits with woollen sweaters and socks topped olT with high-cut boots Most teams could afford 10 buy only one football bladder to last a season or two and few players wore protective equipment because it was
considered unmanly Plide and a lack of clear rules caused many serious - sometimes fatal- injuries But the dangers did not dampen the competitive Spilit of these early pioneers
Guelph Stratford St Catha rines London and POit Hope took part in what is thought to be the first league-like structure in Onshytario OAC was one of the colleges that had a rugby football team along with Tri nity College Ottawa College and the Toronto Rugby Cluh There is virtually no trace of these early teams and according to Guelph alumnus and fonner football star WJ Billy Squirrel OAC 07 therc is little mention of field SPOIts being played on campus between 1874 and IRR2
During the colleges formative years students attended lecshytures for half the day and worked the other half Most frec time was taken up by reading over lecture notes and attending church Eventually organized Sp0I1 was fonnally introduced into most Canadian universities and colleges as part of a new theory of
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After leaving Guelph Smirle Lawson played for the University of Toronto Here he plunges over the McGill opposishytion in a 1908 game
Photo courtesy Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Museum
Story by Elizabeth Dagg a 1993 BA graduate and an avid Gryphonfan who is currently wriring a hisrory of rughyfootball in Canado
Historical material Fom Gryphon assistant coach Pat Tracey the University of Guelph Library archives and the Canadian Foothall Hall of Fame and Museum
the college and by 1888 OAC was competitive enough to make a bid for the dominion championship (later renamed the Grey Cup) But the orange and black were honorably defeated by the Toronto Varsity seniors by 10 points The College on the Hill would have to wait another 96 years before challenging for anshyother national championship
The formation of the OAC Athletic Association in 1892 strengthened the rugby football club There was new recognition t-hat the college s sports clubs needed patrons and a fan base to survive The football club believed it couldn ( be a success withshyout the aid of the fair sex The opening of Macdonald Institute in 1903 strengthened the image of football as a spectator sport Popularity grew at all Canadian universities as femal e students became a growing presence on campuses The promise of female spectators even encouraged a larger turnout for fall tryouts and provided new incentives for better play
education that promoted sport as a way to build moral physical and mental character Well-rounded graduates became the goa
Thc early OAC teams operated at junior intermediate and senshyior levels The players and faculty also initiated early intramural Or inter-year games that pitted first-year students against senshyiors to boost school spirit
The rugby football club struggled to survive in the early years sometimes finding competition from the OAC association (or socshycer) football club too fierce But even with a school population hovering at the 100 mark throughout the 1880s the college still managed to field teams on a yearly basi s
Although the football club wasn t stable the players did meet with success during the 1880s There wasnt much glory to be had in those days however The players might buy a cricket cap or spend a dollar on a team photo as mementos The 1884 and 1885 seasons fielded one of the strongest teams in the history of
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from Guelph to support their home-town boy Lawson went on to star with the Toronto Argonauts
and was a world-renowned soldier pathologist and hushymanitarian He is the only Guelph native to receive an honored place in the Canadian Football Hall or Fame and Museum
The outbreak of the Great War brought the momentum the football club had developed to a temporary halt With vast numbers of students enlisting to serve overseas it beshycame difficult to recruit players EventuaUy in 1() 16 the operation of all football unions was suspended due to the war
Postwar boom The First World War marked the end of Canada s innoshy
Growing pains The popularity of rugby football continued to grow at Guelph but the competitiveness of OAC seniors began to flag against other powerhouse teams in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Union such as the University of Toronto Ottawa College McGill and Queens
Guelphs athletic association made a crucial decision to focus on intermediate- and junior-level play In 1903 OAC entered a team in the intermediate series of the Ontario Rugby Football Unshyion and had a successful inaugural season competing against teams from Berlin (now Kitchener) Galt and Hamilton By 1906 OAC had developed a championship team and the winners of the Western College Association took the pennant home for the winter Six years later the new red and blue won the Junior Intershycollegiate Championship The momentum had begun to build
One of the greatest football stars ever to grace Canadian playshying fields was to be found on the OAC roster for the 1904 seashyson Guelph native Alexander Smirle Lawson learned the game on the playing field in front of Johnston Hall The plunging haltback nicknamed The Big Train spent one season at OAC before transferring to the University of Toronto to study medishycine There he led the Varsity to its first Grey Cup win in 1909 For the historic game Lawsons father brought an entourage
cence and football was no exception The era of pure amateurism was coming to an end and was being reshy
placed with semi-professional players and coaches A great gulf emerged between clubs that maintained amateur status and those that were forging down the road to professionalism Some univershysity and college teams found it increasingly difficult to compete at the senior level for the Grey Cup against teams stacked with paid coaches and players
For the OAC Aggies football team it meant great change The end of the war ushered in an era of stars on and off the field The 1919 Aggies found returning veterans ready to play on a difshyferent field of battle Ted Wildman emerged as the colleges first
true grid iron star as an exceptional runner passer and kicker on the 191920 squads When Wildman died in 1931 Canada Packers donated a trophy in his memory The trophy is still awarded annually to the graduatshying football player who combines acashydemics athletics leadership and fair play
The first Guelph teams nicknamed the OAC Aggies competed on Johnston Green at the front of the campus When the Ontario Veterinary
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College moved to Guelph in 1922 both colleges fielded football teams but the Aggies and Vets eventushyally melded into one OA-vC team which adopted the name Redmen From 1925 to 1949 they played beshyhind the veterinary buildings on the west side of camshypus moving to the presenl site on Powerhouse Lane in 1950
TIle [930s saw Guelphs new head coach and athshyletic director FG Baldy Baldwin fo llowing in the footsteps of the professional coaches who had come before him such as McGills Frank Shaugnessy and Billy Hughes at Queens Baldwin brought to campus American-style coaching techniqucs that involved scishyent ific and regimented tactics His playing career had started at Queen s where he was quarterback on a doshy ion honors when the rugged Guelph senior syuad expelienced minion championship team He played college football in the only one loss and trampled Ollawa in a 29-6 championship vicshy
nited States for three years [n Guelph Baldwin led the Aggies tory They repeated the [eat one year later defeating the McMas shyto three Canadian [ntemlediate Intercollegiate Rugby Union ter Rams 58-0 in the final game Championships and the team s only undefeated season in
As a student at OAC Mitchell was a star athlete in football193637 His coaching record has yet to be equalled When he
basketball and wrestling and rece ived the coveted Wildman Troshyleft campus in 1945 he continued his career as coach of the
phy in his final year 1938 He earned an education degree Ottawa Rough Riders
served in the navy during the war and taught brie f1y in Ollawa beshyAt Guelph Baldwin also nurtured
fore returning to Guelph He he ld every possible position in the his share of gridiron greats He
football program - player scout coach head coach and athletic coached his SLlccessor team captain
director He served as head coach for nine seasons and was direcshyBill Mitche ll to stardom as the squads
tor of athletics until 1967 starting qual1erback Teammate All
Mitchell passed coaching duties and a winning tradition on to Hales was the hard-nosed centre on the Intercollegiate Championship teams of coach Jay Fry in 1953 Fry coached only two years and was folshy
lowed in rapid succession by Tom Mooney Don Hayes and Bill 1932 and 1933 He went on to play for the Toronto Argonauts before returning Graham Mooney s powerhouse teams of 1958 and 1959 were
champions of the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference to business He served as MP for where he relied on the talents of players like co-captains Murray Guelph and Wellington from 1957 to Atkinson Carl Jackson and Robbie Keith The 1959 team posted 1974 one of the best seasons in the history of the Rcclmen Only two teams McMaster and Waterloo were able to score against the
Call to war Redmen defensive squad which allowed only 19 points in seven War again interrupted the progress of campus Iootball The end league games with four shutouts The year ended with the Red shyo f the Second World War marked the end of the Baldwin dynasty men making the ir first appearance in the Atlantic Bowl where
teams and the beginning of Mitchell s reign A legend in his own they were defeated by SI Francis Xavier
right Mitchell still had big shoes to fill And he did continuing The euphoria was sholt-lived however as the Redmen Ie ll the series of postwar wins that included a 1947 march to domin- from victory to defeat in 1960 beginning one of the longest
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
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Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
Photo by Robin Knight
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Noreen and Charles Broadwell
joined the Ontario Bean Producers M arket ing Board as ge ne ra l manager a position he held for 26 yea rs until re shytirement
Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
Cuel AIIIIIIIllS
Freestyle education works
oy Tinct Veltri
For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
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BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Football
Gentlemen footballers When the University or Guelph was rounded in 1874 as the Onshytario School or Agriculture rugby football was beginning to gain a footholu as one of Canadas most popular new sports It was a game brought to Canada by the British who had leamed it during their time at upper-class prep schools These gentlemen footballers settled in urban centres and military garrisons and spent their lei sure time honing their skills at this rough and brushytal Sp0I1 and introducing it to the colonials
The early game had 14 or 15 men on each side who were exshytremely skilled kickers and runners It was an expensive sport bcshycause the players provided their own playing gear and equipment Most would he outtilled in canvas suits with woollen sweaters and socks topped olT with high-cut boots Most teams could afford 10 buy only one football bladder to last a season or two and few players wore protective equipment because it was
considered unmanly Plide and a lack of clear rules caused many serious - sometimes fatal- injuries But the dangers did not dampen the competitive Spilit of these early pioneers
Guelph Stratford St Catha rines London and POit Hope took part in what is thought to be the first league-like structure in Onshytario OAC was one of the colleges that had a rugby football team along with Tri nity College Ottawa College and the Toronto Rugby Cluh There is virtually no trace of these early teams and according to Guelph alumnus and fonner football star WJ Billy Squirrel OAC 07 therc is little mention of field SPOIts being played on campus between 1874 and IRR2
During the colleges formative years students attended lecshytures for half the day and worked the other half Most frec time was taken up by reading over lecture notes and attending church Eventually organized Sp0I1 was fonnally introduced into most Canadian universities and colleges as part of a new theory of
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After leaving Guelph Smirle Lawson played for the University of Toronto Here he plunges over the McGill opposishytion in a 1908 game
Photo courtesy Canadian Football Hall of Fame
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Story by Elizabeth Dagg a 1993 BA graduate and an avid Gryphonfan who is currently wriring a hisrory of rughyfootball in Canado
Historical material Fom Gryphon assistant coach Pat Tracey the University of Guelph Library archives and the Canadian Foothall Hall of Fame and Museum
the college and by 1888 OAC was competitive enough to make a bid for the dominion championship (later renamed the Grey Cup) But the orange and black were honorably defeated by the Toronto Varsity seniors by 10 points The College on the Hill would have to wait another 96 years before challenging for anshyother national championship
The formation of the OAC Athletic Association in 1892 strengthened the rugby football club There was new recognition t-hat the college s sports clubs needed patrons and a fan base to survive The football club believed it couldn ( be a success withshyout the aid of the fair sex The opening of Macdonald Institute in 1903 strengthened the image of football as a spectator sport Popularity grew at all Canadian universities as femal e students became a growing presence on campuses The promise of female spectators even encouraged a larger turnout for fall tryouts and provided new incentives for better play
education that promoted sport as a way to build moral physical and mental character Well-rounded graduates became the goa
Thc early OAC teams operated at junior intermediate and senshyior levels The players and faculty also initiated early intramural Or inter-year games that pitted first-year students against senshyiors to boost school spirit
The rugby football club struggled to survive in the early years sometimes finding competition from the OAC association (or socshycer) football club too fierce But even with a school population hovering at the 100 mark throughout the 1880s the college still managed to field teams on a yearly basi s
Although the football club wasn t stable the players did meet with success during the 1880s There wasnt much glory to be had in those days however The players might buy a cricket cap or spend a dollar on a team photo as mementos The 1884 and 1885 seasons fielded one of the strongest teams in the history of
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from Guelph to support their home-town boy Lawson went on to star with the Toronto Argonauts
and was a world-renowned soldier pathologist and hushymanitarian He is the only Guelph native to receive an honored place in the Canadian Football Hall or Fame and Museum
The outbreak of the Great War brought the momentum the football club had developed to a temporary halt With vast numbers of students enlisting to serve overseas it beshycame difficult to recruit players EventuaUy in 1() 16 the operation of all football unions was suspended due to the war
Postwar boom The First World War marked the end of Canada s innoshy
Growing pains The popularity of rugby football continued to grow at Guelph but the competitiveness of OAC seniors began to flag against other powerhouse teams in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Union such as the University of Toronto Ottawa College McGill and Queens
Guelphs athletic association made a crucial decision to focus on intermediate- and junior-level play In 1903 OAC entered a team in the intermediate series of the Ontario Rugby Football Unshyion and had a successful inaugural season competing against teams from Berlin (now Kitchener) Galt and Hamilton By 1906 OAC had developed a championship team and the winners of the Western College Association took the pennant home for the winter Six years later the new red and blue won the Junior Intershycollegiate Championship The momentum had begun to build
One of the greatest football stars ever to grace Canadian playshying fields was to be found on the OAC roster for the 1904 seashyson Guelph native Alexander Smirle Lawson learned the game on the playing field in front of Johnston Hall The plunging haltback nicknamed The Big Train spent one season at OAC before transferring to the University of Toronto to study medishycine There he led the Varsity to its first Grey Cup win in 1909 For the historic game Lawsons father brought an entourage
cence and football was no exception The era of pure amateurism was coming to an end and was being reshy
placed with semi-professional players and coaches A great gulf emerged between clubs that maintained amateur status and those that were forging down the road to professionalism Some univershysity and college teams found it increasingly difficult to compete at the senior level for the Grey Cup against teams stacked with paid coaches and players
For the OAC Aggies football team it meant great change The end of the war ushered in an era of stars on and off the field The 1919 Aggies found returning veterans ready to play on a difshyferent field of battle Ted Wildman emerged as the colleges first
true grid iron star as an exceptional runner passer and kicker on the 191920 squads When Wildman died in 1931 Canada Packers donated a trophy in his memory The trophy is still awarded annually to the graduatshying football player who combines acashydemics athletics leadership and fair play
The first Guelph teams nicknamed the OAC Aggies competed on Johnston Green at the front of the campus When the Ontario Veterinary
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College moved to Guelph in 1922 both colleges fielded football teams but the Aggies and Vets eventushyally melded into one OA-vC team which adopted the name Redmen From 1925 to 1949 they played beshyhind the veterinary buildings on the west side of camshypus moving to the presenl site on Powerhouse Lane in 1950
TIle [930s saw Guelphs new head coach and athshyletic director FG Baldy Baldwin fo llowing in the footsteps of the professional coaches who had come before him such as McGills Frank Shaugnessy and Billy Hughes at Queens Baldwin brought to campus American-style coaching techniqucs that involved scishyent ific and regimented tactics His playing career had started at Queen s where he was quarterback on a doshy ion honors when the rugged Guelph senior syuad expelienced minion championship team He played college football in the only one loss and trampled Ollawa in a 29-6 championship vicshy
nited States for three years [n Guelph Baldwin led the Aggies tory They repeated the [eat one year later defeating the McMas shyto three Canadian [ntemlediate Intercollegiate Rugby Union ter Rams 58-0 in the final game Championships and the team s only undefeated season in
As a student at OAC Mitchell was a star athlete in football193637 His coaching record has yet to be equalled When he
basketball and wrestling and rece ived the coveted Wildman Troshyleft campus in 1945 he continued his career as coach of the
phy in his final year 1938 He earned an education degree Ottawa Rough Riders
served in the navy during the war and taught brie f1y in Ollawa beshyAt Guelph Baldwin also nurtured
fore returning to Guelph He he ld every possible position in the his share of gridiron greats He
football program - player scout coach head coach and athletic coached his SLlccessor team captain
director He served as head coach for nine seasons and was direcshyBill Mitche ll to stardom as the squads
tor of athletics until 1967 starting qual1erback Teammate All
Mitchell passed coaching duties and a winning tradition on to Hales was the hard-nosed centre on the Intercollegiate Championship teams of coach Jay Fry in 1953 Fry coached only two years and was folshy
lowed in rapid succession by Tom Mooney Don Hayes and Bill 1932 and 1933 He went on to play for the Toronto Argonauts before returning Graham Mooney s powerhouse teams of 1958 and 1959 were
champions of the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference to business He served as MP for where he relied on the talents of players like co-captains Murray Guelph and Wellington from 1957 to Atkinson Carl Jackson and Robbie Keith The 1959 team posted 1974 one of the best seasons in the history of the Rcclmen Only two teams McMaster and Waterloo were able to score against the
Call to war Redmen defensive squad which allowed only 19 points in seven War again interrupted the progress of campus Iootball The end league games with four shutouts The year ended with the Red shyo f the Second World War marked the end of the Baldwin dynasty men making the ir first appearance in the Atlantic Bowl where
teams and the beginning of Mitchell s reign A legend in his own they were defeated by SI Francis Xavier
right Mitchell still had big shoes to fill And he did continuing The euphoria was sholt-lived however as the Redmen Ie ll the series of postwar wins that included a 1947 march to domin- from victory to defeat in 1960 beginning one of the longest
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
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Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
Photo by Robin Knight
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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bull CSA reunion Call Ext 6743 to register
CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Sept 23-29 - Wel lness Awareness W eek call Ext 3327 fo r eventsac tivities Sept 24 - FACS Career Night 5 15 to 7 pm Peter Clark Hall All FACS gracls welcome To volunteer as a speaker call Karcn Schol z BASc 93 at 519-271-0055 or Laurie Malleau BComm 83 at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 2102 Sept 25 bull Homecoming kickoff at free noon-hour concert Branion Plaza bull University barbecue festival and marketplace 4 to l)30 pm Branion
Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
Alumni House Call Ext 6533 to volunteer bull Observatory tours 9 to 11 pm meet at the front door of Za vitz Hall Sept 27 bull Conce rt St George s Square downtown Guelph 3 105 pm bull Free movie night Thornbrough 100 bull Gryphon Club Hall of Fame dinne r 630 pm ticke ts $50 Ext 6 133 bull Velcome wagon information table 6 to 10 pm are na bull Agg ie social 9 pm arena everyone we lcome Call Ext 8321 for tic kets Sept 28 bull Vclcorne wagon noon to 4 pm Alumni Stad ium 6 10 10 pm arena bull Studenla lumni swim meet R30 alll Ca ll A lan Fairweathe r E l 2220 bull HK I-IH Alumni Assoc iation annual meeting 930 am Po we ll Build ing bull ngi neering Alumni Association meeting lO am hornbrough 100 bull Alumni House open house 10 am to I pm bull G lory Bowl alumni footb all game 10 am Alumni Stad iwil bull Intramural volleyball tournament Call Ext 2160 for information bull UGAA 30th-anni versary reunion barbecue II 30 am Alumni House bull Foolhall game - G ryp hons is LJ of T BllIes 2 p m Alumni Stadium
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Noreen and Charles Broadwell
joined the Ontario Bean Producers M arket ing Board as ge ne ra l manager a position he held for 26 yea rs until re shytirement
Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
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BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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After leaving Guelph Smirle Lawson played for the University of Toronto Here he plunges over the McGill opposishytion in a 1908 game
Photo courtesy Canadian Football Hall of Fame
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Story by Elizabeth Dagg a 1993 BA graduate and an avid Gryphonfan who is currently wriring a hisrory of rughyfootball in Canado
Historical material Fom Gryphon assistant coach Pat Tracey the University of Guelph Library archives and the Canadian Foothall Hall of Fame and Museum
the college and by 1888 OAC was competitive enough to make a bid for the dominion championship (later renamed the Grey Cup) But the orange and black were honorably defeated by the Toronto Varsity seniors by 10 points The College on the Hill would have to wait another 96 years before challenging for anshyother national championship
The formation of the OAC Athletic Association in 1892 strengthened the rugby football club There was new recognition t-hat the college s sports clubs needed patrons and a fan base to survive The football club believed it couldn ( be a success withshyout the aid of the fair sex The opening of Macdonald Institute in 1903 strengthened the image of football as a spectator sport Popularity grew at all Canadian universities as femal e students became a growing presence on campuses The promise of female spectators even encouraged a larger turnout for fall tryouts and provided new incentives for better play
education that promoted sport as a way to build moral physical and mental character Well-rounded graduates became the goa
Thc early OAC teams operated at junior intermediate and senshyior levels The players and faculty also initiated early intramural Or inter-year games that pitted first-year students against senshyiors to boost school spirit
The rugby football club struggled to survive in the early years sometimes finding competition from the OAC association (or socshycer) football club too fierce But even with a school population hovering at the 100 mark throughout the 1880s the college still managed to field teams on a yearly basi s
Although the football club wasn t stable the players did meet with success during the 1880s There wasnt much glory to be had in those days however The players might buy a cricket cap or spend a dollar on a team photo as mementos The 1884 and 1885 seasons fielded one of the strongest teams in the history of
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from Guelph to support their home-town boy Lawson went on to star with the Toronto Argonauts
and was a world-renowned soldier pathologist and hushymanitarian He is the only Guelph native to receive an honored place in the Canadian Football Hall or Fame and Museum
The outbreak of the Great War brought the momentum the football club had developed to a temporary halt With vast numbers of students enlisting to serve overseas it beshycame difficult to recruit players EventuaUy in 1() 16 the operation of all football unions was suspended due to the war
Postwar boom The First World War marked the end of Canada s innoshy
Growing pains The popularity of rugby football continued to grow at Guelph but the competitiveness of OAC seniors began to flag against other powerhouse teams in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Union such as the University of Toronto Ottawa College McGill and Queens
Guelphs athletic association made a crucial decision to focus on intermediate- and junior-level play In 1903 OAC entered a team in the intermediate series of the Ontario Rugby Football Unshyion and had a successful inaugural season competing against teams from Berlin (now Kitchener) Galt and Hamilton By 1906 OAC had developed a championship team and the winners of the Western College Association took the pennant home for the winter Six years later the new red and blue won the Junior Intershycollegiate Championship The momentum had begun to build
One of the greatest football stars ever to grace Canadian playshying fields was to be found on the OAC roster for the 1904 seashyson Guelph native Alexander Smirle Lawson learned the game on the playing field in front of Johnston Hall The plunging haltback nicknamed The Big Train spent one season at OAC before transferring to the University of Toronto to study medishycine There he led the Varsity to its first Grey Cup win in 1909 For the historic game Lawsons father brought an entourage
cence and football was no exception The era of pure amateurism was coming to an end and was being reshy
placed with semi-professional players and coaches A great gulf emerged between clubs that maintained amateur status and those that were forging down the road to professionalism Some univershysity and college teams found it increasingly difficult to compete at the senior level for the Grey Cup against teams stacked with paid coaches and players
For the OAC Aggies football team it meant great change The end of the war ushered in an era of stars on and off the field The 1919 Aggies found returning veterans ready to play on a difshyferent field of battle Ted Wildman emerged as the colleges first
true grid iron star as an exceptional runner passer and kicker on the 191920 squads When Wildman died in 1931 Canada Packers donated a trophy in his memory The trophy is still awarded annually to the graduatshying football player who combines acashydemics athletics leadership and fair play
The first Guelph teams nicknamed the OAC Aggies competed on Johnston Green at the front of the campus When the Ontario Veterinary
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College moved to Guelph in 1922 both colleges fielded football teams but the Aggies and Vets eventushyally melded into one OA-vC team which adopted the name Redmen From 1925 to 1949 they played beshyhind the veterinary buildings on the west side of camshypus moving to the presenl site on Powerhouse Lane in 1950
TIle [930s saw Guelphs new head coach and athshyletic director FG Baldy Baldwin fo llowing in the footsteps of the professional coaches who had come before him such as McGills Frank Shaugnessy and Billy Hughes at Queens Baldwin brought to campus American-style coaching techniqucs that involved scishyent ific and regimented tactics His playing career had started at Queen s where he was quarterback on a doshy ion honors when the rugged Guelph senior syuad expelienced minion championship team He played college football in the only one loss and trampled Ollawa in a 29-6 championship vicshy
nited States for three years [n Guelph Baldwin led the Aggies tory They repeated the [eat one year later defeating the McMas shyto three Canadian [ntemlediate Intercollegiate Rugby Union ter Rams 58-0 in the final game Championships and the team s only undefeated season in
As a student at OAC Mitchell was a star athlete in football193637 His coaching record has yet to be equalled When he
basketball and wrestling and rece ived the coveted Wildman Troshyleft campus in 1945 he continued his career as coach of the
phy in his final year 1938 He earned an education degree Ottawa Rough Riders
served in the navy during the war and taught brie f1y in Ollawa beshyAt Guelph Baldwin also nurtured
fore returning to Guelph He he ld every possible position in the his share of gridiron greats He
football program - player scout coach head coach and athletic coached his SLlccessor team captain
director He served as head coach for nine seasons and was direcshyBill Mitche ll to stardom as the squads
tor of athletics until 1967 starting qual1erback Teammate All
Mitchell passed coaching duties and a winning tradition on to Hales was the hard-nosed centre on the Intercollegiate Championship teams of coach Jay Fry in 1953 Fry coached only two years and was folshy
lowed in rapid succession by Tom Mooney Don Hayes and Bill 1932 and 1933 He went on to play for the Toronto Argonauts before returning Graham Mooney s powerhouse teams of 1958 and 1959 were
champions of the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference to business He served as MP for where he relied on the talents of players like co-captains Murray Guelph and Wellington from 1957 to Atkinson Carl Jackson and Robbie Keith The 1959 team posted 1974 one of the best seasons in the history of the Rcclmen Only two teams McMaster and Waterloo were able to score against the
Call to war Redmen defensive squad which allowed only 19 points in seven War again interrupted the progress of campus Iootball The end league games with four shutouts The year ended with the Red shyo f the Second World War marked the end of the Baldwin dynasty men making the ir first appearance in the Atlantic Bowl where
teams and the beginning of Mitchell s reign A legend in his own they were defeated by SI Francis Xavier
right Mitchell still had big shoes to fill And he did continuing The euphoria was sholt-lived however as the Redmen Ie ll the series of postwar wins that included a 1947 march to domin- from victory to defeat in 1960 beginning one of the longest
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
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Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
Photo by Robin Knight
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
Amreek Singh
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Noreen and Charles Broadwell
joined the Ontario Bean Producers M arket ing Board as ge ne ra l manager a position he held for 26 yea rs until re shytirement
Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
Cuel AIIIIIIIllS
Freestyle education works
oy Tinct Veltri
For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
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BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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from Guelph to support their home-town boy Lawson went on to star with the Toronto Argonauts
and was a world-renowned soldier pathologist and hushymanitarian He is the only Guelph native to receive an honored place in the Canadian Football Hall or Fame and Museum
The outbreak of the Great War brought the momentum the football club had developed to a temporary halt With vast numbers of students enlisting to serve overseas it beshycame difficult to recruit players EventuaUy in 1() 16 the operation of all football unions was suspended due to the war
Postwar boom The First World War marked the end of Canada s innoshy
Growing pains The popularity of rugby football continued to grow at Guelph but the competitiveness of OAC seniors began to flag against other powerhouse teams in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Union such as the University of Toronto Ottawa College McGill and Queens
Guelphs athletic association made a crucial decision to focus on intermediate- and junior-level play In 1903 OAC entered a team in the intermediate series of the Ontario Rugby Football Unshyion and had a successful inaugural season competing against teams from Berlin (now Kitchener) Galt and Hamilton By 1906 OAC had developed a championship team and the winners of the Western College Association took the pennant home for the winter Six years later the new red and blue won the Junior Intershycollegiate Championship The momentum had begun to build
One of the greatest football stars ever to grace Canadian playshying fields was to be found on the OAC roster for the 1904 seashyson Guelph native Alexander Smirle Lawson learned the game on the playing field in front of Johnston Hall The plunging haltback nicknamed The Big Train spent one season at OAC before transferring to the University of Toronto to study medishycine There he led the Varsity to its first Grey Cup win in 1909 For the historic game Lawsons father brought an entourage
cence and football was no exception The era of pure amateurism was coming to an end and was being reshy
placed with semi-professional players and coaches A great gulf emerged between clubs that maintained amateur status and those that were forging down the road to professionalism Some univershysity and college teams found it increasingly difficult to compete at the senior level for the Grey Cup against teams stacked with paid coaches and players
For the OAC Aggies football team it meant great change The end of the war ushered in an era of stars on and off the field The 1919 Aggies found returning veterans ready to play on a difshyferent field of battle Ted Wildman emerged as the colleges first
true grid iron star as an exceptional runner passer and kicker on the 191920 squads When Wildman died in 1931 Canada Packers donated a trophy in his memory The trophy is still awarded annually to the graduatshying football player who combines acashydemics athletics leadership and fair play
The first Guelph teams nicknamed the OAC Aggies competed on Johnston Green at the front of the campus When the Ontario Veterinary
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College moved to Guelph in 1922 both colleges fielded football teams but the Aggies and Vets eventushyally melded into one OA-vC team which adopted the name Redmen From 1925 to 1949 they played beshyhind the veterinary buildings on the west side of camshypus moving to the presenl site on Powerhouse Lane in 1950
TIle [930s saw Guelphs new head coach and athshyletic director FG Baldy Baldwin fo llowing in the footsteps of the professional coaches who had come before him such as McGills Frank Shaugnessy and Billy Hughes at Queens Baldwin brought to campus American-style coaching techniqucs that involved scishyent ific and regimented tactics His playing career had started at Queen s where he was quarterback on a doshy ion honors when the rugged Guelph senior syuad expelienced minion championship team He played college football in the only one loss and trampled Ollawa in a 29-6 championship vicshy
nited States for three years [n Guelph Baldwin led the Aggies tory They repeated the [eat one year later defeating the McMas shyto three Canadian [ntemlediate Intercollegiate Rugby Union ter Rams 58-0 in the final game Championships and the team s only undefeated season in
As a student at OAC Mitchell was a star athlete in football193637 His coaching record has yet to be equalled When he
basketball and wrestling and rece ived the coveted Wildman Troshyleft campus in 1945 he continued his career as coach of the
phy in his final year 1938 He earned an education degree Ottawa Rough Riders
served in the navy during the war and taught brie f1y in Ollawa beshyAt Guelph Baldwin also nurtured
fore returning to Guelph He he ld every possible position in the his share of gridiron greats He
football program - player scout coach head coach and athletic coached his SLlccessor team captain
director He served as head coach for nine seasons and was direcshyBill Mitche ll to stardom as the squads
tor of athletics until 1967 starting qual1erback Teammate All
Mitchell passed coaching duties and a winning tradition on to Hales was the hard-nosed centre on the Intercollegiate Championship teams of coach Jay Fry in 1953 Fry coached only two years and was folshy
lowed in rapid succession by Tom Mooney Don Hayes and Bill 1932 and 1933 He went on to play for the Toronto Argonauts before returning Graham Mooney s powerhouse teams of 1958 and 1959 were
champions of the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference to business He served as MP for where he relied on the talents of players like co-captains Murray Guelph and Wellington from 1957 to Atkinson Carl Jackson and Robbie Keith The 1959 team posted 1974 one of the best seasons in the history of the Rcclmen Only two teams McMaster and Waterloo were able to score against the
Call to war Redmen defensive squad which allowed only 19 points in seven War again interrupted the progress of campus Iootball The end league games with four shutouts The year ended with the Red shyo f the Second World War marked the end of the Baldwin dynasty men making the ir first appearance in the Atlantic Bowl where
teams and the beginning of Mitchell s reign A legend in his own they were defeated by SI Francis Xavier
right Mitchell still had big shoes to fill And he did continuing The euphoria was sholt-lived however as the Redmen Ie ll the series of postwar wins that included a 1947 march to domin- from victory to defeat in 1960 beginning one of the longest
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
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Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
In addition to M urray the caucus COl s is t~ of chair Mark Stevenson BA 93 Martin Bosch BSc 69 and M Sc 71 Mary Ann Grape BSc(HK) 76 Vem Hambley DVM 62 Shirley Surgconer BASc 72 and Elizabeth O Ne il BASc 74 and MSc 83
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Noreen and Charles Broadwell
joined the Ontario Bean Producers M arket ing Board as ge ne ra l manager a position he held for 26 yea rs until re shytirement
Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
Cuel AIIIIIIIllS
Freestyle education works
oy Tinct Veltri
For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
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BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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College moved to Guelph in 1922 both colleges fielded football teams but the Aggies and Vets eventushyally melded into one OA-vC team which adopted the name Redmen From 1925 to 1949 they played beshyhind the veterinary buildings on the west side of camshypus moving to the presenl site on Powerhouse Lane in 1950
TIle [930s saw Guelphs new head coach and athshyletic director FG Baldy Baldwin fo llowing in the footsteps of the professional coaches who had come before him such as McGills Frank Shaugnessy and Billy Hughes at Queens Baldwin brought to campus American-style coaching techniqucs that involved scishyent ific and regimented tactics His playing career had started at Queen s where he was quarterback on a doshy ion honors when the rugged Guelph senior syuad expelienced minion championship team He played college football in the only one loss and trampled Ollawa in a 29-6 championship vicshy
nited States for three years [n Guelph Baldwin led the Aggies tory They repeated the [eat one year later defeating the McMas shyto three Canadian [ntemlediate Intercollegiate Rugby Union ter Rams 58-0 in the final game Championships and the team s only undefeated season in
As a student at OAC Mitchell was a star athlete in football193637 His coaching record has yet to be equalled When he
basketball and wrestling and rece ived the coveted Wildman Troshyleft campus in 1945 he continued his career as coach of the
phy in his final year 1938 He earned an education degree Ottawa Rough Riders
served in the navy during the war and taught brie f1y in Ollawa beshyAt Guelph Baldwin also nurtured
fore returning to Guelph He he ld every possible position in the his share of gridiron greats He
football program - player scout coach head coach and athletic coached his SLlccessor team captain
director He served as head coach for nine seasons and was direcshyBill Mitche ll to stardom as the squads
tor of athletics until 1967 starting qual1erback Teammate All
Mitchell passed coaching duties and a winning tradition on to Hales was the hard-nosed centre on the Intercollegiate Championship teams of coach Jay Fry in 1953 Fry coached only two years and was folshy
lowed in rapid succession by Tom Mooney Don Hayes and Bill 1932 and 1933 He went on to play for the Toronto Argonauts before returning Graham Mooney s powerhouse teams of 1958 and 1959 were
champions of the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference to business He served as MP for where he relied on the talents of players like co-captains Murray Guelph and Wellington from 1957 to Atkinson Carl Jackson and Robbie Keith The 1959 team posted 1974 one of the best seasons in the history of the Rcclmen Only two teams McMaster and Waterloo were able to score against the
Call to war Redmen defensive squad which allowed only 19 points in seven War again interrupted the progress of campus Iootball The end league games with four shutouts The year ended with the Red shyo f the Second World War marked the end of the Baldwin dynasty men making the ir first appearance in the Atlantic Bowl where
teams and the beginning of Mitchell s reign A legend in his own they were defeated by SI Francis Xavier
right Mitchell still had big shoes to fill And he did continuing The euphoria was sholt-lived however as the Redmen Ie ll the series of postwar wins that included a 1947 march to domin- from victory to defeat in 1960 beginning one of the longest
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
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Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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technology to all areas of Ontalio We hope this leads to new oPPOItunities for producers to become Slory reprinled from At Gue lph
Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
In addition to M urray the caucus COl s is t~ of chair Mark Stevenson BA 93 Martin Bosch BSc 69 and M Sc 71 Mary Ann Grape BSc(HK) 76 Vem Hambley DVM 62 Shirley Surgconer BASc 72 and Elizabeth O Ne il BASc 74 and MSc 83
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
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CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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joined the Ontario Bean Producers M arket ing Board as ge ne ra l manager a position he held for 26 yea rs until re shytirement
Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Lost Grads If yo u can help us locate any of the fo llo wing alumni contact A lumni Record s Uni ve rsit y of G ue lph Guelph O lll
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
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BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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droughts in the teams hi story One sportswritcr in the 1961 Lishybranni described the great fall when he wrote Gone was the mighty invinc ihle Reclrncn machine that 1attened all the oppos ishytion without mercy Every team in the league sought to add to its own laure ls and to the humili ation of the Rechnen hy proshyclaiming that they too could defeat those fa rmers from Guelph
On the wings of a Gryphon Thc new decade was a lO-year slump for the Guelph team whcreas its riv a ls at Western Toronto and Wilfrid Laurie r enshyjoyed some of the ir hest scoring ycars But as the interco llegiate football conferences continued to realign other athletic programs at Guelph we re prospeling The campus completed the transition from founding colleges to full-Iledged university Student numshybers grew a new athletics facility was built under Mitche ll s dishyrection and the OA-VC Redmen - a name no longer appropriate for a vars ity program growi ng in female numbers shygave way to the Un ivcrsity of Guelph Gryphons
The Gryphon is a mythical creashyture known to the ancients as the guardian of treasures particularly
~ go ld It has the body of a lion the head and wings of an eagle and a sershy~ pent s tail
The inspiration for using the Gryphon at U of G is credited to Fred Gilbel1 MSc 66 and PhD 68 who first gave the name to a Guelph baseball team in 1966 The symbol and a logo design submitted by Mitchell was adopted for all U of G teams
The Gryphon made one of it s first appearances in 1968 when a team of painters headed by Gord Molnar BSc(Agr) 70 exeshycuted a masterl y rendition on the roof of the field house at the south end of the football fi e ld
Mitchell fondly niclmamed Mr Gryphon by his players came out of coaching retirement to lead the 196667 squads He did double duty as coach while preparing to undeltake one of the Athletic Dcpal1ments biggest projects - construction of Alumni Stadium Mitchell was instrumental in raising funds from alumni donations to e rect the new stadium which was ofli shy
cially opened Oct 17 1970 It is a state-of-thc-cIl1 fac ility rivalshyling the best in Canada
Mitchell hired his coaching replacement in 1968 and the long rein of the legendary head coach Dick Brown began Although Brown s winning percentage is one of the lowest in the schoo ls coaching history hc left a mark that is still felt today He ga ined the respect of everyone he came in contact with and produced some extraordinary players The 1970s was a decade characshyte rized by out standing individual accomplishments on the Gryphon gridiron Twenty-two teal11 mcmbers went on to play in the CFL
Brown nUl1ured the athletic gifts of Bruce Morris the Gryphons lead ing rusher three-time All-Star and All-Canadian in the early 1970s Monis was drafted hy the Calgary Stampedshyersin 1974
All-Canadian Gerry Organ kicked his way to stardom from Guelph to the Ottawa Rough Riders Organ is the only Guelph kicker to make All-Canad ian and went on to win SchenleyS Most Outstanding Canadian award He returned to Guelph for the 1988 to 1990 seasons as an assistant coach
Brown served as head coach [or l5 years and is still one of the most respectcd coaches in Canadian co llege football He built a team spirit among the Gryphons and set the stage for a turnaround under his successor Tom Dimitroff
Building the dream Dimitroff arrived on campus in 1978 An outstanding quartershyback with the 1950s Ottawa Rough Riders he brought proresshysional coaching experience from stints in both the CFL and NFL In 1983 his final year as head coach Dimitrofts -Gryphons finished s cond in the Ontario Uni ve rsity Athletic Association with a 5-2 record
Dave Copp who had succeeded Mitchell as athletic director in 1982 continued the 1-2 punch to huilding a winner when he hired renowned Canad ian Intercollegiate Athletic Union coach John Musselman to replace Dimitroff Dimitroff built thc football program here to thc po int where wc are just one
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
L19~ 10000 _deateW~erJ
Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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technology to all areas of Ontalio We hope this leads to new oPPOItunities for producers to become Slory reprinled from At Gue lph
Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
Bob Murray BSA 49
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
Senate caucus formed of G a lumni wil l be more involved in the dec ision shy
making process at G ue lph thanks to the estab-Ii hment of an alu mni Senate caucus
Made up of the nine a lu mni cU ITent ly appoi ntcd to Senate by the ir peers the caucus meets monthl y to co-ordinate views of its individual constituencies
Alumni have tradi tiona lly in tlucnced Universit deci ion making by serving on co llege alumni a~soshy
ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
In addition to M urray the caucus COl s is t~ of chair Mark Stevenson BA 93 Martin Bosch BSc 69 and M Sc 71 Mary Ann Grape BSc(HK) 76 Vem Hambley DVM 62 Shirley Surgconer BASc 72 and Elizabeth O Ne il BASc 74 and MSc 83
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
Sept 23to 29-HOMECOMING 1996 1
Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
staff reunion for grads of the 80s and 90s Call Ext 4892 for details
bull All former Bullring staff
bull CSA reunion Call Ext 6743 to register
CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Accommodation is available at the College Inn (519-836-1240) and Days Inn (5 19-822-91(2)
Souvenir T-shirts mugs and history booklets will be available To register call Ext 3343 fax to 519-767-2044 or e-mail to nipuoguelphca
Homecoming
Sept 23-29 - Wel lness Awareness W eek call Ext 3327 fo r eventsac tivities Sept 24 - FACS Career Night 5 15 to 7 pm Peter Clark Hall All FACS gracls welcome To volunteer as a speaker call Karcn Schol z BASc 93 at 519-271-0055 or Laurie Malleau BComm 83 at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 2102 Sept 25 bull Homecoming kickoff at free noon-hour concert Branion Plaza bull University barbecue festival and marketplace 4 to l)30 pm Branion
Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
Alumni House Call Ext 6533 to volunteer bull Observatory tours 9 to 11 pm meet at the front door of Za vitz Hall Sept 27 bull Conce rt St George s Square downtown Guelph 3 105 pm bull Free movie night Thornbrough 100 bull Gryphon Club Hall of Fame dinne r 630 pm ticke ts $50 Ext 6 133 bull Velcome wagon information table 6 to 10 pm are na bull Agg ie social 9 pm arena everyone we lcome Call Ext 8321 for tic kets Sept 28 bull Vclcorne wagon noon to 4 pm Alumni Stad ium 6 10 10 pm arena bull Studenla lumni swim meet R30 alll Ca ll A lan Fairweathe r E l 2220 bull HK I-IH Alumni Assoc iation annual meeting 930 am Po we ll Build ing bull ngi neering Alumni Association meeting lO am hornbrough 100 bull Alumni House open house 10 am to I pm bull G lory Bowl alumni footb all game 10 am Alumni Stad iwil bull Intramural volleyball tournament Call Ext 2160 for information bull UGAA 30th-anni versary reunion barbecue II 30 am Alumni House bull Foolhall game - G ryp hons is LJ of T BllIes 2 p m Alumni Stadium
Tickets $3 in advance at the we lcome wagon bull Class re unions HAFA 86 FACS R5 and OAC 56A bull All-ages concert with licensed area R pm a re na Alumni atlmilled at stu shy
de nt prices Ca ll Ext 43G8 fo r tickets Sept 29 - Bonsai show Arbore tuIll II aIll to 5 pm
Pick up an aluIllni card from Alumni House or the we lcome wagon Bring it with ID for licensed event s Pick up a Homecoming tabloid and enter the draw at the Wcl W IllC wagon For information caliS 19-R24-4120 Ext 2102
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
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S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
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most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
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BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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step away from a national championship said Copp in 19R4 Under Musselman we hope to take that next step This was foreshadowing at its best J u t weeks later Musselman propelled the Gryphons to the ir firs t national title as Vanier C up champions
The 1984 sq uad finished the reg ular season in fourth place with a 4-3 record and wa matched up with the unbeaten topshyranked McMaster M aurauders in the lirst round of playoffs T he game ended in vic tory for the Gryphons who latcr defeated the Wcstcm Mustangs ror the Yates Cup and the Calgary Dinosaurs in the Churchi ll Bowl The G r phons en tered Varsity Stadiu m in Toronto Nov 24 fo r the historic contest wi th Ih belief that th is game is no more im pol1ant than any othe r But this ballie was not desti ned to be just another game
O ne sportswriter reco rded it like this Before a record crowd of 20000 at Toronto s Varsity Stadi um the Gryphons used their patented late-game heroics to overcome the Mount ies 22-1 3 The victory was a tot al team effort as event l play rs made key plays Two touchdown passes from Randy Wa lte rs to Pani Ceci a blo k d fie ld goal by Rob Pavan an interception in the end zone by Mike Knighton c lu tch third-down plays a run by Juhn Godry and a reception by Brett Marshall a tOUChdown-savi ng knock-d wn by Pat Trltlcey a game-winning fi e ld goal by T im Q ui rke a great hart-yardage SlOp by the defensive line and a touchdown on the fi na l p lay by J d Tommy made G uel ph the nati onal chamshypions for the lirst time
These players names entered th realm of lege nd as the Gryphons detcmlination positive atti tude and team spirit eamcd them a plac in the Univers ity S hallowed football ha lls bull IS wcre named to the 19ROs Gryphon Team o f the De ade bull 15 were named OUAA Conferen e II -Stars bull five were namcd ClAU All-Can diang bull 13 were drafted into the CFL bull five later played in Gr y C up championships and
bull three won the Gr y up From the afterglow of the 1984 Vanie r victory emerged the fushy
ture of Gryphon footbal l A new head coac h bLe w into G uc lph from Acadia for the 1987 season Dan McNally was no st ranger to success As a defens ive back on Acadia s [979 Vanier Cup team and a member o f th coaching staff for the team s se ond national title in L9 8 1 hc witnessed the making o f a championship season and would t SI his talents on the fie ld at A lumni Stadium
Modern excellence One of the promises McNally made as the Gryphons new head coach was to strive to give G uelph a football team that people can be proud o f one that plays hard un the fielcl and produc s g reat people o ff the rie ld Although Mc ally has yet to coach of G to a national championship he created omething possibly more important He cultivated exceptional athle tes and coaches who have gone on to represent the University in both the arenas uf academics and profe ssiona l sport across North Ameri a
spite a oli tary Yates C up win in 1992 it s hard to look at McNally s G ryphons witho ut thinking o f G uelph as a football factory for the CFLln nine seasons he has produc d 61 OUAA All-Stars 19 CIAU All-Canadians and 13 CFL draft picks Durshyin the last three seasons G uelph ranked number one in the CIA in fir~t- ro u nd draft picks for pro footba ll and number one in the O UAA conference in number o f players drafted
A II-Camd ian rece ivers Frank Marof and Dave Irwi n and line shybacker Mike OShea have enjoyed thrivi ng pro careers in the CFL OShea was a first-ro und draJt pi k If the Ham ilton TigershyCat middot the CFL s 1993 Roo kie o fl he Year a CFL A ll-Star and Ham ilton s top Canad ian in 1993 ancl 1994 After th ree years with the Ticat O S hea recently s igned with the CFL Detro it Lishyons - a fea t for a Canadian-bred linebacker and testimony of the ski lls of McNally and his coac hing staff
Gryphons Alrick Daugherty and Reyhan Agaog lu played toshygether on two E uropean championship teams be fore Agaoglu was picked up by the World League of Foot ball Quarterback Rob Kitchi ng is now playing in Sweden in the European Football
Leag ue Tom Di mitroff Jr is a SCOll t fo r the Deshytroit Lions
Fiv e o f the last six W ildman T rophy winners have gone on to grad uate school includi ng o ffenshysive tackle Rob Wesseling who retired hom a prom is ing football career to stud mathematics at U of G
Guelph coaches have also prospered Former assistant coach Dennis M(Phec is now enjoying success as a coac h with the T icats
McNa lly has proven like the playe rs and coachcs who came be fore him that winning is just a sma ll part of the reward Musselman summed up the spirit o f Guelph football when he said Footbal l is a team sport in the truest cnse o f the word People come and people go shythat s life But there s one th ing you cannot lose - that s the love for the game and the be lie f and faith in the program and the Gryphons
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
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Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
Photo by Robin Knight
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
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CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
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bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
Cuelp AllmlIIS
career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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GRIFF will be there along with
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For the record bull bull Gryphon Football AIImiddotCanadians The University ofGuelph has turned out 1969 Gerry Organ Kicker some of the hestfootball players in the 1973 Dave Lane Running back 197374 John Kelley Defen sive back league FotyJour of them are in U ojGs 1975 Bruce Morris Running back Hall (~fFame The University also claims 19808l82 Mike Hudson Rece iver 1981 Jeff Hale Offensive line 36 CIAU All-Canadians 75 OUAA Allshy1982 Pete r La ngford Defensive end Stars and nearly 100 players who have 1982 Junior Robinson Defensive back
gone on to professional football [98283 Sam Benincasa Linebacker 1984 PalTi Ceci Receiver 1985 Lou Godry Offens ive line 1986 AI Anonech Rece iver 198688 Gus Alcvizos Offens ive line 1988 Jim FalTell Receiv er 1988 W asyl Saluchok Offens ive line 1988 Mike Shoemaker Qualterback 1989 Dan Tocher Receiver 1991 Bryan Maltby Defens ive back 1991 Frank Marof Rece iver 19929394 Rob WesseJing 01lensive line 1992 Mike OShea Linebacker 199293 Dave Irwin Receiver
Pictured far left Jack1992 Shawn Hagalty Defensive line Cote Centre Bruce1993 Charl es Assmann Defensive back Morris and Bill Mitchell1993 Hugh Tharby Defensive line Above Michael OShea
1993 Steven McKee Linebacke r Right Gerry Organ as an 1994 Kevin Reid Receiver Ottawa Rough Rider 1995 Kyle Walters Defensive back
Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Football contingent Murray Atkinson Glynn Griffiths Dave Lane AW Baker Fred Dunbar Jim McMillan Fred Baldwin Jo hn Eccles Ed Millard Chuck Belchamber Ab Follalld Bill Mitchell Sam Benincasa Bud Folusewych Wayne Morgan Bernic Brennan Jay Fry Bruce MOiTis Han-y Bright we ll Alfred Hales
Gerry OrganDick Brown Sid Hen ry
John Sh ivasRoss Cavers Mike Hudson
Bill SprouleParri Ceci Ray German Jeff VolpeMike Chespesuik Garney Henley Don Westlake
Gryphon records Dave Clarke John HenryMost all-purp se yards in a career Mike Shoemaker - 5598 Leon Claus Dave Hume Ted Wildman Most yards ru shing in a career Bruce Morris - 2611 Jack Cote Earl Hunt Alt Wil son Most yards rushing in a ame Chuck Sims - 331
Most poi nts scored in a career Dan Walker - 175 Tom Dimitro ff 11 Robbie Keith Gmd Wri ght
Longest run from scrimmage Terry Wiggan - 103 yards FOlmer Gryphon linebacker Steve
Most receptions in a season Frank Marar - 60 McKee left say s he came to G uelph
Longest intercept ion relum Don Williams - 112 yards because of the black shoes
Most QB sacks in a career Mi ke 0 Shea - 21 Black shoes
Most assi led tackles in a season Todd StOlms - 94 Mo t tackles in a season Dan Wicklum - 119 Not only did he like wha t he heard Mosl inte rceptions in a caree r John Kelley - 12 when he met head coach Dan Most TO passes in a season Randy Walters - II McNally but the Gryphons were also Most TDs scored in a season Parri Ceci - I I the only Canadian university team Most games played in a career Pat Tracey - 5 I that wore black football shoes
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
Canadians Stars Picks
1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gryphon fails are rated No1 ill Olltario hy CHCH-TV ill Hamilton
Highest-scoring victory games
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
L19~ 10000 _deateW~erJ
Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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technology to all areas of Ontalio We hope this leads to new oPPOItunities for producers to become Slory reprinled from At Gue lph
Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
Bob Murray BSA 49
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Alumni have tradi tiona lly in tlucnced Universit deci ion making by serving on co llege alumni a~soshy
ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
Sept 23to 29-HOMECOMING 1996 1
Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
staff reunion for grads of the 80s and 90s Call Ext 4892 for details
bull All former Bullring staff
bull CSA reunion Call Ext 6743 to register
CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Accommodation is available at the College Inn (519-836-1240) and Days Inn (5 19-822-91(2)
Souvenir T-shirts mugs and history booklets will be available To register call Ext 3343 fax to 519-767-2044 or e-mail to nipuoguelphca
Homecoming
Sept 23-29 - Wel lness Awareness W eek call Ext 3327 fo r eventsac tivities Sept 24 - FACS Career Night 5 15 to 7 pm Peter Clark Hall All FACS gracls welcome To volunteer as a speaker call Karcn Schol z BASc 93 at 519-271-0055 or Laurie Malleau BComm 83 at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 2102 Sept 25 bull Homecoming kickoff at free noon-hour concert Branion Plaza bull University barbecue festival and marketplace 4 to l)30 pm Branion
Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
Alumni House Call Ext 6533 to volunteer bull Observatory tours 9 to 11 pm meet at the front door of Za vitz Hall Sept 27 bull Conce rt St George s Square downtown Guelph 3 105 pm bull Free movie night Thornbrough 100 bull Gryphon Club Hall of Fame dinne r 630 pm ticke ts $50 Ext 6 133 bull Velcome wagon information table 6 to 10 pm are na bull Agg ie social 9 pm arena everyone we lcome Call Ext 8321 for tic kets Sept 28 bull Vclcorne wagon noon to 4 pm Alumni Stad ium 6 10 10 pm arena bull Studenla lumni swim meet R30 alll Ca ll A lan Fairweathe r E l 2220 bull HK I-IH Alumni Assoc iation annual meeting 930 am Po we ll Build ing bull ngi neering Alumni Association meeting lO am hornbrough 100 bull Alumni House open house 10 am to I pm bull G lory Bowl alumni footb all game 10 am Alumni Stad iwil bull Intramural volleyball tournament Call Ext 2160 for information bull UGAA 30th-anni versary reunion barbecue II 30 am Alumni House bull Foolhall game - G ryp hons is LJ of T BllIes 2 p m Alumni Stadium
Tickets $3 in advance at the we lcome wagon bull Class re unions HAFA 86 FACS R5 and OAC 56A bull All-ages concert with licensed area R pm a re na Alumni atlmilled at stu shy
de nt prices Ca ll Ext 43G8 fo r tickets Sept 29 - Bonsai show Arbore tuIll II aIll to 5 pm
Pick up an aluIllni card from Alumni House or the we lcome wagon Bring it with ID for licensed event s Pick up a Homecoming tabloid and enter the draw at the Wcl W IllC wagon For information caliS 19-R24-4120 Ext 2102
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
Cuelph Alumnlls
Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
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S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
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most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Lost Grads If yo u can help us locate any of the fo llo wing alumni contact A lumni Record s Uni ve rsit y of G ue lph Guelph O lll
IG2WI Fax 5I lHl22-2760 E-mail jeanw ro alumni uogue I ph ca
Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Make HOMECOMING 196 afamily affair
We have If you dig FOOTBALL corrON
CANDY or AGGIE GET-TOGETHERS
youll have a great time at
p Jgt RALLY CONCERTS and an
OPEN-AIR BAZAAR will entertain you while clowns and face~ painters make your kids laugh
There will also be a PARADE amp
and a chance to cheer on the
GRYPHON PLAYERS at
Saturdays BIG GAME against
the U of T Blues
GRIFF will be there along with
a bunch of SWIM TEAM grads and
the new HALL OF FAME winners
YOU should be there TOO
HOMECOMING 196
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U of G alumni are invited to attend all Homecoming 96 activities
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Historically Guelph has had one of the countrys top university jbothall programs Since 1879
Uof Gcoaching s1ats (Coaches with minimum three seasons) the school has compiled an uvershyYears Coach Seasons Wins Losses Ties Winning all record of315 wins 298
losses and 10 ties for a winning
903-06 CH Hibberd 4 12 7 - 631 rate of54 per cent 1912-14 DW Gilles 3 13 6 - 684
1919-23 KW Foreman 4 16 8 2 6 15 1924-26 DAdams 3 6 14 - 300 1930-45 FG Baldwin 11 54 23 I 692 OUAA coaching stats (1970-94) 1946-52 Bill Mitchell 9 38 32 - 542 1953-55 Jay Fry 3 14 10 I 560 Coach CIAU OUAA CFL 1956-60 Tom Mooney 6 26 17 - 604 AII- AII- Draft
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1966-67 Bill Mitchell (oooovo)
1968-78 Dick Brown 10 36 48 2 418
1963-65 Bill Graham 3 5 18 - 217
Diek Brown 5 27 22 1979-83 Tom Dimi troff 5 26 16 1 590 Tom Dimitroff 8 n 12 1984-86 Joh n Musse lman 3 19 13 - 593 John Musselman 5 27 21 1987-96 Dan Me ally 9 34 44 2 4 25 Dan McNally 19 61 13
Date Team defeated Score
Nov 9 1940 Petawawa 103-1 Sept 23 1967 Laurentian 62-0 Sept 13 1981 Seneca 59-1 6 Nov 13 1948 McMaster 58-0 Oct 14 J955 Que I1S II 56-1 Sept 29 1990 York 53-14 Nov 6 1938 Varsity 1I 5-3 Sept 24 1960 Ryerson 49-0 Oct 8 1987 Waterloo 48-6 Oct 19 1935 Western II 47-1
Football facts bull Randy Walters is the only Gryphon
player named co-captain four times
bull Since 888 Guelph has won 30 confershyence and group championships
bull Dan Runge at 69 is the tallest player ever to wear the Gryphon uniform He starred for the Jry phons in 198283 and went on to play four years in the CFL
bull Baldy Baldwi n coached the only undeshyfeaLed Gryphon season in 1936
bull Dick Brow n coached 86 Gryphon games more than any other coach
bull OU All -Star huck Sims holds more schoo l records than any other playcr ( 17)
bull Mark Brown is the only player in the his shyto ry of the school to be named an AlIshyStar on both offence (running back 1977) and dden (defensive back 1978)
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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1984 9000 defeated Ca lgary
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Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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technology to all areas of Ontalio We hope this leads to new oPPOItunities for producers to become Slory reprinled from At Gue lph
Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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joined the Ontario Bean Producers M arket ing Board as ge ne ra l manager a position he held for 26 yea rs until re shytirement
Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Lost Grads If yo u can help us locate any of the fo llo wing alumni contact A lumni Record s Uni ve rsit y of G ue lph Guelph O lll
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Gridiron notes Homecoming at Guelph began during the fall of 1923 as graduate football playshyers were invited back to the college to play the current varsity team G1 Christie president of OAC in 1923 is credited for stalting the true Homeshycoming tradition He believed that a good cOllege football team and an annual event to honor alul1U1i would bring great attention and public relations to the college
Some of the early Homecoming events were held in conjunction with a Halloween dance and the Royal Wimer Fair in Toronto The class of 1933 orshyganicd an annual event at the Royal York Hotel and invited the varsity team to the dinner and dance
Homccoming has evolved into one of the Universitys biggest celebrations It s become a tradition for former Gryphons to return to play in a Glory Bowl game just prior to the annual Homecoming game Thi ocial event attracts some 50 players and their famishylies each year
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Gryphon superstitions All athletes have superstitions and thc Gryphon gridiron stjuad is no excepshytion Individual players have good-luck rituals like lacing up their cleats before donning shoulder pads and jerseys All players tOllch the front claw of a sixshyfoot Gryphon painted on the wall of their locker room as they head for the field at home games
Before each game the team captain reads a verse from Rudyard Kiplings poem The Law of the Jung le Only the dress roster is allowed in the locker room before a game - no coaches exshytra playe rs media or staff After the game the captain leads the players in the team song Were Gryphons shyWe re Gryphons
Graduates The Guelph football program has gradushyated more than 1 000 student athletcs and captured 30 league and group championships The fi rs t win was a zone championship in 1888 the last was the 1992 OUAA Yates Cup
25th Man Booster Club Started in 1988 this alumni booster club now has 150 members with Rick Kohler ADA 85 serving as the curshyrent chair Over the years club memshybers have donated more than $50000 to support the football program providshying lield cquipment and travel gcar video and computer equipment This summer the Booster Club gave the locker room and the Hall of Honor a new paint job
Get inside football Ron Aill1ola offensive lineman for the Vanier Cup win in 1984 has spearheaded a new program to help Gryphon supporters get to know the players and coaching staff Gryphon lineman s luncheons will be held every Thursday throughout the 1996 OUAA football schedule al Gryphs Sports Lounge
The program offers an insiders view of Gryphon foothall with coach Dan McNallys video review of the last Gryphons game a preview of the comshying game and a chancc to meet the Gryphon lineman of thc week and other featured players
Cost is $40 for admission to all four Gryphon homc games and four lunchshyeons For details ca ll the Department of Athletics at 519-824-4120 Ext 3406
Coachs preview for 96 Head coach Dan McNally says this has been the best recruiting year this decade for the Gryphon gridiron giving the team an impressive lineup of ncw talent to mesh with 19 returning starters
Several linemen have g rown bigger and stronger so Gryphon fans will see an offence more phys ical than before Most of last years defensive line reshyturns intac t with the experience needed for a more aggressive strategy
A lot of the bctter qU3Jtcrbacks and rece ivers in the OUAA have graduated and the Uryphons have reconfigured to deal with that McNalty predicts this years Gryphon team will playa more strategic game and that fans will see more running with the football
In addition to McNany the 1996 coaching sta ff consists of Pat Tracey ADA 83 and BA 87 in recruiting and volunteer coaches Dudley Brown BSc 89 defensive backfield Brian Cluff BA 87 defensive line Rudy Florio running hacks John LePore BComm 87 receivers Rob Pavan BA 89 lineshybackers Dave Shaw outside linebackshyers and Reg Valentinuzzi offensive line
McNally and Tracey extend a hearty thank you to these men who give the ir time to work with the Gryphon stjuad
1996 Gryphon football Sept 7 McMaster Sept 14 Waterloo Sept 21 Western Sept 28 Toronto (Homecoming) Oct 5 York Oct 12 McMaster Oct 19 Laurier Oct 26 Windsor Nov 2amp9 Playoffs Nov9 Yates Cup Nov 16 CIAU semi-finals Nov 23 Vanier Cup
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
Photo by Robin Knight
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Noreen and Charles Broadwell
joined the Ontario Bean Producers M arket ing Board as ge ne ra l manager a position he held for 26 yea rs until re shytirement
Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
Cuel AIIIIIIIllS
Freestyle education works
oy Tinct Veltri
For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
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BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Agricultural research till a good investment for consumers and producers
Since Charles Zavitz recorded the fi rst yield tests on cereal grains at Guelph in 1887 this
campus has been a leader in agricultural research T he forwa rd-thinking professor introduced some of Onta rios most popular cerea l grains es tablished alshyfa lfa as a premier forage crop and devel oped the first soybea n variety to be li censed in Canada
Following the Zavi tz legacy G uelph crop scienshytists have produced more than 100 new crop varieties and technologies Their success in crop production has been parallelled by other Guelph resea rchers making advances in livestock production food procshyessi ng and environmental protectio n
As it was in Zavitz s time the Ontario government remains the biggest source of funding for agri-food research at Guelph high li ghted by a unique partnershyship wi th the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Ru ra l Affairs (OMAFRA) Last year OMAFRA in vested $303 million in V of G research ac ti vities Campus researchers a lso rece ive significant support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and othcr federal bodies and from industry groups and corporashytions in the private sector
The benefits of those resea rch eff0l1s are felt first and foremost in Canadas agri-food industry alshythough we a ll benefit as tax pa ye rs from the growth or an industry that generates employment fo r one in four Ontario laborers and continua lly feeds ollr growshying population wi th fewlr resources and at lower cos t Canadians who spent 2174 per cent of their disshyposable income on food in 1961 are now spending onl y about 13 per ce nt
High returns Agricultural economists at Guelph have been trackshy
ing the economic impact of agri-food research in Canada since the mid- 1950s Their data show an ecoshynomic re turn of 40 to 1 on every do ll ar invested in reshysearch Las t year s OMAFRA investment for example promises a retum of $ 12 billion to Ontario taxplyers over the next 10 to 15 years Prof George Brinkman chair of the De partment of Agricu ltural Economics and Business says that ill c~ting tax dolshylars in agri-food research makes good economic
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serrse and is the most effective way to support the agri-food indust ry
Education is another way to invest in agriculture as are qu ality-con trol measures such as meat inspecshytion g rading systems and seed assurance Like reshysearch which develops new technologies and ne w manageme nt strategies they all have the potential to change the way people do bus iness says Brinkman The economic return from ed ucation and quality conshytro l is about 10 to one Still high he says but not as high as the return from research
Canadian taxpayers have also historically supshyponed agric ulture in o ther ways - through direct grants to farmers rebate programs and subsidies These kinds of direct transfer payments provide a reshyturn of one dollars worth of benefit for every dollar paid out by the government In some cases where adshyministrative costs reduce the value of the benc fit the return may be less than one to one From a taxshypayer s point of view research is by far the best inshyvestment Brinkman says
Shared benefits Agricultural economist Glenn Fox ex-plains how
those phenomenal returns are shared by food producshyers and consumers In supply- managed commodities like milk dairy products and pOUltry - where proshyduction is limited by domestic demand - Canadian consumers get virtually a ll the gains from agriculshytural researc h in the form of price reductions But in commodities like com soybeans wheat beef and pork - where Canada has an open border and exshyport potential - cons umers realize about 15 per cent of the return The bulk goes to producers in the form of efficiencies that lower production cos ts and imshyprove inte rnational competitiveness
Altho ugh our e xports compete in the g lobal marshyketplace Ollr share of world trade in these commodishyties is relative ly small says Fox so changes in Canadian o utput dont have much of an e ffect on world prices Thc price our producers receive for corn and pork and the price consumers pay in Canshyacta re llecl the world price In most export commodishyties that means the VS price because we trade
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
Photo by Robin Knight
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
Bob Murray BSA 49
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Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Alumni have tradi tiona lly in tlucnced Universit deci ion making by serving on co llege alumni a~soshy
ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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bull All former Bullring staff
bull CSA reunion Call Ext 6743 to register
CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
Alumni House Call Ext 6533 to volunteer bull Observatory tours 9 to 11 pm meet at the front door of Za vitz Hall Sept 27 bull Conce rt St George s Square downtown Guelph 3 105 pm bull Free movie night Thornbrough 100 bull Gryphon Club Hall of Fame dinne r 630 pm ticke ts $50 Ext 6 133 bull Velcome wagon information table 6 to 10 pm are na bull Agg ie social 9 pm arena everyone we lcome Call Ext 8321 for tic kets Sept 28 bull Vclcorne wagon noon to 4 pm Alumni Stad ium 6 10 10 pm arena bull Studenla lumni swim meet R30 alll Ca ll A lan Fairweathe r E l 2220 bull HK I-IH Alumni Assoc iation annual meeting 930 am Po we ll Build ing bull ngi neering Alumni Association meeting lO am hornbrough 100 bull Alumni House open house 10 am to I pm bull G lory Bowl alumni footb all game 10 am Alumni Stad iwil bull Intramural volleyball tournament Call Ext 2160 for information bull UGAA 30th-anni versary reunion barbecue II 30 am Alumni House bull Foolhall game - G ryp hons is LJ of T BllIes 2 p m Alumni Stadium
Tickets $3 in advance at the we lcome wagon bull Class re unions HAFA 86 FACS R5 and OAC 56A bull All-ages concert with licensed area R pm a re na Alumni atlmilled at stu shy
de nt prices Ca ll Ext 43G8 fo r tickets Sept 29 - Bonsai show Arbore tuIll II aIll to 5 pm
Pick up an aluIllni card from Alumni House or the we lcome wagon Bring it with ID for licensed event s Pick up a Homecoming tabloid and enter the draw at the Wcl W IllC wagon For information caliS 19-R24-4120 Ext 2102
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
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most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
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Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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primarily in the North American market and the United States is the dominant player
In these commodities therefore agricultural reshysearch has its greatest impact on the cost of producshytion giving producers the greater economic benefit
In the United States the situation is reversed beshycause the agricultural industry is bigger relative to world production New technologies that increase production south of the border do have the poten tial to affect world prices says Fox US consumers are the chief beneficiaries of all agricultural research through the reduction of retail prices
Consumers also benefit when research stimulates long-telm growth and competitiveness and when Cashynadian production shifts from an imp0l1 to an export basis Agricultural research has made that difference in many commodities Corn was only a minor crop in the most southerly regions of Ontrio until the deshyvelopment of low-heat-unit hybrids Through reshysearch hybridization has expanded the range in which corn can be grown profitably and in tum has given livestock producers a cost-effective alternative to cereal grains in feed rations
Research has performed another miracle in the hog industry by developing longer leaner pigs that yield a higher-qulity product Fox says the Canashydian hog industry has been on the leading edge of the wave in the development of breeds and management and grading systems key reaso ns why its producers have been ble to make inroads into US and internashytional markets
Riding the wave The hog industry also offers a good example of
the spill-over effect in research where leading-edge technology is soon picked up by competitors As Cashynadian genetics and grading systems are impleshymented in the States for example they may improve efficiencies in the US hog industry that will lower prices And that means if we dont continue with reshysearch to stay ahead of the pack were going to see our prices go down says Brinkman
Both he and Fox believe that Canada - and espeshycially Ontario - is poised to stay at the leading edge of agri-food research Ontario has a good system for responding to research priorities partly because of the long-standing relationship between the provincial mini stry responsible for agriculture and the Univershysity of Guelph No other Canadian university has such a direct relationship with government nor do inshystitutions in most other countries
New partnerships Fox predicts that the responsibility for funding
agri-food research will be rebalanced among univershysity government and private-sector pal1ners Tradishytionally Canadas private sector has co ntributed only
five to to per cent of the total cost of agricultural reshysearch whereas in the United States the privateshysector contribution is about 50 per cent Part of the reason for the difference is Canadas slow progress in developing legislation to protect intellectualshyproperty rights The private sector wont invest in reshysearch if a reasonable return on the investment is not assured
Yet another part of the reason is biological It s more difficult to protect varietal differences in trueshyto-type cereal grains which have been Canadas more important crops than in crops such as com and soybeans which have traditiollally been more ecoshynomically important in the United States
What will change the pattern of research investshyment in Canada is a greater emphasis on protecting breeders rights and the advent of biotechnology says Brinkman There are biological limits on what a plant can do and how efficient an animal can be in converting feed to gain but biotechnology allows us to jump that limit into a new frontier he says The potential is telTific and the technologies are much easier to protect making biotechnology research a more attractive investment for the privatc sector
Fox believes univcrsities and government will need to re-evaluate the kind of research they undershytake In addition to the key question of whether or not a project will gencrltlte a sizeable benefit for the industry university researchers will need to ask if it has potential for private-sector investment Ten years from now I would expect to see a greater proshypOl1ion of agricultural research in Canada being done by plvate firms he says
Fox thinks the success of university research efshyfoits will depend on how good we are at identifying the gaps between private-sector activities then applyshying our research expertise to fill those niches
Changing trade policy may also encourage more private-sector investment in research Increasingly open borders worldwide mean more and more opporshytunities to sell commodities into specialized and bulk markets With more competitors the gain from reshysearch may have a greater overall effect even if the unit return is small Tomorrow s one-per-cent sav ing in production costs on a g lobal volume may be more valuable than last years 10-per-cent saving on tradishytional volumes
But both Brinkman and Fox warn that the opposite effect is al so possible the global market has the poshytential to cause substantial losses in the absence of new research Future agricultural research may be valued for the losses it saves as well as the sales it generates
There are no guaranteed markets in this type of environment says Brinkman Canadian agriculture cant rest on its laurels or rely on existing technolshyogy
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
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technology to all areas of Ontalio We hope this leads to new oPPOItunities for producers to become Slory reprinled from At Gue lph
Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
Photo by Robin Knight
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
Bob Murray BSA 49
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Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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bull All former Bullring staff
bull CSA reunion Call Ext 6743 to register
CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
Alumni House Call Ext 6533 to volunteer bull Observatory tours 9 to 11 pm meet at the front door of Za vitz Hall Sept 27 bull Conce rt St George s Square downtown Guelph 3 105 pm bull Free movie night Thornbrough 100 bull Gryphon Club Hall of Fame dinne r 630 pm ticke ts $50 Ext 6 133 bull Velcome wagon information table 6 to 10 pm are na bull Agg ie social 9 pm arena everyone we lcome Call Ext 8321 for tic kets Sept 28 bull Vclcorne wagon noon to 4 pm Alumni Stad ium 6 10 10 pm arena bull Studenla lumni swim meet R30 alll Ca ll A lan Fairweathe r E l 2220 bull HK I-IH Alumni Assoc iation annual meeting 930 am Po we ll Build ing bull ngi neering Alumni Association meeting lO am hornbrough 100 bull Alumni House open house 10 am to I pm bull G lory Bowl alumni footb all game 10 am Alumni Stad iwil bull Intramural volleyball tournament Call Ext 2160 for information bull UGAA 30th-anni versary reunion barbecue II 30 am Alumni House bull Foolhall game - G ryp hons is LJ of T BllIes 2 p m Alumni Stadium
Tickets $3 in advance at the we lcome wagon bull Class re unions HAFA 86 FACS R5 and OAC 56A bull All-ages concert with licensed area R pm a re na Alumni atlmilled at stu shy
de nt prices Ca ll Ext 43G8 fo r tickets Sept 29 - Bonsai show Arbore tuIll II aIll to 5 pm
Pick up an aluIllni card from Alumni House or the we lcome wagon Bring it with ID for licensed event s Pick up a Homecoming tabloid and enter the draw at the Wcl W IllC wagon For information caliS 19-R24-4120 Ext 2102
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
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most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
Cuelp AllmlIIS
career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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U of G and OMAFRA enhance partnership
n June the Ontario Ministry of Agriculshy more involved in agri-food research and for students ture Food and Rural Affairs to take part in on-farm research and training (OMAFRA) and the University signed At a time when there is an ever-increasing need to a memorandum of understanding to furshy reduce expenses and maximize resources thi s partshyther develop their unique 30-year relashy nership is a positive means of maintaining se rvices
tionship Later this fall a new paItnership agreement skill s and facilities that would otherwise be lost will join together U of G and the education research The ministry will reduce annual govemmentand laboratories services of OMAFRA including the spending by $20 million as a result of thi s partnershycolleges at Ridgetown Kemptville and Alfred and ship by eliminating duplication reducing administrashythe HOIticultural Research Institute of Ontario tion and developing a business-oriented environment
It will be an unbeatable combination so lidifying to increase revenue generation say s Milligan Ontarios leadership in an ever-demanding agri-food It s clear that our future success will rely on our business and trade climate says Prof Larry ability to streamline but also retain a strong foundashyMilligan Guelph s vice-president (research) It will tion th at will engender more external support and deshyalso assure the UniversityS position as the focal pend less on government funding I expect that bypoint for agri-food education and research in Canada setting up thi s infrastllJclUre and be ing increasingly he say s responsive to sector needs industry and producers
Over the years U of G s fundamental resea rch will assume a greater role in sponsoring research It stre ngt hs have combined well with OMAFRA s supshy will be a highly efficient co-ordinated system that port and facilities says Milligan And working toshy serves stakeholders through the entire spectrum gether has been pivotal to the success of the Ontario from basic research to applied field testing and preshyagriculture and food industry The new agreement reshy product development flects the agri-food industry s demand that the integshy The memo of understanding signed in June pro shyrity of agricultural research in Ontario remain a vides a framework for building a detailed legal agreeshypriority He says U of G and OMAFRA can offer a ment under which this proposa l can proceed It s broad resource base for research while providing expected that the agreement will be implemented by benefits and efficiencies that wouldnt exist if they April I 1997 Anyone wishing more information can continued to operate independently call the Office of Research at 5 19-824-4120 Ext
Research results will be put into practice faster 6926 or access the enhanced partnership Web site at
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technology to all areas of Ontalio We hope this leads to new oPPOItunities for producers to become Slory reprinled from At Gue lph
Ontario poised to lead in agri-food biotechnology
he June 1996 issue of AgriJood research in Onshy GFTC tackled more than 100 food projects in its first year relyshyIorio presents an impressive report on agri-food ing on collaboration with sc ientists of many di sc iplines biotechnology resea rch in Ontario Editor GFTC serves the needs of small family-based businesses and
Robyn Meerveld BSc 79 points readers to the important role large national corporations Its first-year projects ranged in size biotechnology will play over the next 40 years as the province shy from $500 to more than $ [ 50000 and included product developshyand the world - faces a doubling of its population
ment for export markets and the introduction of new technologies The publication makes reference to more than 70 biotech proshy
to take advantage of market trends in prepackaged fresh foods jects at U ofG involving more than 80 sc ienti sts from areas as dishyverse as crop science hOIticultural science molecular biology Last year in North America more than 23000 new food prodshy -and genetics environmental biology biomedical sciences populashy ucts were launched but over 90 per cent failed and less than one tion medicine animal and poultry sc ience veterinary microbiolshy per cent turned into $200-mi II ion winners One of the keys to ogy and immunology pathology and the Centre for Genetic chang ing those statistics is the use of biotechnology tools to build Improvement of Livestock a competitive edge through sa fer more efficient process ing imshy
Such diversity is poss ible because of Ontario s collaborative reshy proved nutrition and new uses for existing products GFTC shysearch network that links government industry and universities with its links to the growing network of agJi-food biotechnology
The Guelph Food Techno logy Centre (GFTC) is one of the research in Ontario - is poised to take a leading role in that buildshynewest developments in that network Opened in January 1995 ing process
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
Photo by Robin Knight
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
In addition to M urray the caucus COl s is t~ of chair Mark Stevenson BA 93 Martin Bosch BSc 69 and M Sc 71 Mary Ann Grape BSc(HK) 76 Vem Hambley DVM 62 Shirley Surgconer BASc 72 and Elizabeth O Ne il BASc 74 and MSc 83
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Noreen and Charles Broadwell
joined the Ontario Bean Producers M arket ing Board as ge ne ra l manager a position he held for 26 yea rs until re shytirement
Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
Cuel AIIIIIIIllS
Freestyle education works
oy Tinct Veltri
For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Family hobby makes good horse sense
Try talking to Jack Reeves BSA 52 about his champion Morgan horses and he lI te ll you a
lot about hi s granclc hildren - how they like to ride along when he s showi ng in a carriage class how they re always anticipating the next horse show and how much they remind him and his wife Kay of their own two sons when they first began to show some 30 years ago
Jts like stal1ing all over again as ou r grandchilshydren develop an interest in a hobby that has given so much pleasure to our ramil y says Jack ever mind the red and blue rosettes that paper a wall in the barn - he says the bigges t prize he s won in 30 years of showi ng horses is a c lose-knit family
T he Reeves s Chestnut Hill Farm is sit uated in the rolling hil ls north of Toronto at Uxbridge They live on 25 acres - mostly hay fields and paddocks shywith barn space for 30 horses a l6-kilometre track and two indoor arenas Sons Greg and Geoff and the ir wives Carol and Charlene live nearby and all of them - including Geoff and Charlenes six -yea rshyold so n Mitchell and four-year-old daughter Madishyson - are invo lved in training and showing horses
Jack is past president of the Canadian Morgan Horse Assoc iation He served on the exec utive of the Ontario Morgan Horse lub for six years and was a director of the Ameri can associat ion for seven Alshyth ough his sons and daughters-in-law now train most of the riding horses Jack spends the better pal1 of his day in the barn and breaks and trains all the driving horses
And he calls this retirement Jacks career sta rted in 1952 when he took a postshy
graduation job as field man for Canadian Canners in eastern Ontario He describes himself as a typica l OAC grad HI didn t know very much about anyshything but a little bit about a lot of things Continushying the football carecr hed started as an Aggie Redden he played for the Cobourg Galloping Ghosts a team sponsored by a c hemical company where he bega n a career in water treatment In 1969 he and two partners formed Specialty Chemica l Ltd and built a plant in Aurora Ont He served as presishydent of the company until it was sold to Drew Chemical a subsidiary of Ashland Oil in 1988 He was president of both companies until his retirement in 1992
Now he works full time at developing his Morshyga ns and his grandch ildren Jack says the Reeves fam il y isnt nearly as active on the show circuit as it was when Greg and Geoff were teenage rs They never missed an Ontario event and showed regularl y in Quebec Michigan New York and Ma~sachuse tts
with some 15 appearances a l the world cham pionshyship in Oklahoma That s a lso when they addeu most of the ribbons to the bam wall includ ing dozens of Canadian championships and six G rand National championshlps or reserves
And il all stan ed wi th a horse-sitting job back in 1966 Jack was working for a fi nn that manufactured chemica ls used in water treatme nt when the comshypany boss was relocated to the United States and left him wi th two Morgan mares to look after His payshyment was a stud colt that he named Hippo thous I ve s ince learned that its bette r to buy the foal and have someone else look after it laugh Jack but Hippi began the Chestnut Hill stable
Next came Chestnut Hill s most famous mare Ari stippi Bom in 1968 she WOIl her firs l ri bbon at three months and her final one the day before her death in 1987 With Greg riding in 1974 Tippi be-
Jack Reeves with grandchilshydren Madison and Mitchell
Photo by Robin Knight
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Made up of the nine a lu mni cU ITent ly appoi ntcd to Senate by the ir peers the caucus meets monthl y to co-ordinate views of its individual constituencies
Alumni have tradi tiona lly in tlucnced Universit deci ion making by serving on co llege alumni a~soshy
ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
In addition to M urray the caucus COl s is t~ of chair Mark Stevenson BA 93 Martin Bosch BSc 69 and M Sc 71 Mary Ann Grape BSc(HK) 76 Vem Hambley DVM 62 Shirley Surgconer BASc 72 and Elizabeth O Ne il BASc 74 and MSc 83
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Sept 23-29 - Wel lness Awareness W eek call Ext 3327 fo r eventsac tivities Sept 24 - FACS Career Night 5 15 to 7 pm Peter Clark Hall All FACS gracls welcome To volunteer as a speaker call Karcn Schol z BASc 93 at 519-271-0055 or Laurie Malleau BComm 83 at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 2102 Sept 25 bull Homecoming kickoff at free noon-hour concert Branion Plaza bull University barbecue festival and marketplace 4 to l)30 pm Branion
Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
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most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Lost Grads If yo u can help us locate any of the fo llo wing alumni contact A lumni Record s Uni ve rsit y of G ue lph Guelph O lll
IG2WI Fax 5I lHl22-2760 E-mail jeanw ro alumni uogue I ph ca
Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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came the first Canadian-owned Morgan to win a G rand ational championship She won three in total
Her progeny have also proven to be mUltiple winshyners notabl y Chestnut Hill Elite and Chestnut Hill Erica The stallion Mr T won 17 out of 20 classes at the Canadian National Exhibition between 1985 and 1989 and was champion stallion at the CNE from 19R7 to 1990 He was also the 19119 champion stalshylion for Canada and was Canadian-bred champion at the Ontario Mo rga n Ilorse Championship Class ic t~ve years in a row
Whcn Mr T was de feated at the classic in 1995 it was by two of his own foals Chestnut Hill Specialty and Chestnut Hill T-Rex Jack says that s what horse breed ing is all about - to produce a horse better than its parents In addition three of Mr Ts progeny captured the top breeding c lasses for yearling twoshyyear-olds and three-year-old s Two-year-old Chestshynut Hill Specialty went on to rank as grand champion mare of the show
The Reeves family showed 10 horses at the 1996 Ontario classic where Specialty was again the top Canadian-bred mare and reserve grand champion mare of the show She was also champion three-yearshyold mare with stablemate Ms Command taking the reserve ribbon
Although shown for a new owner T-Rex won top
honors again including reserve grand champion stalshylion Chestnut Hill a lso showed the rese rve chamshypion gelding and wo n e ither a championship or reserve (and somet imes both) in pleasure driving westem pleasure and carriage driving
The award s are shared by the who le family beshycause e ve rybody helps to train show and care for the horses says Jack We work together as a family team and often dri ve aga inst eac h other in ca rriage classes Be ing toget he r is what makes it fun
Jack and Chestnut Hill Erica won this cross-counshytry race at the Carriage Classic Photo courtesy Chestnut Farms
The Morgan breed The Morgan is the o ldest of Americas light horse breeds beginshyning in 1789 from a single stallion named for hi s New England owner Justin Morgan Now something of a legend the colt has predominantly thoroughbred and Arabian ancestry which has given it straig ht clean legs and deep muscling over quarters and shoulders with a short fine head and large expressive eyes
Much smaller than draft horses of the day Justin Morgans horse was overlooked at first Then came the stories of a little bay sta llion that pull ed a log a draft horse could not budge carshyried a president on a parade ground and outran the most winning quaner-mile race horse in Vennont
The Morgan was al so one of the greatest breeding horses of all time produc ing sons and daughters true to type and ability Barely over 14 hands the bay stallion never weighed more than 1000 pounds and it was all musc le He lived almost 30 yearsshythe life time of two ordinary work horses - and maintained a spirited but gentle disposition
Chestnut Hill Mr T shown by Jeff Reeves These are also the characteristics of the modem Morgan horse
A versatile breed they ca n handle field worK pull a buggy or horse These animal s lea rn more quickly than other breeds and
work under saddle to handle cattle And the Morgan is a natural claim a more diverse range of abilities
for today s interest in pleasure riding and showing Many conshy Morga n breeders can be found across the United States and in sider it to be the idea l light horse carrying not only the strength almost every Canad ian province Like Guelph graduate Jack and endurance of a heavy horse but al so the clean look and si lky Reeves most are quick to point out the versatility of the breedshymane of a thoroughbred which makes it attractive as a show great for sport show and family pleasure
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
hosting the rirs t provincial association meeting bull donated through the Alma Mater Fu nd to renoshy
vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
Senate caucus formed of G a lumni wil l be more involved in the dec ision shy
making process at G ue lph thanks to the estab-Ii hment of an alu mni Senate caucus
Made up of the nine a lu mni cU ITent ly appoi ntcd to Senate by the ir peers the caucus meets monthl y to co-ordinate views of its individual constituencies
Alumni have tradi tiona lly in tlucnced Universit deci ion making by serving on co llege alumni a~soshy
ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
In addition to M urray the caucus COl s is t~ of chair Mark Stevenson BA 93 Martin Bosch BSc 69 and M Sc 71 Mary Ann Grape BSc(HK) 76 Vem Hambley DVM 62 Shirley Surgconer BASc 72 and Elizabeth O Ne il BASc 74 and MSc 83
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
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Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
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S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
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most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Alumni Weekend delivers awards reunions and good times Alumni Weekend provides an annual opportunity for the UGAA to recognize outstanding alumn i through the presentation of its Alumnus of Honor and Volunshyteer of the Year awards The 1996 Alumnus of Honor is Ginty Jocius BSc(Agl) 70 Volunteer of the Year is Bob MUITay BSA 49
President of his own marketing finn in Guelph Jocius is an alumnus who has remained actively inshyvolved with hi s alma mater He s a lso a communityshyminded citizen and Rotarian Murray now retired from a career in the poultry industry has taken on a number of volunteer positions with the Uni vers ity
Alunmi Weekend is also the occasion for the presshyentation of the OVC Alumni Assoc iat ion s Di st in shyguis hed Alumnus Award This year s recipient is Don MacDonald DVM 57 a forme r member of Board of Governors who has done much to advance public trust in the veterinary profess ion In addition to meeting clients at Mac Donald Animal Hospital on Bloor Street in Toronto he has adv ised hundreds of thou sands of pet owners via radio and televis ion
While serv ing on the Ontario Veterin ary Assoc iashytion Counci l in the 1960s MacDona ld hel ped launch the community college program for animal-health tech ni c ians He was chai r of the provincia l licence and revie w board under the Animals for Research Act and served as Ontario representative - and later pres ide nt - of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Asshysocia tion
Reunions Nearly every meeting room on campus was home to a class reunion including the 25th-anniversary cele shybration of the U of G c lass of 197 Class members made it an evening to remember by ann ounc ing a gift of $47S76 to benefit com puter-based learning programs on campus
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Starting a new year on the UGAA executive are from left incoming president Harold Whiteside BA 82 first vice-preSident Dale Downey BSc(Eng) 77 second vice-president Jim Weeden BSc(Eng ) 71 and MSc 86 secretary Rita Sterne BComm 87 treasshyurer Gwen Paddock BSc(Agr) 85 and past president Elizabeth ONeil BASc 74 and MSc 83
Celebrating friendship and achievement at the OVC luncheon are from left Bruce Holliday DVM 57 OVC Distinguished Alumshynus Don MacDonald DVM 57 Rod Davies DVM 58 and Bill Whittick DVM 55
Association meetings Severa l alumni associations met during Alumni Weekend including the UGAA which elected a new s late of officers at its annual meeting June 23 Retirshying pres ident Eli zabeth 0 eit looked back on some of the accomp li shments of the past year when a lumni bull hosted 1000 first-year students at a welcome barshy
becue bull formed an a lumni Senate cauc us bull opened Alumni House to othe r univers ities by
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vate a new home for the Office of First-Yea r Studshyies in Day HaJJ
bull cond ucted a thank-a-thon and visitat ion program to hear the voices of alumni from many parts of the country and
bull established a UGAA Web si te on the Universitv of Guelph home pagc - htt pwwwuoguelph~ca
What makes the UGAA work said O Neil is its human s ide - those folks who find time and e nshyergy at the end of the day (0 spend with the ir alma mater
Dedication For the c lass of Mac 56 the highlight of Alumni Weekend was the ded ication of a quilted wa ll hangshyIng made by class members Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the c lass the quilt displays the name of every c lass member and depict s s ignificant scenes in their lives It hangs in the faculty lounge at the College of Family and Consumer Studies for eveshyryone to enjoy
Grand opening U of G president Mordechai Rozanski anet OAC dean Rob Mclaughlin welcomed a large contingent from the c lass of OAC 43 to the official openi ng of a new multimedia learn ing centre Iocated in the Crop Science Building Computer equipment and renOV3shy
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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and a program that tea ches science and engineerin g workshops in elementary schools
Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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joined the Ontario Bean Producers M arket ing Board as ge ne ra l manager a position he held for 26 yea rs until re shytirement
Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Lost Grads If yo u can help us locate any of the fo llo wing alumni contact A lumni Record s Uni ve rsit y of G ue lph Guelph O lll
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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tions to the room were funded by a bequest from the late FOIman Law rencc BSA 43 a chem ist and teacher His c lassmates paid tribute to Law rence at the ribbon-cu tting ceremony then tried out the new computer stat ions
The computer laboratory wi ll benefit teaching proshygrams th rougho ut the college sa id Me aughlin Every OAC student wiJi use it in every semester
Roza nsk i c ited the new fac ility as an example to be fo llowed in other areas on cam pus The developshyment of new leaming technologies is an important part of the future of univers it y teac hing he said More than 70 G uelph faculty are a lready in vo Lved in develop ing new course modules and the ALma Mashyter Fund has estabLished a flagship project to he lp build up to f ive computer labs on campus
Student involvement During Alumni Weekend the Alma Mater Fund preshyse nted its annu al leadership awards to student ini tiashytives that promote in volvement serv ice and leadership Named in honor of the first AMF chair Gordon Nixon BSA 37 the $10000 fund was shared thi s year by the Race Relations Commission the First-Aid Response Team Sena te Student Caushycus College Royals annual C urtai n Call production
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Tha nk you Alumni w ho corne fro m afar to aLle nd the weekends activities ma y not realize that many local bus inesses and companies help SUppOlt the program This year U of G received donations fro m Cellular Co ncepts Bell Mob ilit y Gatorade Sport Beverages S ubway Sandwic hes and Salads Eileens Flowers Ltd The Flower Store Grower Direct Fres h Cut Flowers Pinetree Gift Outlet Zehrs Flowers Mo ntes P lace Petals and P lan ts Ltd The Paper Fac tory the U nishyversity Bookstore Gryphs Sports Lounge and the Brass Taps
Participating in the ribbonshycutt ing ceremony to open the Forman Lawrence Multishymedia Laboratory are from left OAC dean Rob McLaughlin and Lawrences sister Doris and brother Byron
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V olunteer of the Year Bob Murray exemplifies the true sp irit o f vo luntarism H is devotion to the nishyvers ity of G uelph stems from a personal belief that alI those who recei ve the benefits of education and friendship from the Uni versity have an obligation to pro vide support to their aLma mater
After spending most of his profess ional caree r in the poultry industry Murray retired as general manage r o f Spruceleigh F arms a division of Canada Pac kers and is now a consul tant to the industry
Always an act ive member of hi s OAC class he joined the OAC Alumni Asshysoc iation board in 1988 and enco uraged a ll Aggies to take a greater interest in the future of OAC He wanted them to recognize its distinctive contributi ons to the Uni ve rsity As a resu lt a lumni assoc iation membership soared
Murray also worked to strengthe n the re lationshi p be tween alumni and s tushydents by ensuring that new students ha ve a c hance to meet a lumni He encourshyaged the development of the OAC Graduate Students Association and introduced distinctive convoca tion gowns for a lumni who serve as convocation ushers He is now the OAC A lumni Association s representati ve on Senate and is a member of the OAC Alumni Foundat ion
From the ea rliest days of the Uni versit yS strategic-planning process Murray insisted that alumni be fully invol ved in developing the st rategic plan Hi s conshytributions are reflec ted in the important ro le for alumni that was identi fied in the committees recommendations
He a lso cha ired the planning co mmittee that conce ived the idea for Guelph Univers ity Alumni Resea rch and Development (G UARD) a corporat io n that will fo ster the commercializat io n of U of G resea rch Based on the enthusiast ic recepti on GUARD has received it may prove to be MUlTays most importan t contribution to the future development of the University
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
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Made up of the nine a lu mni cU ITent ly appoi ntcd to Senate by the ir peers the caucus meets monthl y to co-ordinate views of its individual constituencies
Alumni have tradi tiona lly in tlucnced Universit deci ion making by serving on co llege alumni a~soshy
ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
In addition to M urray the caucus COl s is t~ of chair Mark Stevenson BA 93 Martin Bosch BSc 69 and M Sc 71 Mary Ann Grape BSc(HK) 76 Vem Hambley DVM 62 Shirley Surgconer BASc 72 and Elizabeth O Ne il BASc 74 and MSc 83
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
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most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
Cuelp AllmlIIS
career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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All set for the traditional Sunday morning brunch are th ree members of the OAe class 01 51 and their wives From teft are Bernard and Chris Flaherty Arnold and Barbara (McDowell) BHSe 53 Brown and David and Muriel Moote
Share your knowledge T he Mac-FACS Alumni Association is looking for graduatcs who will vot unteer to speak at the annual F AC S C areer ight Sept 24 It runs on campus from 5 15 to 7 p m in Peter Clark I la ll Association viceshypresiden t Kar n Scholz BASc 93 invites a ll FACS grads to ~harc thei r knowledge and expertise with tudent s For more infonnation call Sc hot z a t 519-271-0055
Alumni honor faculty TILe OAC Alumni Diti ngui shed Faculty AWltlrds were presented during Alumni Weekend W inner of the Dist ing uished Research Award wa Prof Clarence wanton MSc 77 Crop Science who hu published more than 70 ref reed papers in sc ien shyti fic journals md a large number of technical reports for the Expert Comm illee (I ll Weeds Re earch The Di ting uished Teaching Award went to Prof Jane F unk Agricultural Eco nomics and Bus iness She also received the Waghorne Teaching Fe llo wship from the OAC A lumni Fo undat i(ln Prof Frank Humik PhD 71 Animal and Poult ry Science reshyceived the Distinguished Extension Award for his commitment to expanding knowledge of Ih sc ienshytific bases of the welfare of agric ultural ani mals
Senate caucus formed of G a lumni wil l be more involved in the dec ision shy
making process at G ue lph thanks to the estab-Ii hment of an alu mni Senate caucus
Made up of the nine a lu mni cU ITent ly appoi ntcd to Senate by the ir peers the caucus meets monthl y to co-ordinate views of its individual constituencies
Alumni have tradi tiona lly in tlucnced Universit deci ion making by serving on co llege alumni a~soshy
ciations the UGAA ad visory committees councils ancl boards The cauc us goes beyond these Vln lle~ says a lumni senator Bob MUiTay BSA 49 who bull founded the caucus It brings a broadly based co-oJshydinated al umni presence and input to the highest levshye ls of nivers ity gove rnment he says
In addition to M urray the caucus COl s is t~ of chair Mark Stevenson BA 93 Martin Bosch BSc 69 and M Sc 71 Mary Ann Grape BSc(HK) 76 Vem Hambley DVM 62 Shirley Surgconer BASc 72 and Elizabeth O Ne il BASc 74 and MSc 83
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
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CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Sept 23-29 - Wel lness Awareness W eek call Ext 3327 fo r eventsac tivities Sept 24 - FACS Career Night 5 15 to 7 pm Peter Clark Hall All FACS gracls welcome To volunteer as a speaker call Karcn Schol z BASc 93 at 519-271-0055 or Laurie Malleau BComm 83 at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 2102 Sept 25 bull Homecoming kickoff at free noon-hour concert Branion Plaza bull University barbecue festival and marketplace 4 to l)30 pm Branion
Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
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S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
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most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Alumni greet new students Again this ummer the U of G Alumni Association hosted send-off parties for new Guelph students in five Ontario comm unities Barrit Halton Londo n Ottawa and Windsor For infonnation about how to get involved in future se nd-offs ca ll Sarah Nadalin at 5l9-824-4120 Ext 6533
Community effort wins The Canadian Council Ior the Advantcment of Edu shyca tion (CC AE) has recognized U ofG s 1995 Homeshycoming event as one of the best alumni relations programs hosted by a Canadian uni versity last year A silver award was presented to the Department of Deve lopme nt and Alumni Affairs at the annua l CCAE convention held in June at Bishop s Univershys ity in Lennoxv ille Que
Alumni offi cer Laurie Malleau says the event was a co llaborativc effort involv ing alumni Unive rsity staff and mcmbers of the Guelph community Many local merchants participated in a co upon book set up disp lays in their stores and contributed to a downshytown concer1 he ld during the weekend
With a silver awa rd for inspiration the Homecomshying 1996 committee is work ing hard to make this yea r s e ent even better For a look at whats in store for September see pages 28 and 39
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Left to right Students Richard Voilans BSc 95 Jen ODonnell BSc 95 and Sharon Bevington and alumni officer Laurie Malleau accepted the CCAE award lor their roles in planshyning last years Homecomshying
Conservatory amp Gardens Complex
Aproject update Fund-raising goa l $ 1 million Total committed 10 date $258795 Fund raising began 1994
Class gifts OAC 49 OAC 52A OAC 51 OAC 53 OAC 55 OAC 65 Doug Robinson Memorial
In addition the conservatory project has re shyceived generolls SuppOr1 from indi vidual s and businesses
The conservatory and gardens redevelopment project was initiated by a lumni The fund-raising co mmittee includes Clay SVi itzer BSA 51 and MSA 53 Rosemary Clark BHSc 59 and William Gregg BSA 53 and DVM 6 1 pictured above in front of the conservatory
For more information contact committee mem shybers through Alumni House at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 6544
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
Sept 7 - FACS 91 reunion al Alumni House call Ext 6969 for details
Sept 9 - Ashley McIsaac performs at the twin-pad arena 8 pm unlicensed all-ages event For ticket information call Ext 4368
Sept 13 - OAC Alumni Association annual golf toumament at Victoria West Golf Club To register call Sarah Nadal in at Ext 6533
Sept 14 - LI NK potluck supper hosted by Alumni-inshyAction call Ext 6963 for information
Sept 14 - Arboretum rare-plant sale
Sept 14 - The Watchmen appear at Peter Clark HaJJ 9 pm all-ages concert Call Ext 4368 for ticket information
Sept 15 - Childrens Forest restoration walk Sunday aftemoon at the Arboretum
Sept 17 and 18 - Arboretum workshops on growing native plants and insects Call Ext 2113 for registrashytion information
Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
Sept 23to 29-HOMECOMING 1996 1
Oct 18 - T hird annual all-Canadian alumni reception in New York City 6 pm Canadian Club 15 West 43rd St Manhattan For reservations call 212-596shy1320
Nov 21 to 24 - Fair November craft show and sale University Centre open all day and evenings on Thursday and Friday Call Ext 4368 for details
Nov 30 - Vanier Cup XXXII at SkyDome
March 9 1997 - F lorida alumni reunion Maple Leaf Estates POlt Charlotte Fla Call Alumni House at Ext 6674 for details
Come to the Bu llring Bullring post-game party 4 to 8 pm bull All graduates of the 80s and 90s
Get a f-roup of friends together and drop in at the Bullring Call Ext lO2 for details
bull Lambton Hall 86 Section 4A bull Student Housing Residence Life
staff reunion for grads of the 80s and 90s Call Ext 4892 for details
bull All former Bullring staff
bull CSA reunion Call Ext 6743 to register
CBS 25th-anniversary celebration Sept 27 bull Open house - Axelrod Animal Science and Nulrishy
tion Chemistry and Biochemistry and Powell buildings and McNally House - 2 to 5 pm
bull Mixer at the University Club (fOlmerly Faculty Club) 6 to I I pm niversity Centre Level 5
bull Observatory tours 9 to II pm meet at the front door of Zavitz Hall
Sept 28 bull Open house and decade rooms 2 to 5 pm bull Dinner and dance 630 pm Peter Clark Hall
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Accommodation is available at the College Inn (519-836-1240) and Days Inn (5 19-822-91(2)
Souvenir T-shirts mugs and history booklets will be available To register call Ext 3343 fax to 519-767-2044 or e-mail to nipuoguelphca
Homecoming
Sept 23-29 - Wel lness Awareness W eek call Ext 3327 fo r eventsac tivities Sept 24 - FACS Career Night 5 15 to 7 pm Peter Clark Hall All FACS gracls welcome To volunteer as a speaker call Karcn Schol z BASc 93 at 519-271-0055 or Laurie Malleau BComm 83 at 5 19-824-4120 Ext 2102 Sept 25 bull Homecoming kickoff at free noon-hour concert Branion Plaza bull University barbecue festival and marketplace 4 to l)30 pm Branion
Plaza Call Central Student Assoc iation Ext 6748 [or in formation Sept 26 bull Barbecue for new stuclents hosted by U of G Alumni Association 5 pm
Alumni House Call Ext 6533 to volunteer bull Observatory tours 9 to 11 pm meet at the front door of Za vitz Hall Sept 27 bull Conce rt St George s Square downtown Guelph 3 105 pm bull Free movie night Thornbrough 100 bull Gryphon Club Hall of Fame dinne r 630 pm ticke ts $50 Ext 6 133 bull Velcome wagon information table 6 to 10 pm are na bull Agg ie social 9 pm arena everyone we lcome Call Ext 8321 for tic kets Sept 28 bull Vclcorne wagon noon to 4 pm Alumni Stad ium 6 10 10 pm arena bull Studenla lumni swim meet R30 alll Ca ll A lan Fairweathe r E l 2220 bull HK I-IH Alumni Assoc iation annual meeting 930 am Po we ll Build ing bull ngi neering Alumni Association meeting lO am hornbrough 100 bull Alumni House open house 10 am to I pm bull G lory Bowl alumni footb all game 10 am Alumni Stad iwil bull Intramural volleyball tournament Call Ext 2160 for information bull UGAA 30th-anni versary reunion barbecue II 30 am Alumni House bull Foolhall game - G ryp hons is LJ of T BllIes 2 p m Alumni Stadium
Tickets $3 in advance at the we lcome wagon bull Class re unions HAFA 86 FACS R5 and OAC 56A bull All-ages concert with licensed area R pm a re na Alumni atlmilled at stu shy
de nt prices Ca ll Ext 43G8 fo r tickets Sept 29 - Bonsai show Arbore tuIll II aIll to 5 pm
Pick up an aluIllni card from Alumni House or the we lcome wagon Bring it with ID for licensed event s Pick up a Homecoming tabloid and enter the draw at the Wcl W IllC wagon For information caliS 19-R24-4120 Ext 2102
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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State Univ ers ity with an MBA He works ns nn agricultural sales represhysentatIve for Monsa nto 1~~~ Hugh Graham BSc(A gr) 66
has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
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S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
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most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
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BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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September - OPIRG continues its 20th-anniversary celebration with an open house dedication of the archives the Public Interest College and a reunion gel -together To get involved call OPIRG at Ext 2129 fax to 519-824-8990 or send e-mai I to opirg uoguelphca
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Sept 21 - The Ottawa-Carleton alumni chapter kicks off the season for its social bridge club Two potluck suppers and fi ve games will be held throughout the year Newcomers are welcome 1 RSVP to John OVC 54 or Margaret (Fenton) McGowan BHSc 54 at 613-828-7038
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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has retired a fte r 26 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment whe re he headed the surve illance proshygram fo r drinking water He is now farming full time on a beef ope ration in Grey County
Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
Cuelph Alumnlls
Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
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S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Lost Grads If yo u can help us locate any of the fo llo wing alumni contact A lumni Record s Uni ve rsit y of G ue lph Guelph O lll
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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William Humphrys ADA S3 moved to Victoria BC with his wlfe Jean a lter retiring from Ontar io government service
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Mary Hofstetter BA 68 has left her position as preside nt of Ontarios Sheridan College to assume the ro le of general manager of the Stratford Festi val A longlime supporter of the visual and performing arts Hofs tetter w ill ensure that business matte rs behind the scenes kee p pace wilh the festiv als quality presence on stage Be fore joining Sheridan in 1988 she was viceshypresident at Hamiltons Mohawk College after starti ng out at Kitchene rs Conestoga College
Allen Jess BSA 64 relired in April after 30 years with Alberta Public Works in Edmonton He was senio r proj ect manager for landscape development of public buildings and in stitulions Jess and his wife Margaret live in Sherwood Park
Ken Burns BA 75 is a locomotive en gineer for Canadian National Rail shyways He and hi s w ife Trudy ha ve four children and one grandchild and are ac tive in church and community service groups in the ir home town of Alliston Ont
Wayne Coston M Sc 77 operates his own consultshying company in Waterloo Ont spec ializ ing in aggreshygate resources planning development and managing Caston Cartographics is a divis ion of the company thal deals in original printed antiqu e maps and charts Canashydian maps of the 17th and 18th centuries - most by French cartographers - are in demand by co li eclOrs who invest in antique maps fo r both the ir histori ca l and des ign value Caston also provides an appraisal se rvice for maps pl ans and surveys Prev iously he worked as se nior resources plan ner at Cumming Cockburn Limshyited and as executive ad mini strato r of the Ins tilute for Business and Economic Studies and ass istant to the dean of bus iness and economics at Wilfrid Laurie r Unishyvers ity where he co mple ted an MBA in 19R7
Carlos Dominguez MSe(Agr) 77 is fini shing a e ighl-year post as traini ng officer for SEMOC Ida a nashytional seed compan y in Mozambique He will turn his talents to private consu lting in the area of sustainable development and training with e mployers in the seed sector
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Father and daughter compared notes at June convocation when Peter Kukk BSc(Eng) 67 congratulated Lisa Louise on earning her BSc degree Here Lisa shares the moment with her dad mother Virve and her sister Kristina After a long career with Ontario Hydro Peter Kukk took early retirement to open his own company Rooster Enterprises manufacturers represhysentatives to the poultry industry Lisa is an animal lover whose plans include community colshylege and eventually work as an equine massage therapist
Steven Ehrick BA 73 has been appointed to the top business affairs positi on at The Enc lave a new full-servshyice record compan y in New York He w ill also oversee the company s human resources policy and adm inistrashylion Ehrick began hi s ca reer al the famed Second City in Toronto where he was stage produc tion manager workshop direc tor and theat re manager He later worked for two lap entertainment la w firm s be fo re esshytablishing hi s own practice in 1988 He was pres ident of Sirius Music Corp from 1988 to 1990 and managing dishyrector o f True North Record s from 1990 to 1992
Theresa (Hogan) Firestone BASc 18 is pres ishydent and CEO of the Canadian Wholesale Drug Assoc iashytion and is in the process of re locating the business office from Montrea l to Toronto
Ioderick Hodgson BA n has been working for the public works department in Hud son Que s ince 1982 but s lill relurns to Guelph o nce a year to look up friends and re li ve campus mernOlies He is a ca plain w ith the Hudson Fire De partment and a past president of the local historica l socie ty In Decembe r he pub-I iohed hi s third book on local history and is now writing a hi storical ad venture nov e l
Eveline Kellman BA 79 has re tired from the Reshygion of Waterloo Social Services where she worked as a parental-support worke r
Kelly Krawchuk B Comm 79 runs her own small bus iness doing bookkeeping and color consulting She has two sons Evan and T yle r
Barbaro Marshall BASc 76 is a program manshyager for the hea lth-protection divi s ion of the We llingtonshyDufferin-Guelph Hea lth Unit She lives in Eden Mills with her husband Jose ph her daughter Claire and their Be lgian sheepdog Shadow
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
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S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
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most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Sue (Livingstone) BA 71 and Jeff McRuer BSc 72 li ve on a 16-acre property in East Grove NS He is a marine bi ologist at thc Bedford Institute of Oceanography and she works wLth special-needs stushydents They have three cllildren
Randy Parkin BA 77 and his wife Kim have been in Calga ry si nce 1988 after stints in Yell owknife and Edmonton They have fi ve children Parkin is a partner in Key Consulting Group Inc doing leade rship deve lshyopment consul ti ng He says he s been hoping fo r a reun shyion of anyone who re members Jims cow on the wa ll of Grey I about 25 years ago
Amreek Singh PhD 71 is the first professor in the history of the University of PIince Edward Is land to re shyceive two merit award s froLn the univers ity fo r ex celshylence in teac hing He received the fiN award in 1989 and was honored aga in earlier thi s year Singll is a proshyfessor of microscopic anatomy at the Atl antic Veterishynary College where he teaches both undergradu ate and graduate courses He has supervised a number of gradushyate students anu has provided research training to under shygraduates for 12 years with the support of Natu la l Sciences and Engineering Research Council summer in shyternships He staned his career at vetelinMY schoo ls in India and taught hi stology at the University or Geneva before co ming to Ca nada where he has held pos it io ns both at OVC and A Vc A lifetime memher of the OVC Alumni Associa tion Sin gh is honolary class president of OVC 83 and 86 He and his wife have one so n
Sandy Gates Aldworth BASc 87 received her masters in crimi shynology from Ottawa Uni versit y in 1988 She lives in Parry Sound Ont with her husband Greg and two chilshy~1~~~ dren Trevor and Madeleine
Janet Amare BSc 82 is thc president and owner of her own consulti ng company which trains fac ilitashytors and ent re preneurs She says sile al so uses her ma shyrine bi ology educati on as a background guide when she takes groups of people to the Bahamas and Hawa ii to swim with the dolphins She li ves in North York Ont
Steve and Noelle (Larocque) Bachner bOlh ADA 87 are Jiving in Grimsby Ont with their Iwo children He wo rks at a local greenhouse she is emshyployed by a land survey firm
Bonnie-Rae (Brownlee) Bailey BASc 82 and her hu sband Gra nt recently moved from Vernon BC to Edmonton with th eir son Douglas who was born in March
Leroy BSc 82 and Janet (Lilliman) Blake BComm 83 are living in the Ottawa area where he is district sales manager with He wlett Packard in the tes t and measures di vision She is cbef and chauffe ur for Iheir three children Janson 9 Janelle 7 and LisaS
Audrey Braschel (Knoll) BSe 84 works at the ToronlO General Hospital as a senior cytogenetic techshynologist She and her husband Hardy have two daughshyters Melissa and Lea nne
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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Teaming with success
One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Noreen and Charles Broadwell
joined the Ontario Bean Producers M arket ing Board as ge ne ra l manager a position he held for 26 yea rs until re shytirement
Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
Cuelp AllmlIIS
career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Scoff Brayford ADA R7 is farm manager at Brayford Sod Farms in Alliston Ont He and his wife Nicole and two-year-old daughter Laura Mae recently moved into a new home
Corrine Burke BASc 83 was recentl y honored by MOLint Royal College in Calgary with a di stinguished manager award She is operations manager of the colshyleges City Centre Campus where she has worked since 1990 and is credited with shaping the re lativel y new campus into a successful operation
Kyle Cachagee BSc R9 runs a canine unit fo r the Ontario Mini stry of Natural Resources in Timmins and works with four-foOled fliend Cod y who is tra ined to catc h poaellers by finding hidden fi sh game nd fireshyarms Cachagee and hi s wife Carol who also works for the mini stry live in Timmins where Caellagee started his career as a conservation officer
Tom Carroll BA 85 recentl y opened Art Services on Quebec Street in Guelph Wi th the help of Marieke Wevers DVM 9 1 he offers custom picture framing and maintains a fine art ga llery the citys onl y privately owned gallery that features contemporary Canadian art shyists Some of Carrolls own paintings and prints are on display When We vers isn t he lping at the framin g shop she maintains a locum practice filling in for vetshyerin arians across Ontario
Mary (Wondergem) DeWolf BSc( HK) 8 1 anel M Sc 87 recentl y moved from Paris to Amsterdam with her hu sband Tom and three children Katie Mark anel Micllael
Jeff Evans BA RO and Cecily Chiles BSc 90 live in Brights Grove Ont where they are enj oying the ir one-year-old son Owen anel faithful dog Pogue For friends on the Internet their address is jevansebshytec h net
Alec Drysdale BSc(Agr) 83 and MSc 89 and Kathleen Zimmerman BSc(Agc) 86 and MSc 88 live in Burnaby BC with their son Erik Drysdale is a land office r fo r the Ministry of Environshyment Land s and Parks Zimme rman is program co-o rdishynator of the BC Hortic ultural Coalition in White Rock
Markus Eymann BSc 82 is a s trea m restora tion bishyo logist in Vanco uve r He works with streams damaged by pollution and o ther forms of human impact primarshyil y those providing a sal monoid habitat
Monica (Perry) Foell BASc 87 and her fam il y live in Surrey BC where she teaches kindergarten for the Ri chmond SC l1001 board She has a one-year-o lel daughter Allison
Michelle Gietz BSc(Agr) 83 starred Back Forty Enterprises Inc a greenhouse operat ion in 1995 witll her Ilusband Ronald Their Alberta company spec ialshyizes in app lied agricultural research T iley have three children
John Groom BSe 81 is a programmerana ly st for Ontario Notthland in North Bay He and his wife Ann Doner have two children Wesley and Jessica Groom invites calls and e-ma il from Guelph friends at Jgroom70nrO lontcOIontconc3
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One of those fortuitous OACMac unio ns is that of Charles and No ree n (Stone) Broadwe ll 54 who were recogn ized in Marc h for the ir team effott on be hal f of the Ontario Ins titute of Agrologists (OlA) They we re honored as a co uple by the OIA with the Norry shyHilliard A wa rd g iven annushyally in recognition of an outstanding dfott in the proshymotion of agrology It was the first joint award to a hus shyband and wife
The Broadwe lls brought public attention to the orshyganization by handling proshymot io n a nd corporate fund raising for the 1995 OIA confere nce which was hosted by the western branch in the L ondon area In charge of loca l a rrangeshyments they s taged an ope nin g-nig ht dinner that provided g reate r expos ure of the OIA to the agricultural commushynity The number of ex hibitors at the confe rence set an all-time record
Founded in 1960 the OIA is an o rshyganization of profess ionals in agriculshyture who se mission is to adv ance the profess io nali sm of agrologists in se rvshying soc ie ty through the agri-food indusshytry Charles Broad well is a charter member and was president in 196465 In 198788 he served as preside nt of the parent o rga niza tion the Ag ric ulshytural Inst itute of Canada (AI C)
Hon o rs came provinc ially in 1989 when Cllarles was named OIA Distinshyguished Agrologi st and nat io nally in 1990 when the AIC awarded him a fel shy10wshipIn 1995 his name was added to Who s Who In Science and Eng lshyI(erlng
Charles sta l1ed hi s career in the s ugar beet industry spe nding 14 years with the Canada and Dominio n Sugar Company After the firm closed in 1968 he sw itc hed commodities and
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Charles says that he and Noree n working togethe r over the years have produced a sy nergistic effect They now live in London and are both keen volunteers Charles is chair of the Vicshytoria Family Medica l Ce nt re advisory board a Kiwani s C lub dtrector and president of his OAC c lass He s finshyishing his first te m) as chair o f a proshyvinci a l tribunal o n stable funding and was recently na med president e me ritus of the Inte rnat ional Pulse Trade and Inshydus try Confederation - a g ro up of 30 cou ntries involved in marketing peas beans and lentils
Both Cha rles and Noreen are avid golfers and are invo lvcd in church ac shytivities and the co ndo corporati on w here they live Noreen is petmanent c lass president of MAC 54D a nd to the delight of her family earned a BA fro m the University of Western Onshytario in [994
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
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Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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The 1959 Guelph football team narrowly missed the Vanier Cup when they were defeated in the semi-finals by SI Francis Xavier University
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Lost Grads If yo u can help us locate any of the fo llo wing alumni contact A lumni Record s Uni ve rsit y of G ue lph Guelph O lll
IG2WI Fax 5I lHl22-2760 E-mail jeanw ro alumni uogue I ph ca
Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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I I The Wall-Custance Memorial Forest located at the University of Guelphs Arboretum was established in recognition of the severe depletion of our forests The Memorial Forest Program not only provides an opportunity to commemorate the life of a ~~~ loved one by planting a tree it also assures a $~ ~ -0 better environment for generations to come
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Melanie Hammond BSc( Agr) 8 8 was married in June to Les Prosser and li ves near La Corey Alta where she recently acl1ieved one o f he r greatest ambishytions She opened her own ridingtraining academy and boarding facility for English hunte r Jumper and d res shysage ride rs
Beth (Clapper) Johnson BASc 86 has worked fo r the City of Windsor Child-Care Services as a reshysource teacher fo r nine years She and her hu sband have two sons Brendan S and Jared 2
Mark Jordan BSc 8 I is a researc h scientist with Agri cu lture and Agri-Food Canada at the Cereal Reshysea rch Centre in Winnipeg He and hi s wife Shawn have two children Cole and Em ily
Gwen (Van Esch) BA 9() and Ed Kampen BSc 89 li ve in Orangeville O nt w ith thei r children Justin and Jessica She teaches part time at a local private schoo l and 11( work s for Watermaker Inc as a wate rshyqua lity technician and sales represe ntative
Geoff BA 85 and Janice (Langdon) Kirkham BA 87 recently moved to Barrie Ont and started a woodcraft bus iness and book dea lership They ha ve one daughter Annie
Ruth Knight BSc (Agr) 89 and Tom Inglis BSc(Agr) 89 are farming near Be lmore Onl and have been adjusting to parenthood since Erik a was born in December
Jennifer LaChapelle BA 8 1 and MA 83 has been appointed to the Simcoe C ounty steering committee studying the Simcoe County Library Co-o perati ve
Nancy (MacKinnon) Lucas BASe 86 recently enjoyed a honeymoon in Europe with her hu sband Andy They are living in Panama City Panama wl1ere he is a pilot for the US army Within the next year they w ill be stati oned in Baltimore and South Korea
Stuart MacMillan ADA 82 is area supervisor for wheat and soybean production for Pioneer Hi-Bred Pro shyduction Limited in Chatham Onl
Scott McCraw BA 82 is manage r of operations proshyjec ts for Multiple Re tirement Services [nc look ing into inte rnal conllo l issues -Ie joined the firm after 10 years wi th Midland Walwyn Capital Inc
Lori Lynn (Proietti) McLellan BA 85 says her years o f stud ying 1t Gue lph didnt prepare her fo r the hardes t job ever motherhood Bu t it s the mos t re shywarding vocation she says She and her hu sband Al an celebrated the birth of the ir first child Shelby last December
Laura McMillan-DAngelo BSc(HK) 88 just graduated from the University of Kentuc ky law sch oo l and is estab lishing a business and equine law practice in Lexingto n
John Milligan BA 86 is working as a trade m anager for He rshey Canada Inc in Mississa uga Onto
David Montagnes BSc 8 4 and MSc 87 reshycently began a new position as ass istant professor at the Uni versity of Li verpool Wo rking in his fie ld o f marine bio logy he is tationed at Port Erin Marine Lab on the Isle of Man which he says is just Gue lph spread over a large r area The Is le of Man is an independent counshytry in the middle of the Irish Sea th at s about ha lf the size of Lake Simcoe and has a population o f70000 TI1ere a re lots of cows and sheep on the isl and and they provide a perpe tual odo r th ats reminisce nt of Johnston Green when the wind was blowing from the west he says It s a nice place to be when the sun shines His wife Ramona (Juraitis) BA 83 and MA 87 teac hes college-level Eng li sh on the island -George BA 88 and Despina (Laskaris) Mortidis FACS 86 li ve in Bow manville Onl with tl1e ir children Ria and Stephanie Both work fo r the Munic ipality of Metro Toronto - he as a soc ia l servshyices worker and she as supervisor of soc ia l assistance
Susan North BSc 82 is a hospital pharmacist in Vanco uv er and the mother of two childre n Michael and Kay la She earned her phannacy degree at the Unishyversity of Briti sh Columbia in 1985
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
Cuel AIIIIIIIllS
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
Cuelp AllmlIIS
career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Debley Phillips-Ross BASc 83 is a distributor fo r Joico Haircare Products She is marri ed with two ch ilshydren Sean and Shannon and is an avid skier
Graham Rattray BSc 86 went on from Guelph to earn a PhD in chemistry at the Univers ity of British Coshylum bia in 1992 He worked fo r a year in Hiroshima Japan before accepting a lec turer position in the fac ulty of science and engineering at Ritsumeikan Uni versity in Kyoto
Bonnie (Thom) Rodriguez BSc 88 works in pharshymaceutical sales for HMR Canad a She was married in October 1995 to Paul Rodriguez and li ves in Mississhysauga Ont Denise (Sehgal) Besworfh and Kathy Stan yon both BA 87 were wedding attendants
Marilyn Smith BASc 86 is a committee member of the Alzhe imer Di sease Society in Berkshire England where she lives with he r new hu sband
hri stopher
Bonnie (Shorf) Steinsky BASc 8 1 is an elemenshytary sc hool teacher with the Durham Board of Educashytion and lives in Pickering Ont with her husband Cyril and two sons Andrew and Matthew
Jeremy Thiam Tee BA 82 is in Selangor Malayshysia where he is a manager for Mars Inc responsible for the growth of sa les in Mars candy products in Southeast Asia
Leon Walczak BSc(Agr) 86 works as an account manager for the Bank of Montreal in Blenheim Ont He also operate~ a fam il y farm in the Chatham area
Pamela (Savage) Widdis BA Sc 81 recentl y started a home business in nutrition counsell ing and is an independent distTibutor for Shaklee Canada She and her husband Lloyd have two child ren Colin and Paige
Patti (Dyks) Wijsman ADA 85 keeps busy looking after three children David Joe l and Mieka and workshying in both a loca l landscape bu si ness and the fa mil y reshytail meat store with her husband Vince
Joann (Block) Winther ADA 85 and her hu~ band Lome farm near Huxley Alta They raise cattle as we ll as show horses - paint and quarte r horses They have one daughter Shelby Lynn
Rene lajner MA 88 has been named president of the Friends of University of Guelph the University s charitable arm in the United States Based in Chicago the Friends organization holcls its annual dinne r ancl mee ting eac h year in Octobe r For information about the 1996 meeting call Bev Berry at Alumni House 519shy824-4 120 Ext 6551
Melanie Broscomb BA 93 known for the eyes in her an has been working on he r own and with 10shycal theatre productions at the Sandershyson Ce ntre in Brantforcl Ont In May she was married in Ardentinny 1~~~ Argyleshire Scotland to Graham
Drinnan a prod ucer composer and musician They are now living in London England
Food from the past for the future
hy Tina Veltri
S ome people lamen t the fact that the world s populashytion will double by 2020 and worry about how we ll preshyvent mass starvat ion Others like Bill Tossell try to do something about it His goal is to preserve the genet ic makeup of plants that w ill be important in meeting future demand s for food
A 1947 BSA graduate and 1948 MSA grad uate of OAC Tosse ll is Guelph s fOlmer dean of research bu t hes now work ing for the Rome-based Internat iona l Centre for P lant Genet ic Reshy
sources (LPGR I) It s one of Bill Tossell a group of internationa l agrishyc ultu ra l researc h cen tres around the world that c reated the Green Revolushytion back in the late 1960s
Hi s work with the ce nt re involves collecting and preserv in g the genes of variou s plants so that future generashytions wi ll have access to food s that may otherwise cease to exist The censhytre organizes a wide-ranging system of plant gene banks - from wild plants to breeding materials that are imporshytant for use by plant breeders ac ross the wo rld
The centres goals are threefold The fi rs t is to co llec t plants and geshynetic material Then when a co llection has been made the centre arranges fOJ storage of the seeds or plants so they will be available yea rs from now This involves work ing directly with develshyoping countries to help them establish and o rgan ize their gene banks The ce ntre s final goal is to fonn an interna shytional network of gene banks so that sc ientists around the world can he lp eac h other
Tossell is currently chai r of IPGRIs board of trustees He has also cha ired
the board of tru stees of the Internashytional Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a number o f external review committees of the other centres
He has worked with many boards since re tiring from Guelph in 1987 and has delved full time into international co nsulting
I consider my current work with the centre in Rome fasci nating he says I originally helped to create a new centre recruited s ponsorship and worked with the Italian gove rnment to arrange for IPGRI to be headquartered in Rome
His work earned him the Agriculshytural Institute of Canadas 1992 Intershynational Deve lopment Award
Tosse ll s caree r at Guelph began in 1952 He was chair of the De pal1ment of Crop Science and the first associate dean of OAC In 1970 he became U of Gs first dean of research a position he he ld for IS years He was also foundin g direc tor of the Guelph-based Centre for Food Seculity
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
Cuelp AllmlIIS
career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
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BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Sean Bray 93 is returning to Canada afte r spending a year teac hing scie nce and math in a small private school in suburban Boston Th is fall hell be teaching Grades 4 5 and 6 at a private e lementary SCll001 in Oakville ant and says he s look ing forwa rd to catch shying up with friend s
Kim (Edgerton) Bryan BASc 9 1 has been work shying as a dietitian at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto She and her hu sband Mark recentl y moved to A urora and became first-time pare nts when Matt llew Alexander was born in December
Rebecca Burwell BASc 90 rece ntly moved from Toronto to Cambridge ant with her husband Paul Tonizzo BSe 9 1 and started a bus iness called Cashyreers by Design She offers career-planning assistance to hi gh sc hool students and unive rsity graduatcs Before the move she worked with students at York ni ve rsity Seneca Co llege and the Youth Employment Serv ice
Kathy Cascadden BAS c 95 and her 11usband Christopher Boyce BA 94 were married in Ni ag shyara-on-the-Lake ant in July 1995 They now live in Madison Wi scons in where he is employed by Pro shylogue Syste ms Inc
Philip Chan BSc(Eng) 93 works tor E lectronic Data Systems Canada in T oro nto a subsidiary of Genshyeral Motors He is a systems eng ineer in the imaging ce ntre deve lop ing solutions for rep lacing pape r filing sy stems witll desktop imaging
Heather Clark BA 93 and Gerard Walker BA 88 were married in Jul y She recen tly left her position as marketing and advert ising manager at a fitness reso rt to pursue an MBA He teac hes for the Lincoln County Board of Educat ion and he lps coach tile O ntltlri o chamshypion Gryphon womens rugby team
Chris Cocek and Kelly Wyer both BComlll 90 were married in Baddeck S in Au g ust Kelly is a manager for savings products at Sun Life in Edmonton A lta Chris has been teaching e lementary SC ll001 T hey re keeping warm in Edmonton but hoping for an Austra lian honeymoon next yea r Thcyd li ke to hear from the HAFA 90 c rowd Cal them at 905-432 -9515 or send e-ma il to ccocekgpusrvualbertaca
Martin Damus BSc 92 and his wife Monique BSc 92 are living in Kingston ant while he pursues a PhD in bio logy at Queen s University
Philip Davis BSe 92 is instru ct ional techno logy lishybrarian with the Albe rt R Mann Library at Cornell Unishyve rs ity in Ithaca Y He received hi s MIIS at the Uni versity of Western Ontario in 1995 Away from work 11e enjoys cycl ing in the Finge r Lakes region
Rollande Dube BSc 94 and John Bueglas MSc 95 have married and purchased an 84 -ac re farm in Ri ve r John NS where Dube operates a plant propashygation business Bueglas is an entomologist spec ializing in biological contro l at the Nova Scotta Agric ultural Co llege in Truro
Randy Duffy BSc 93 and Christy Mann B A 93 were married in Jul y 1995 He is a research techn ishyc ian at Ridgeto wn C ollege o f Agricultural Technology
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
Cuelp AllmlIIS
career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Kristine Finney BComm 94 and Robert Wilkes BA 94 were married in Febru ary She is manager of the Ballantrea Golf and Country Club near Stouffville Ont
Anne Gardner MSc 91 is co-ordinating the Ijim Mt Forest Project with her husband John DeMarco in Cameroon The project aims to conse rve tllc Jjim fore st through the deve lopment of a system of community forshyest management In thcir spare time they home school their chi ldre n Nicholas Alexandra and Michae l
Helen Gilmor ODA 94 lives in Newington Ont where she rece ntl y opened a pet ceme tery and crematoshyrium and pet boarding facility She caters to tllc pet-care needs of retirees travellers and people who 11ave been incarcerated
Bryan Hamilton MSc 94 is a sys tems anal yst lor Consumers Gas Company in Toronlo
Arzeena Hamir and Neil Turner BSc ( Agr) 92 spent two years working in Thailand as agricultural exshytensionists witll CUSO Both are completing masters degrees at the University of London Wye College and left in August for a nine-month placement in Gujarat Inshydia with the Aga Khan Rural Support Program Class shymates and friends can contact them through AKRSP Choice Premises Swastik Cross Road Navarangpura Ahmedabad 380009
Lynda (Formosa) Hendriks BA 9 1 earned an MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1994 and is working in Burlington Ont as a hou sing co-ordi nator She and her husband Bart will celebrate tlleir first anniversary Sept 30
Jacqueline Hutchison BSc (Agl) 90 has started her own bus iness doing translations from French to Engshylish Her husband Mike Dyck MSc 9 1 is pursuing a PhD at La va l University They li ve in Ste-Foy Que
Ronald Johnson BA 95 recently began a tutoring serv ice in Guelph L TL Tutoring prov ides services to student s of any age and has worked with both e ightshyyca r-olds and master s candidates
Karen Kapusniak BComm 92 malTied Robert Chin in April They are both working as consultants in Istanbul Turkey
Valerie Kempenaar BA 95 is enrolled in a masshyter s program in speech language pathology at Edinboro University of Pennsylvani a
Helen (Lever) Maffini BComm 93 recently moved back to Canada from Singapore She and her husband li ve in Kingston Ont
Debora Rumble Matthews BA 95 is a researcher and chiroprilc ti c student in Toronto
Kevin McDermid MSc 90 received a PhD from the University of Ca lgary in 1993 and is now in fourthshyyea r medicine at the University of British Columbia
Christina McRae DVM 90 recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of her ca t hospital in Oshawa Ont King SI Cat Hospital is the first veterishynary hosp ital in Durham Region exclusively for cats Mc Rae says she is thankful fo r the work of Susan
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Freestyle education works
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For U of G student Veronica Brennerficestyle refers to both the lype of sk iing s he compe tes in and the way shes earning a university degree
A member of the Canadian National Team Brenner is a serious athlete w hos had to make alternative arrangements to obtain a degree Most st ushydents attend regular classes o n campus but Brenner does her courses via corresponde nce Its practica l s he says )t s the only way ) can work on my degree right now
The freestyle sk ier who won fo ur World Cups thi s yea r says Guelph has the acashydemic program she wants but nol the physica l fac ilities she needs to train An Olympic hopeful she focuses her trainshying on aeria ls so she needs access to top-notc h facilities s uch as those at Lake Placid NY
She says Guelph we lcomes athletes w ith open amlS and fl1akes an effort to rearrange courses to s uit their spec ial needs
Thanks to the growth of distance ed ucation sludents like Bre nner don t have to toss their hopes of acquiring an ed ucation out the door She can take all her electives a nd some re shyquired co urses thro ug ll corres ponshydence which will significantly shon e n her stay on camp us
1 will have to attend school near the e nd because I m purs uing a sc ishye nce deg ree she says BUI for no w Im taking all of my e lectives at home - and getting good grades
Althoug h compulc rs and Internet connections are c hanging the way disshytance educati o n is delivered Brenner says she s till snail mails her ass ig nshyments to the Un iversity
I dont have a compute r so I guess theres no other way but I know lhat
Veronica Brenner
most classes 11ave a Web site ancl a conferencing system for communica tshying with other sluclents who are taking the sa me course
Brenner says lhe o nl y negative asshypect of dislance educiltlon is the isola shytion Whe never 1 receive a marked essay thro ugh the mail Im usua lly in Europe or e lsew here compel ing so J cant pick up a phone and contac t a professor to di scuss any problems or conce ms
She also says s lle mi sses the social interaction with fe llow students
Even though di stance education reshyquires a great deal of self-motivation and can sometimes get lonely Bre nne r says shed ne ve r give up her chance to continue skiing compct itively She s ha ppy that corresponde nce courses alshylow her to pursu e both 11e r dreams at one time
Tina Veltri BA 95 otWelland Onl workedjix thc Guelph Alumnus as Ilaficid placemcnt in a journalism progmm at Sh cridan Collcge
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
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career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
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Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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Marc Amac her BA 93
Karen Bach BSe 93
Kathleen Beairsto BA 93
Carrie Be lrose BA Sl4
Scott Benne tt ODA Sl3
Evelyn Brosseau BA 93
Marina Brown BASc 9 3
Debbie Busl BA Sl4
Arthur Casse lman ADA 94
Ka -N in Chan B Comm 94
Rita Choi-Wan C han BA 93
Ken nedy Court ODH 94
Andre w Cross BA 94
Douglas Ferguson B Sc 93
Henry Froese BA 9 3
Sandra Garraway B Sc 94
Janeen Gilbe rt BASc 94
Neil Hadley BLA Sl4
Darcy Ha wkins HMDC 93
Tammy (French) Hayes BA 94
Donald Hayles ADA Sl3
Craig Hoppe ADA94
Stacey Jayne BA 94
C hristina Jolliffe BA 94
Denise Kane BASc 94
She lley Kyle BASc Sl3
Laurie Lafontaine BASe 94
Bee Wah Lim BA Sl3
Sandra Lucio BComm 94
Georgina MacMillan BComm 93
Smith DVM 93 fo r occasional relief work ciuring that first yea r
Mary Meuser B Comm 96 has joined Kabntac t Marketing in Guel ph as an account executive She grew up on a swine and cash-crop farm in Bruce County and took a co-op program at Guelph in agric ultural bus ishyness with work te rms at Agric ulture and Agri- Food Canada the Royal gricultura l Winte r Fair the Lambton Soil and C rop Improvement Association and Cropco Kahlltacr owned by Len Kahn BSc(AgL) 85 and 1Sc 90 provides marketi ng and commu nica shytion service [or c lients in the ag ric ultura l indu stry
Alex Morseli BComm 93 and Chantal Bolduc S Comm 94 were married in August He is ope lations managcr for TRIO a food-service company and she work s for the Roya l Bank as a personal-loans officer
Julie (Meadows) Paladino BA Sl3 and he r hu sshyband Richard celebrated their first anni versary in June Both work for RTO Enterprises Inc and moved to Ed shymonton in Vlarch whcn both were promoted She is in investor relati ons he is manager of training and deve lshyopment
Karen Paroschy BSc Sl3 has spent the last two years working with children in Japan and will return in January to pursue a masters degree
Megan (Robb) Restrepo BSc (HK ) 90 was marshyried in March to Jo rge Mauric io Restrepo in Medellin Colombia She is teac hing sc ience at the Columbus School and can be reac hed at columbus mede llin cetshyco lne t co inte rne t
Merrill Stephen BSc(H K ) 9 1 and MSc 94 has sa iled away (literally) to Vcluelet BC where he is working as an in terprete r for the model forest project of Long Beach He says hes enjoying the great sa ilin g in Barkley and Cl aquot Sound
Angela (Naylor) Stiles BA 95 is an agricultural consultant at Price Wate rhouse in Mississauga Ont Her husband Brent BSc (Agr) Sl5 is an animalshyhea lth specialist at Grober-Delft Blue Vea l Farms in Cambridge They li ve in Gue lph
Lynda (Hackbart) BASc 9 1 and Laurie Timms BASe 90 celeblated the ir first wedding anniversary in Au gust Altlough they live in Guelph Lynda is an e lememary teacher w ith the W ate rloo County Board of Ed ucation and Laurie works for the Campbell Soup Co in Toronto as a product manager in marketing
Lisa (Kenyon) Torres BSc 95 was married in March to Jose Torres of Pue rto Rico an officer in the US navy They a re stationed in South Carolina where she is working in hOle l adm inistration
Suzanne Turcotte BA Sl3 teaches ESL computers and Canadian geogtaphy with the North York Board of Education and is working on a masters degree in the soshycio logy of education at OISE
Steven Vamosi BSe 93 recently completed an MSe in evo lutionary eco logy at the Unive rsity of Britshyish Columbia and has rec e ived an award from the Natushyral Sc iences and Engineering Research Counc il to pursue his PhD there He li ves in Vancouve r with
Samantha Hicks BSc Sl4 who is comp let ing a maste r s degree in botany and plans to continu e with a PhD in wetland eco logy
Sharon Van Kampen BSc (Agr) 92 is workin g as admini strator for the First C hris ti an Re formed Church in London O nt but hopes to eventua ll y return to the food industry to full y use her degree in dairy sc ishye nce She says she is now a full -tledged c ity girl be shyca use he r parents ha ve ret ired from the family farm near T hamtsford
Marie Viezner BC omm 90 has been banque t sa les manager at the Rena issance Prague Hote l in the zec h Republic since 1993 She handles arranfelllc nts for inshyternational eOl11mercinl groups and co-chairs the hote ls waste-management committee Away from work she i ~
involved in competiti ve horse jUtllping
John Wang MSc 93 is comp le ting a PhD at McMa~te r Univers ity doing research on porpoises and dolphins in Southea middott AsiaIndochina
Lisa Watt BA 94 rece ntly completed an M in hi sshytory at Me Ias ter Unive rsity and will enrol in the Unishyversity of Toronto s Facu lty o f Education thi s fall
Susanne (Bassitta) Wilmot BA SlO is a real estate accountant in Orangevi lle Ont She is also a ne w mother to Jenna Joanne Leonore both in January
Leisa Zacerkowny BSe n is working on a de shyg ree in soc ial work at the Uni vers ity of Windsor She would like to sta rt a news le tte r for a lumni who were members of the Ukrainian Club between 1988 and ISl92 If youd lik e to submit a ne ws ite m call her in Sudbu ry or send e- ma il to soke nsen mnsiet
Abbreviations B A = Bachelor o[ a rts
BASc = Bache lo r of applied sc ie nce BCoffim = Bac he lo r o[ co mmerce
BI-ISc = Bachelor of household sc ience
BLA = Bachelor of landscape arc hitec ture BSc(Agr) = Bache lor of sc ience in agriculture
BSe = Bachelor of sc ience BSc(Eng) = Bache lor of science in engineering BSc(H K) = Bachelor of science in Iuman kinetics
BSc (PE) = Bachelor of sc ience in ph ys ical ed ucation
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med ic ine
ADA = Associate diploma in ag riculture
DH E = Diploma in home econo mics ODA = Ontario diploma in agricultule OD H = Ontario diploma in hortic ultu re PhD = Doctor ot philosophy
GD = Grad uate diploma MA = Maste r of arts MAgr = Maste r of agricul ture
MLA =Master of landscape architect ure M Sc = Maste r of Sc ience
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
Cuelp AllmlIIS
career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
-
Laura Lindsay
37
Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
C uelph Alumllus 38
Make HOMECOMING 196 afamily affair
We have If you dig FOOTBALL corrON
CANDY or AGGIE GET-TOGETHERS
youll have a great time at
p Jgt RALLY CONCERTS and an
OPEN-AIR BAZAAR will entertain you while clowns and face~ painters make your kids laugh
There will also be a PARADE amp
and a chance to cheer on the
GRYPHON PLAYERS at
Saturdays BIG GAME against
the U of T Blues
GRIFF will be there along with
a bunch of SWIM TEAM grads and
the new HALL OF FAME winners
YOU should be there TOO
HOMECOMING 196
Sept 24 to 29
U of G alumni are invited to attend all Homecoming 96 activities
Theres a new-student barbecue on Thursday the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Dinner and an
Aggie pub on Friday and a whole day of football and environment on Saturday
Find the WELCOME WAGON outside the stadium to pick up a HOMECOMING 96
tabloid Bring your family for a day of fun for everyone
For details see the CAMPUS CALENDAR on page 28
BRING THE KIDS AND ENJOY HOMECOMING
COME SHARE TIlE EXCITEMENT
I I
UNIVIRSITY Df GUllPH
For more Informadon about HOMECOMING 96 contact Alumni House 5 I 9-824-4 120 Ext 2102
fax 5 1 9 - 822- 2670
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Michael Allen BA 8 April 28 1996
Richard Allman BSA 36 June 25 1996
Ross Cairns BSA 45 March 111996
Pauline (Stapells) Carnegie DHE 24 May 25 1996
Margaret Crosskill BA 72 February 1995
Ruth (Gibson) Currie DHE 27 Ma y 291996
Beatrice Dempsey DHE 27 May 241996
Reginald Dodson BSA 42 April 21 1996
Barbara Druiett ODH 83 No v 2 1 1995
Pamela Evans GO 75 in 1995
David Gilbart BSA 6 1 1995
Mary (McMullen) Gilchrist DHE 28 April 11 1996
Thomas Gourlay BSA 32 June 6 1996
Andrew Guthrie BA 89 June 12 1996
Lillian (Storey) Guthrie DHE 39 Febru ary 1996
Edward Hanna DVM 43 March 24 1996
Smith Hilton BSA 23 Dec 29 1994
Pauline James DHE 421993
Joan (Paterson) Lye DHE 47 May 2 1996
Francis Lucas BSA 32 hn II 1980
Elizabeth MacBeth DHE 32 June 16 1996
Jean (Broadfoot) Maund DHE 37 April 1994
Doreen McKelvey BA 94 May 26 1996
Ian McKenzie BSc(Ag r) 66 Feb 11 1987
Kenneth McRae BSA 43 March 29 1996
Andre Methot 8Comm R ) March 29 1996
Lloyd Milligan BA 92 May 25 1996
Grace (Shuttleworth) Moogk DHE 3 3 April 5 1996
Douglas Moore DVM 45 Feb 121996
George Musgrove BSA 63 April 7 1996
Michael Newton BA 73 1991
Grant Patillo ADA 27 Jan 31 1996
Dorothy (Dancey) Renwick DHE 24 in 1993
John Shifrer DVM 64 1982
Russell Snider BSA 50 May 2 1996
Brenda (Murray) Sparling BA 71 199 1
Carrie (Taylor) Stephen DH E 33 April IR 1996
Elaine (Eckert) Stephens BA 71 March 20 1996
Hattie (Gage) Stinson DHE 30 April 30 1996
Frances (Conn) Wait DHE 24 April 16 1996
Laverne Waller DVM 43 May 191996
Lawrence White BSA 41 May 19 1996
William Winslow ADA 41 1980
Edward Asselbergs MSA 52 of Sf Catharines Ont died June 4 1996 The Dutcl-born scienti sl came to Canada in 1950 to do graduate wo rk then bega n his
Cuelp AllmlIIS
career as a food research sc ienlist for Agriculture Canshyada In 1960 he developed the process for making inshystant mashed potato tl akes the patent tlat is used worldwide By 1962 he was working with the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons and moved to Rome where he became chief of the technica l divi sion He retired in 1985 and is survived by his wife Elizabeth five children and six grandchi ldren
Wilmot Code BSA 40 died March 26 1996 in Windsor Ont He was with the Department of Agriculshyture for 35 years re tiring as chief of sta ll in 1972 He is survived by his wife June
Dieter GeiSSinger DVM 60 died in Maiduguri Nige ri a April 131996 Born in Germany he immishygrated to Canada at age 20 In addition to hi s DVM he he ld an MV Sc and PhD in veterinary med icine Dr Geissinger taught at U of G for man y yea rs and relired to a new career in Ni ge ria where he contributed signifishycantly to the ve terinary profess ion there He is survived by hi s wife Hyloto and e igh t children
Gordon Henry BSA 34 of Ingerso ll Onl died May 30 1996 His career in dairy sc ience las ted 38 years at the Inge rso ll Chcese Company he retired as general manager in 1977 Hi s politica l career inc lu ded e ight years as chai r of the loca l Scl1001 board and 10 years in the mayo rs cha ir Mr Henry was a community volunteer and in retirement spearheaded a housing proshyject for Ingersoll se ni ors Nor did he forget hi s alma mashyter He was permanent class pre~ide nl served on Ihe Universi ly Senate and canvassed for the capital fund In 1994 he was named Alumnus of Honor by the Univershysity of Guelph Alu mni Assoc ialion He is survived by his wife Aleda two daughters and grandchi ldren
Brian Holmes DV 76 of Aylmer Ont died May 31 1996 He was a partner in the Aylmer Veleri nary Clinic a member of the Ontario and Ca nadian veterishyna[y medical associat ions and the Coll ege of Veterinary Medi cine of Ontario and a member of the Aylmer Optishymi st Club He is survi ved by hi s wife Anne and two sons M iclae l and Mark
Daisy (Richards) Keith DH E 3 l of Orange v lI le Onto died Apri l 1 1996 It was just a year lgo Ihat she and her husband Robert BSA 32 shared their camshypus memories with ClIelph Aiumlllls [eaders including the story of how they Illet at a Macdonald lnslitule dance The Keiths returned to campus for several alumni gather ings and to see their so n Robert BSc(Agr ) 60 dau ghter-in- law Dorinda BI-LSc 61 and grandson Jeffrey BSe 87 grad uate Dai sy Keith is also survived by anotlcer son Sandy a daugh shyter Anne Wilson and Iheir families
Laura Lindsay BA 94 of Guelph died in a car acc ishydent in Ari zona April 9 1996 while returning home from a fi ve-mon th rour of the United States and Cenlral America A drama graduate she was a fami li ar stage performer in Guelpl and surrounding communit ies and had won severa l awards for her performa nces in variou s music and theaue fest iva ls She had also worked at the University Co-op Booksro re and the Cutten Club SlJe is survived by her parents Rob and Wendy and a brother Tom
Donations given in memory of deceased alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund Send co Alumni House University of Guelph Guelph Ont N1G 2W1 For information call 519-824-4120 Ext 6183
-
Laura Lindsay
37
Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
C uelph Alumllus 38
Make HOMECOMING 196 afamily affair
We have If you dig FOOTBALL corrON
CANDY or AGGIE GET-TOGETHERS
youll have a great time at
p Jgt RALLY CONCERTS and an
OPEN-AIR BAZAAR will entertain you while clowns and face~ painters make your kids laugh
There will also be a PARADE amp
and a chance to cheer on the
GRYPHON PLAYERS at
Saturdays BIG GAME against
the U of T Blues
GRIFF will be there along with
a bunch of SWIM TEAM grads and
the new HALL OF FAME winners
YOU should be there TOO
HOMECOMING 196
Sept 24 to 29
U of G alumni are invited to attend all Homecoming 96 activities
Theres a new-student barbecue on Thursday the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Dinner and an
Aggie pub on Friday and a whole day of football and environment on Saturday
Find the WELCOME WAGON outside the stadium to pick up a HOMECOMING 96
tabloid Bring your family for a day of fun for everyone
For details see the CAMPUS CALENDAR on page 28
BRING THE KIDS AND ENJOY HOMECOMING
COME SHARE TIlE EXCITEMENT
I I
UNIVIRSITY Df GUllPH
For more Informadon about HOMECOMING 96 contact Alumni House 5 I 9-824-4 120 Ext 2102
fax 5 1 9 - 822- 2670
Especially for Alumni amp Frliends
Long Distance Savings bullbullbullbullbull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bullbull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bullbull bull bull bull bullbull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull Interested in saving up to 74 on long distance No monthly minimum bull No cancellation or transfer fees bull Call anywhere in the world bull For residential jONOROLA andor small business bull Call 1-800-461-0642
Group Home amp Auto Insurance bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull Enjoy the cost savings of up to 25 on your home and auto insurance needs Join ou r many ( satisfied customersmiddot Call 1-800-327-5580 for U TRADERS GENERAL a free insurance quotation
Alumni Sports Clothing bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull From colourful polo shirts to sports bags we have them all with the University of Guelph Alumni logo UNIVERSITY embroidered on them Call 1-519-824-4120 9GUELPH
Guelph Alumni MasterCard reg bull bull bull bullbull bull bull bull bullbullbullbull bull bull bullbullbullbull bull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull bullbullbull bull bullbullbullbullbullbullbull
When you carry this exclusive University of Guelph MasterCard reg you contribute to the University of Guelph automatically To apply for your University of Guelph MasterCard reg Call 1-800-665-9665
Group Term Life Insurance bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull Your Alumni-recommended plans offer you comprehensive low-cost protection to meet your changing needs Apply for your member and rm
Manulife Financial family term life income protection and personal accident insurance to safeguard yourself and your family bull Call 1-800-668-0195
UNIVERSITY PGUELPH
For more information on any of our savings programs please call our toll-free numbers
Archibald Archie MacKinnon DVM 43 died at his home in Cambridge Ont May 17 1996 Like many of his classmates Dr MacKinnon went straight from graduation into military service working in a T oronto laboratory to produce gas gangrene antitoxin Afte r the war he joined the OVC faculty later estabshyli shed a vete rinary practice in Richmond Hill then bought a practice in Galt In the early 19605 he took on the cha llenge of es tablishing a Canadian subsidiary for SalsburyFromm Laboratories (now Solvay Animal Hea lth Inc) He served on man y professional associashytion boa rds and was active in the Univers ity as a senashytor membe r of the Pres ident s Counc il and executi ve member o f the OVC A lumni Associiltion and OVC Ad shyvisory Counc il Ln 1994 he was named OVC Distinshygui shed A lumnus He is surv ived by his wife Pat
Tammie (Thompson) Nevills BASc 8 1 died May 13 1996 A fte r graduation she earned an educashytion degree at the Uni ve rs ity o f Western Ontario and beshygan he r teaching career in O wen So und Ont She also taught at Bluevale Co llegiate Institute and Kitchener Collegiate Ins titute in Kitchene r where she was active in the Soroptomist Club She is survived by he r husshyband Dav id A Tam mi e Nev ills Scholarship Fund has been establi shed at the Uni versity o f Guelph
Roy Nichols DVM 33 of Madison Wisconsin died May 9 1996 A native of New York State he lett Guelph to earn three more degrees in ve terinary medishycine before beginning an academic career He taught at Ohio State and Pu rdue and was dean at the veterinary college at W ashington State Univers ity before joining the University of Wi scons in where he retired as professhyso r emeritus He is survived by two children Bruce and janice tvatthews and five grandchildren
Augustine Gus Oyairo DVM 64 died Oct II 1995 in h is home town of Benin Nigeria He ca me to OV C in 1959 with a sc ho larship from the Nige rian govshye rnment and re turned after grad uat ion to assume va rishyous sen ior positi ons w ith the government In 1977 he retired fro m govcmment serv ice and established a prishyvate ve teri nary prac ti ce He was a lso ac ti ve in Rotary sports and several soc ial clubs
Peter Seidl MSc 80 was working in Bo livia May 7 1994 when the sma ll plane in which he and four othe r environment alists were fl y ing disappeared someshywhere a long the flight pa th be tween Teo ponte and La Paz which is located at the footh ills o f the Andes Mounta ins The spring issue o f the Guelph Alumnus inshycorrec tl y ide ntlfied thi s location Mr Se idl was in fac t working fo r the World Bank as an environmental speshyc iali st to estab lish a network of monitoring sites to test wa te r qu ali ty in remote areas of Bo livia Hi s fa mil y has es tabli shed a memorial sc holarship at U of G Donashytions can be direc ted to the Univers it y o f Gue lph co Alumni House
Ruth Sinclair DHE 30 o f To ronto d ied April 6 1996 After gradu ati on she worked as a dietitian in Toronto Calgary and Vancouver before j o ining the navy during the Second World War S he was stationed on the West Coast and was one of the first fema le die tishytians to advi se on food preparat ion fo r Canadi an nava l ships Following he r nava l se rvice she comple ted a
Augustine Oyairo
BSc at Columbia University was the die titian for womens residences at McGill University then worked at Torontos Queen Elizabeth Hospital until re tirement
Cecil Speirs DVM 51 died March 3 1 1996 in Red Deer Alta A native of Shaunavon Sask he gradu ated from OVC to become the first veterinarian in the west country of Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton He was a farm-animal practitioner and in 1963 moved his practice to Red Deer He is survived by his w ife Betty two sons Dale and Neil and two grandchildren
Stewart Thomas BSA 39 o f Wetaskiw in Alta
died May 9 1996 He is surv ived by his wife Dorothy (McDougall) DHE 38 a son Jim a daughte r Mary three g randchildren and one great-g randchild
Michael Walcroft DVM 58 of Thornhill Ont died May 29 1996 He was vice-president of Conshynaught Labora tories Ltd the largest producer of vac shyc ine in No rth America He is survived by his wife Jane (Clifford) BHSc 59 and two children
Charles Webster BSA 3 5 died Sept 29 1995 He spent most of his career in sales for the Merck Drug Co A fter re tiri ng in 1968 he and his wife Betty purchased a far m north o f Milton Ont and developed one of Onshytarios prem ier he rd s of Aberdeen Angus cattle Mr Webste r ma in ta ined close ties to his OAC class He was predeceased by hi s wife
Trisha Wyman BSc 95 was killed April 181996 by timber wolves at a wildlife reserve near Minden Ont It was he r fo urth day on the jo b at Haliburton Forshyes t and Wild li fe Reserve where she had been hired to run the reserves ne w wolf inte rpre tation centre She gradu ated from U of G las t s limmer with a degree in wildli fe b io logy and had previous ex pe rience w ith wo lves through a summer job in Algonquin Park She is survived by her parents Jack and Sa ndra o f Sudbu ry
Faculty William Boyd fo rmer professo r o f human ana tomy died May 14 1996 in Fergus Ont He jo ined the Uni shyve rsity in 1967 and taught in the School o f Human Biolshyogy until his retirement
Margaret McCready princ ipa l and dean o f Mac shydona ld Ins titute from 1949 to 1968 died Jul y 3 in To ronto a t age 9 1 A me mbe r of the Orde r of Ca nada she was named a U of G Fe ll ow in 1978 and was awarded a honorary degree fro m McG ill Univers ity in 1984 Prof McCready worked for the Red Cross Socishye ty the Unive rs it y of Aberd een and Macdona ld College at McGill be fo re coming to the Macdonald In stitute in 1949 She took up her dut ies a year after the degree proshygram was inaugurated and was large ly respons ible for -its deve lo pm ent during the nex t 19 yea rs
S0ren Rosendal a professor in the Department of Pathobiology died July 8 He jo ined Guelph s Departshyment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immuno logy as an associate professor in 1978 He is survived by his wife Lilian his son Thomas h is da ughter Mette and one granddau ghter The S0ren Rosenda l Memoria l Scholarship Fund w ill be estab lished fo r an annual award to an OVC graduate student Donat ions can be dishyrected to the Unive rsity of G uelph co Alumni House
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GRYPHON PLAYERS at
Saturdays BIG GAME against
the U of T Blues
GRIFF will be there along with
a bunch of SWIM TEAM grads and
the new HALL OF FAME winners
YOU should be there TOO
HOMECOMING 196
Sept 24 to 29
U of G alumni are invited to attend all Homecoming 96 activities
Theres a new-student barbecue on Thursday the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame Dinner and an
Aggie pub on Friday and a whole day of football and environment on Saturday
Find the WELCOME WAGON outside the stadium to pick up a HOMECOMING 96
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