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magazineSummer 2004

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Convocation2004

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There’s a century of UPEI in the middle of the magazine

Spirits were flying high on Saturday, May 8, as students, families, friends, and faculty celebrated the academic accomplishments of the Class of 2004. President MacLauchlan’s words captured the feelings of pride and joy that were reflected on everyone’s smiling faces: “Every single graduate represents a story of achievement and of wonderful promise for the future,” he said. “ey can be proud of their UPEI education and of the university they will be attached to for the rest of their lives.”

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Contents

Honorary Degree RecipientsGeorges Arsenault is a writer, broadcaster, historian, and folklorist born in Abram's Village. He

has collected Acadian oral histories and songs across PEI and these recordings form a significant archival collection at the Centre for Acadian Studies, Université de Moncton. He has written 10 books, 12 smaller volumes, and numerous journal and magazine articles. He was host of “L’Acadie c’matin” for CBC Radio Canada from 1986 to 2003.

Antonine Maillet was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. She has taught at Université de Moncton, Montreal University, and Laval University. She was the Chancellor of Université de Moncton from 1989 to 2001. She has numerous literary works to her credit. The crowning success of her career as a writer came with her novel Pélagie-la-Charrette, for which she was awarded the most prestigious French literary prize, "Le prix Goncour," in 1979.

Francis C. Blanchard of Charlottetown has made significant contributions to education, history, and multiculturalism in PEI. He had a 35-year career as a teacher. He has served as president of Société Saint Thomas d’Aquin, the PEI Teachers’ Federation, and the Board of Governors of SDU. He is a member of the organizing committee for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Acadians in the Maritimes.

Dr. Arnold Hiltz was born in Sea View, PEI. He enrolled at PWC in 1940. He had a 27-year career with General Electric, first as a senior scientist and then as manager of materials applications for GE’s spacecraft operations division. His expertise has been called upon by NASA. He has published 27 papers in the field of chemistry and has been awarded four US patents. During his career, he undertook independent theological study and was ordained in the Episcopal Church.

Senator Jacques Hébert, a native of Montreal, first came to PEI in 1938 at the age of 16 to attend SDU. He was appointed to the Senate in 1983. His commitment to youth, both in Canada and throughout the world, inspired him to found Canada World Youth in 1971, and then Katimavik in 1977. He has written numerous books and contributed to many publications. In 2002, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his outstanding contribution to world understanding and peace.

Justice Ellen Macdonald was born in Souris, PEI. She began her university education at SDU and graduated from UPEI in 1970. She began her legal career in Toronto in 1975, practising at various firms until she was appointed to the Superior Court of Justice in 1991. Prior and subsequent to her appointment on the bench, Justice Macdonald has been active in continuing education for lawyers and judges. In 2001, she received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from UPEI.

On the coverSoon-to-be graduates in front of the entrance to Main Building on gown-fitting day: front row: Sulari Rajapaksa. Middle row, l-r: Joel Walker, Chris Power, Janis MacKay. Back row, l-r: Kent Avery, Sonya Swinamer.

ContentsPresident’s Message 3Good News 4Research News 6Building a Legacy 7Celebrating 200 Years 9 (1904–2004) Residence Renewal 13and Expansion Alumni News 14 Alumni Update 18AfterWords 20

A very special thanks to the following people for their contributions to this issue:Boyde Beck, Alf Blanchard, Marc Braithwaite, Laurie Brinklow, Irene Burge, Erin Gray, Clare Henderson, Kevin Lewis, Simon Lloyd, Ed MacDonald,Bob Pritchett, Heather Rossiter.

Editor: Anne McCallumPhotos: Camera Art, UPEI PhotographyDesign: Graphic Services, UPEI

UPEI Magazine is a publication of the University of Prince Edward Island and the UPEI Alumni Association. It is produced for friends and alumni of UPEI by Advancement Services and the Department of Audiovisual Services, UPEI. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please address all correspondence and advertising inquiries to: Editor, UPEI Magazine, Advancement Services, UPEI, 550 University Ave., Charlottetown, PE, Canada, C1A 4P3. Tel:902-566-0615, fax: 902- 566-0782, e-mail: [email protected]

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Georges Arsenault, Antonine Maillet, Francis C. Blanchard

Senator Jacques Hébert, Justice Ellen Macdonald, Dr. Arnold Hiltz

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UPEI Graduates Largest Class Ever UPEI graduated its largest class ever during two convocations on May 8, 2004, with 665 diplomas, undergraduate, graduate, and doc-torate degrees awarded. A special tribute was made to the 400-year anniversary of the arrival of the Acadians in the Maritimes. e University also honoured 200 years of higher education with the unveiling of Canada Post's commemorative stamp celebrating the founding of PEI's first college in 1804.

Acadian author and personal-ity Antonine Maillet delivered the morning convocation address. She was awarded an honorary degree, along with historian and folklor-ist Georges Arsenault and Island educator Francis C. Blanchard.

Research chemist Dr. Arnold Hiltz delivered the afternoon address. Dr. Hiltz, along with Nobel Peace Prize nominee and youth advocate Senator Jacques Hébert, and the Honourable Madam Justice Ellen Macdonald who graduated from UPEI in 1970, were also honorary degree recipients.

e Marshall for both convocations was Dr. Brent MacLaine. e Honorary Marshalls for the morning ceremony were John Bradley (SDU’49) and Gail Wellner (PWC’59). e Mace Bearer was Chris-topher Piscitelli (UPEI’04). e Honorary Marshalls for the afternoon ceremony were Diane Griffin (SDU’69) and Austen Bowman (PWC’49). e Mace Bearer was Christopher Power (UPEI’04).

Shauna Blois of Old Barns, Nova Scotia, delivered the morning valedictory address. She was awarded a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (First Class Standing). Shauna will soon begin an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph. Joel Walker, who was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree, was valedictorian for the afternoon ceremony. A resident of Charlottetown, Joel plans to pursue a degree in education at UPEI.

Prizes and Medals Awardedat Convocation 2004e Governor General’s Medal (Graduate): Javier Sanchez

e Governor General's Medal (Undergraduate); e Polyclinic Prize; e University of Prince Edward Island Alumni Prize; Ambrose Lee Prize: Jonah Campbell

A University Prize; Ambrose Lee Prize: Kevin Cormier

e Rundell Seaman Prize; e National Bank Prize: Crystal MacLeod A University Prize: Craig Durant

e Henry Birks & Sons Medal; e Peake & McInnis Ltd. Prize: Valerie Campbell e R. G. omson Academic Achievement Medal: Shannon Martinson e University of Prince Edward Island Student Union Prize: Amy Allen e Margaret F. Munro Scholarship: Linda Howell e Faculty of Education Prize: Dylan Taylor

A University Prize: Sam Arsenault

Canada Post Recognizes 200 Years of Higher Education with a Commemorative UPEI StampCanada Post recognized the 200th anniversary of higher education on PEI with a commemorative 49¢ stamp issued on May 8 and unveiled at both Convocations. "This establishment, in one form or another, has been a mainstay for the province of PEI for the past 200 years. That kind of history and accomplishment should be celebrated," said Anne Joynt, President and CEO of Canada Post. "Canada Post is proud to spread the word of this Island treasure." The stamp features a photo of the historic Main Building, the UPEI coat of arms, and a vertical ribbon showcasing the school's colours. Member of Parliament for Egmont, Mr. Joe McGuire, represented the federal govern-ment at the morning ceremony and Mr. Shawn Murphy, MP for Hillsborough, officiated in the afternoon.

Lieutenant-Governor Léonce Bernard presents the Governor General’s Medal (undergraduate) to Jonah Campbell

Mace Bearer Chris Power

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Wherever I meet UPEI alumni and friends, you tell me how excited you are about the growth and development of our university. It is wonderfully gratifying to hear about, and to share in, this widespread sense of pride in UPEI. With the various initiatives around heritage and special reunions, the energy of the Building a Legacy Campaign, the development of our magnifi-cent campus, the growth in our enrolments and research, and the success of our graduates, it is hard not to be excited about UPEI today.

For me, and for all of us, this sense of excitement and pride is matched with a sense of obliga-tion and urgency. This is not just about making ourselves feel good. It is about building a uni-versity and a society, and about being as able as we can possibly be for a knowledge-based fu-ture. That future will require UPEI to live up to — and set — the highest possible standards in teaching and research, and it will bring serious demographic challenges. PEI will either be a point of attraction for people and investments, or we will see those people and investments go elsewhere. As Jeffrey Simp-son said in a commentary in The Globe and Mail May 15, UPEI is “the only institution that offers PEI a better future.”

This is serious business, the most serious any of us can contemplate for our society and our university. This is a year for action, on several fronts.

First, 2004 is a year to em-brace our heritage. We celebrate 200 years of higher education on Prince Edward Island, 150 years since the founding of St. Dunstan’s, special reunions for many graduates, and a Grand Reunion at the end of July. We have unveiled the Canada Post special commemorative stamp. It’s a beauty. The full calendar of bicentennial events is online at www.upei.ca/200years/. Make sure 2004 is a special year for you to connect with your heritage.

Second, 2004 is a year to look to the future, including a long-term plan for the develop-ment of UPEI’s campus through to 2030. There will be various opportunities to take part in that process, including online. You’ll be very impressed by what you see at www.upei.ca/masterplan/.

Third, 2004 must be our year to show that UPEI can play in the big leagues of supporting our university. I call this our year for “25-25.” By the end of 2004, with the right collective effort, we aim to meet our target of $25 million for the Building a Legacy Cam-paign. Many people thought this impossible. This issue of the UPEI Magazine announces that we have secured $20 million, or 80 per cent, of that objective. That has come about through unprecedented generosity, and belief in UPEI. Let’s put every effort, and every resource, into meeting our target by the end of the calendar year.

The second “25” refers to participation. Let’s make 2004 the year when 25 per cent of our alumni support UPEI financially. By making a special effort to bring our collective giving up to 25 per cent, we would put UPEI in the top ranks of universities in Canada or elsewhere. This should be easily achievable. But it will only be achieved if each of us does our part. It will be achieved if you do your part.

So, let’s make this the year when we see “25-25” for UPEI. Let’s make this the year when we embrace, and enrich, our sense of heritage. And let’s continue building UPEI as a GREAT univer-sity of which we can all be justly proud.

H. Wade MacLauchlanPresident & Vice-ChancellorUPEI BBA ’76

President’s MessageA Time of Excitement; A Time for Action

e Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) recently celebrated a generous donation from the R. Howard Webster Foundation, the Eric T. Web-ster Foundation, and Chancellor Norman Web-ster and family. eir gift of $1 million will fund programs to enhance student success. e TLC will develop programs and initiatives around the theme of “Transitions.” is leadership donation combines with a previous $1 million gift to sup-port the Webster Smart Campus initiative.

“We are very, very grateful for this leadership sup-port of the Webster Family and Foundations,” said President Wade MacLauchlan. “UPEI has benefited enormously from the generosity of the Websters going back to the 1970s, and from Norman Webster's good grace and leadership as Chancel-lor since 1996. Two topics of special interest to Chancellor Webster have been student learning and innovation.”

Norman Webster was born in Summerside, PEI. He was a Rhodes Scholar and holds an MA from St. John’s College, Oxford. He has had a distinguished career in journalism, including terms as editor-in-chief of e Globe and Mail and e Montreal Gazette.

Million-Dollar Boost for Teach-ing and Learning from Webster Family and Foundations

Vice-President Academic Development Vianne Timmons, President Wade MacLauchlan, Chancellor Norman Webster, and his wife Pat Webster

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Another Winner at AUUBCFor the second year in a row, a UPEI biology student made the top oral presentation at the Atlantic University Undergraduate Biology Conference. e winner, Christine Paetzold, also received NSERC’s Representatives’ Undergraduate Student Award and was the second-place finisher for the Associated Aquaculture conference held the same weekend.

Cultural Expeditions in NursingNursing students are becoming more knowledgeable about health care beliefs and values in other countries through a multidimensional exchange program with the US and Mexico. UPEI is a partner in the North American Mobility Project involving Dalhousie University, University of Missouri, Uni-versity of Iowa, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, and Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon. In addition to three-week cultural immersion experiences in the participating countries, students take advantage of a web-enhanced course called “Cultural Expeditions in Nursing.”

Physics Co-op Students on the Jobe popular Co-operative Education Program has expanded to include a Physics option for the first time. Co-op students apply theoretical knowledge from their university studies to a variety of workplace settings. e workplace experience pro-vides students with enhanced job opportunities upon gradu-ation. ey also receive a salary during placements. Pictured here are five Physics Co-op students employed by the Univer-sity for the summer, and one student who is working in Scot-land: (l-r) Dr. Sheldon Opps, co-ordinator, Blair MacEwen, Evan O'Connor, Jason MacWilliams, Holly DeRoche, André Gaudin, Glen Robertson, and President Wade MacLauchlan.

New Corporate Finance Textbook Published

In Canada, there are just six Canadian textbooks on finance used by the 60 uni-versities and 70 colleges that offer business programs. e selection has just increased by one with the release of a new textbook co-authored by Dr. Sean Hennessey, a professor in the UPEI School of Business. Principles of Corporate Finance was re-leased by Pearson Education Canada, a division of Prentice Hall. Last year, Pearson pub-lished Dr. Hennessey’s first book, Principles of Managerial

International Lobster Conference Coming to AVC

e Lobster Science Centre at the Atlantic Veterinary College and the PEI Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Forestry will co-host the prestigious International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management in 2007. e forum is an opportunity for scientists, fisheries managers, fishers, and processors from more than 20 countries to meet for a week of research pre-sentations, symposia, and discussions on the future of lobster biology and management. Approximately 350 international delegates are expected.

Finance. It has sold almost 3,000 copies to date and is in use in business programs across the country. e new textbook, as with the first, was co-authored with Dr. Lawrence Gitman of San Diego State University.

Mexican student nurses Guadalupe Castro, Paulina Lopez Rodriguez, Alma Esparza, and Alan Montelongo

3rd-year business student Shauna Cheverie with Dr. Sean Hennessey

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Dr. Jennifer Taylor Children’s ChampionDr. Jennifer Taylor, a professor in the Family and Nutritional Sciences Department, has been honoured for her commu-nity work by PEI Premier Pat Binns. She has received the Champions for Children Award, which celebrates the remark-able efforts being made to provide children with the necessary skills and opportunities to reach their full potential. Well-known for her work in establishing breakfast programs in PEI schools, and for her volunteer activities with parents’ and community organizations, Dr. Taylor played a key role in the development of the PEI Healthy Eating Alliance and is the lead on the School Healthy Eating Guidelines.

Engineering Students Excel at Nationals A team of four UPEI engineering students carried off fourth place at the 2004 National Engineering Competition at McMaster University. Adam Ostridge, Robert Mallett, Steven Matheson, and Robert Gillis competed against teams from some of the most prestigious universities in Canada.

UPEI Hosts Canadian Deans of Sciencee annual conference of the Canadian Council of Deans of Science was hosted by UPEI for the first time this year. Dr. Kevin Keough, Chief Scientist for Health Canada, discussed the government’s desire to enhance science and technology. Dr. Arthur Carty, National Science Advisor, outlined his new portfolio. His top priority will be to undertake an assess-ment of federal investments in science and technology and their beneficial impacts. e National Research Council’s new Institute for Nutrisciences and Health (NRC-INH) was discussed by Dr. Michael Mayne. NRC-INH scientists will combine forces with researchers at UPEI, government agen-cies, and the private sector to determine how naturally oc-curring compounds benefit human and animal health. Dr. Joe Brown, Interim Director of the Ocean Sciences Centre at Memorial University, tackled a range of ethical issues related to aquaculture. Academic integrity and plagiarism was the topic of a presentation by Dr. Sheila Embleton, Vice-President (Academic) of York University.

Island StudiesCo-ordinator AppointedAnnie Spears, Chair of the Economics Department, has been appointed as the Co-or-dinator of the Island Studies Program. e Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) en-gages students, faculty, and worldwide partners in the

study and creation of knowledge regarding characteristics of small islands. It was launched in 2003 and is looking forward to a second intake of students in the fall.

Campus Wins Active Workplace AwardIn September 2003, UPEI launched a multi-faceted program to help students, faculty, and staff “achieve an optimal wellness lifestyle using their own strengths and skills.” Former athletic director Barb Mullaly was appointed to lead the new initiative. Mullaly organized a multitude of activities and challenges to increase awareness of the role of wellness, and to encourage students, faculty, and staff to be more involved in campus life. e response from the campus was overwhelmingly positive, and in June the Active Living Alliance of PEI presented the 2004 Active Workplace Award to the University “for demonstrating innovative ideas and alternative approaches to encourage and enable people to become physically active.” e Award paid tribute to the UPEI community’s ability “to work together toward a common vision to attain uncommon results.”

New Record Set For Post-Graduate Fundinge University has once again set a new record for post-gradu-ate funding. Nine students have been awarded post-graduate scholarships for next year from the Natural Sciences and Engi-neering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), for an overall to-tal of $372,300. Last year all eight UPEI students who applied for post-graduate funding from NSERC were successful. "is is quite a remarkable achievement and goes to show the quality of the students who are graduating from our science and engi-neering programs at UPEI," says Dr. Christian Lacroix, UPEI's NSERC representative. "e competition for scholarships awarded by the national granting agency is very intense and only the very best students are selected." e students were: Lisa Purcell, Canada Graduate Doctoral scholarship of $35,000 a year; Michael Matchet, Canada Graduate Master’s scholar-ship of $17,500 a year; Paul Bernard, NSERC Post–Graduate Doctorate scholarship of $21,000 a year; Kevin Cormier, James Hooper, Maggie McConnell, Sarah Wheatley, Neil Moore, and Wade White, PGSM awards of $17,300.

Kevin Cormier, James Hooper, NSERC representative Dr. Christian Lacroix, Lisa Purcell, Michael Matchett, and UPEI Dean of Science, Dr. Roger Gordon.

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Innovation Awards for AVCDr. Herman Barkema of the Department of Health Management has been awarded $70,645 by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to aid in his work on the prevention and control of Johne’s disease in cattle, and to assist in determining if the disease has any association with Crohn’s disease in humans. Dr. Barkema’s testing facility is the only one of its kind in Canada. Dr. Chris Riley was awarded $56,063 for specialized research equipment to assess arthritis in horses and monitor the effects of drugs. Dr. Riley and his international team will be the first in the world to use the technology in this manner.

Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Health ScienceDr. Francke Berthe will join UPEI this summer as Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Health Science. Dr. Berthe is a leader in the field of mollusc diseases. His research will lead to the development of new strategies to combat diseases in shellfish, and improved management of diseases in stocks held under endemic situations in open waters.

Dr. Andy Tasker Vice-Chair of CCACDr. Andy Tasker, AVC’s former Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, has been elected Vice-Chair of the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC). e appointment marks the first time a PEI representative has served on the executive. His term runs until March 31, 2005, when he will become CCAC Chair.

Researching the Fat ConnectionDr. Cathy Chan of the Atlantic Veterinary College has been funded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to examine how dietary fat affects insulin-secreting cells. CIHR has awarded $282,414 to the project, which will be conducted over the next three years.

Dr. Herman Barkema, CFI representative Manon Harvey, Dr. Chris Riley, and Dean of the Atlantic Veterinary College, Dr. Tim Ogilvie.

Atlantic Research Commercialization Network LaunchedUPEI is a key player in the Atlantic Research Commercialization Network, a new initiative of the Association of Atlantic Universities (AAU) to enhance the efficiency of technology transfer at all universities in the region, and to accelerate the commercialization of technologies by Atlantic Canadian com-panies. Chair of the AAU, Wade MacLauchlan, states that “this research commercialization network is an important addition to the region’s knowledge economy, including jobs and research opportunities for our students and graduates, and innovation-based development for our communities.” e federal govern-ment will invest $3.6 million to support the network over the next three years.

Monique Saleh, project technician, Shawn Murphy, MP for Charlottetown, and Dr. Cathy Chan

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$100,000 Gift Celebrates Island RootsFor Robert Croken of Wilbraham, Massachusetts, Prince Edward Island always held a special meaning. PEI was his parents’ birthplace, and it was the place that represented the industriousness, and the commitment to family and community, in which they so strongly believed. His mother was Elizabeth E. McNally, born in Abram’s Village in 1877. His father was Frances A. Croken, born in Freetown in 1875. Robert Croken passed away in January of this year. He was a UPEI Planned Giving Visionary and, in his will, he honoured his parents and their Island roots by designating $100,000 in US funds to create an endowed scholarship in their names. e purpose will be to provide the financial means for a serious student to pursue a Nursing career. e recipient will be designated as the Frances A. Croken and Elizabeth E. McNally Scholar. More details will be published at a later date when Mr. Croken’s estate has been finalized.

$20 million, thanks to you!With barely one year under our belt since the Building a Legacy Campaign was launched to the public, UPEI is very pleased, and proud, to show you the results of support from far and wide. When we say we are proud, we are proud of you: those who have spread the good word about the continuing growth and success at UPEI, and who have made UPEI a part of your giving priorities. With continued levels of unprec-edented support, $20.2 million has been committed to making UPEI the centre-point of a healthy and prosperous future for PEI.

e illustrations below make the point boldly that support from within PEI is one of the key parts of the Campaign’s success. ese gifts are one-time and long-term commitments; they are gifts of cash, securities, and of property. ey are planned gifts, and gifts from estates. ey are creating scholarships for gifted students, provid-ing bursaries to make university study possible for the economically challenged, building our special and historic collections, maintaining our historic campus, supporting world-class research, and helping us reach out to the communities around us and around the world. All gifts are at levels that continue to give us pause to say “anks” again, and to marvel at the generosity of our alumni and friends.

So be proud·of UPEI, of PEI, and of yourself. Let’s bring UPEI to the attention of others who will be able to share in the success as we move quickly toward $25 million and a celebration of the success we have had in Building a Legacy.

With sincere appreciation,Kevin Lewis, Chief Development Officer

Owen Mullin (SDU’49) Supports UPEI at Many LevelsA St. Dunstan’s graduate who is already a contributor to the University, and who also supports an annual student prize in his name, has pledged an additional $50,000 to the Building a Legacy Campaign. Owen F. Mullin graduated from SDU with a BSc in 1949. He is retired president of TEKSIGN INC. in Mississauga, Ontario. His son, Daniel J. Mullin, is now president. When Owen Mullin confirmed his generous gift, he stated, “It is the responsibility of those of us who benefit from a university education to contribute to its financial welfare. I am confident that your campaign will be very successful.”

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Power Corporation Pledges $100,000e Power Corporation of Canada has pledged $100,000 to the Building a Legacy Campaign. is gift will assist the University to achieve the broad ob-jectives of the Campaign, including capital improve-ments, research support, new technologies, and enhanced scholarships and bursaries. e Power Corporation of Canada is a Montreal-based man-agement holding company with interests in the areas of financial and communi-cations services.

Islanders Committed to Building a LegacyMore and more Prince Edward Islanders are getting behind the Building a Legacy Campaign in a big way. Over 50 per cent of our gifts to date have come from people and institutions in PEI. Pictured above are Blair and Donna MacLauchlan who recently made a gift of $50,000 to support the MacLauchlan Arena. Accepting their donation is the campaign chair, Fred Hyndman.

$50,000 Boost for Smart Earth Institute

FitzGerald and Snow Ltd., a general contracting firm from PEI, has pledged $50,000 to support the work of the Smart Earth Institute being developed at UPEI to focus on environmental protection and resource sustainability. FitzGerald and Snow Ltd. was founded in 1961 by Lester Fitzgerald and H. E. (Harry) Snow. In addition to its head office in Summerside, the company operates a branch office in Dartmouth, NS, and a wholly owned subsidiary, Orion Construction Ltd. in Saint John, NB.

$1.3 million from IBM to Unlock Mystery of How Different Cultures LearnUPEI and IBM Canada Ltd. have joined forces in a revolution-ary research project to assess how different cultures learn and how best to teach. Using IBM technology to create an online archive of cultural artifacts from PEI and New Brunswick, re-searchers will study how individuals process and learn using multimedia, and investigate how best to use multimedia in ed-ucation and how to adapt it for unique cultures. As part of the five-year agreement, IBM has made an in-kind contribution of more than $1.3 million to the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Culture, Multimedia, Technology, and Cognition. IBM will configure a digital library at UPEI, which will be ac-cessible to institute-related initiatives taking place at UPEI’s partner schools, Université de Moncton and UNB.

Elaine Harrison Estate Funds Arts and Music ScholarshipsTeacher and artist Elaine Harrison passed away in June 2003, but her memory continues to inspire the many people who admired her joy-filled paintings and her wholehearted contri-butions to environmental causes. Her influence lives on, too, at UPEI, where several new scholarships and awards are being created in Arts and Music, thanks to a $75,000 gift from her estate. Ms. Harrison graduated from Dalhousie in 1937 and moved to PEI the same year. In 1939 she began a 30-year ca-reer as an English and Latin teacher. When she retired in 1968, she devoted her extraordinary energy to painting, writing, and environmental activism. Her influential work as a teacher was acknowledged by a scholarship, established in her name in 1981, by former student George Rankin Schurman, and with a medal for meritorious service to education from UPEI. In 1997, Ms Harrison received an honorary degree from UPEI.

IBM Canada’s John Kutcy and Dr. Annabel Cohen.

Betty Howatt, friend of Elaine Harrison; Judy MacDonald, Elaine Harrison’s niece; Richard Kurial, UPEI Dean of Arts; Phyllis Dunlop, Elaine Harrison’s sister; and Kevin Lewis, Chief Development Officer

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1904-2004: the next one hundred yearsTimeline

Celebrating Years

In the following four pages we proudly present the second installment of our special series celebrating 200 years of higher education on Prince Edward Island. In the last issue we highlighted infl uential individuals and events from the fi rst 100 years of our history (1804–1904). Here we pay tribute to some of the committed and outstanding people who helped shape our University in the 20th century.

A tribute to those who have roamed the halls...

Dr. Samuel Napier Robertson (1869–1937)Samuel Napier Robertson, a native Islander, entered PWC in 1884 and graduated in 1887. At PWC, he came under the direct infl uence of Principal Alexander Anderson. Little did he know that in a few years’ time he would be Dr. Anderson’s successor. Robertson once said, “He used to exhort us to speak so that everybody could hear us whether they wanted to

or not.” He continued his education at Dalhousie University, where he received his Bachelor’s and Master of Arts degrees. In 1901 he began his reign as Principal. Through three decades, Dr. Robertson devoted himself to maintaining high academic standards and guiding the school through war, economic depression, and, in 1932, physical disaster when the College building was destroyed by fi re. When Dr. Robertson died suddenly on October 3, 1937, the Island lost a colourful educator, one with high standards and what

1917 By means of a provincial charter, St. Dunstan’s received authority to operate as a degree-granting institution.

1932 The Prince of Wales College building burned down in a devastating fi re, but, within a year, a new building was erected.

1933 The fi rst lesson in co-operation between St. Dunstan’s and Prince of Wales College involved the Carnegie Corporation, which funded a joint Chair in Economics and Sociology. Professor John T. Croteau arrived from New England and taught at both colleges.

Prince of Wales College added an extra year to the academic program to include sophomore year courses. It now functioned as a full-fl edged junior college.

1941 While retaining its affi liation with Université Laval, St. Dunstan’s College activated its charter, becoming St. Dunstan’s University.

Sister Bernice Cullen was the fi rst recipient of a St. Dunstan’s degree.

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he used to call “stick-to-itiveness.” The Robertson Library, on the UPEI campus, is named after the classical scholar and educator who loved libraries.

River, PEI. He attended PWC before entering St. Dunstan’s University, from which he graduated with a BA (Honours) from Université Laval, Quebec. He earned his doctorate in Philosophy and Theology at Grand Seminary, Quebec, and completed post-graduate studies at the Catholic University of America. Following his ordination in 1918 at his native parish of St. Augustine’s, South Rustico, he was appointed to the faculty of SDU, where he taught for one year. In 1930, at the age of 35, James McGuigan was appointed Archbishop of Regina, becoming one of the world’s youngest archbishops. He was soon transferred to the Archdiocese of Toronto, a position he held until his retirement in 1971. In 1945 he became Canada’s fi rst English-speaking Cardinal, when he became a member of the Papal College of Cardinals. Although his positions took him all over the world, Cardinal McGuigan never lost touch with PEI, and he returned several times to visit many Island churches.

Sister Bernice Cullen (1914– ) Sister Bernice Cullen was the fi rst person ever to receive a St. Dunstan’s degree, and the fi rst woman to graduate from the University. She initially attended Prince of Wales College to become a teacher, and then taught in local schools. In 1935 she became a professed member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Martha. In 1939 she registered at SDU, 1944

Gertrude Butler became St. Dunstan’s fi rst female lay graduate.

1956 St. Dunstan’s terminated its affi liation with Université Laval.

1960 Construction began on Montgomery Hall, Prince of Wales College’s fi rst female residence, which also included a library, a common room, and a dining hall. 1965 The Provincial Legislature passed the new Prince of Wales College Act, giving the College degree-granting status.

1969 In May 1969, Prince of Wales College awarded 62 students the institution’s fi rst Bachelor degrees.

Through an Act of Provincial Legislation, the province moved to create “a single, public, non-denominational institution of higher education,” and, in April 1969, the University of Prince Edward Island was incorporated.

1974 The University Progress Fund raised close to $3 million in private donations, which was added to the $7 million of public funding for infrastructure improvements at UPEI. Most importantly, a new library was built and opened in 1975, named the Robertson Library.

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His Eminence James Cardinal McGuigan (1894–1974) His Eminence James Cardinal McGuigan was born in 1894 in Hunter

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graduating in 1941. She received her doctorate in Sacred Doctrine in 1958 and joined the St. Dunstan’s faculty in 1966 as head of the Department of Religious Studies. She remained at the University for 12 years, seeing the amalgamation of SDU and PWC through its founding years. Over the years, she has written many articles for magazines, as well as a history of the Sisters of St. Martha. As she celebrates her 90th birthday in 2004, Sister Bernice remains devoted to her congregation, her community, and her Alma Mater.

Dr. Frank MacKinnon(1919– ) Born in 1919 in Charlottetown, Frank MacKinnon, the son of Murdoch MacKinnon, former Lieutenant-Governor of PEI, began his education at local schools and PWC. He graduated from McGill University with an honours BA, and from the University of Toronto with an MA in Public Administration and a PhD in Political Science. In 1949, at the age of 30, he became the Principal of PWC. Dr. MacKinnon took PWC from a junior college to a degree-granting institution. Besides being a prominent member of the leading cultural and historical organizations in the province, in 1951 he won the Governor-General’s Award for Non-Fiction for his book, The Government of Prince Edward Island. He was chiefl y responsible for the establishment of the Confederation Centre of the Arts, which opened in 1964. In 1968 Dr. MacKinnon went on to teach Political Science at the University of Calgary. In 2002, in co-operation with the Confederation

Centre, UPEI established the annual Dr. Frank MacKinnon Lecture Series to recognize his leadership.

1983 The Department of Business Administration was granted separate faculty status and became the School of Business Administration.

1986 The Atlantic Veterinary College opened its doors to its fi rst class of future Doctors of Veterinary Medicine.

1987 The Challenge of the Eighties campaign surpassed its goal of $5 million for renovations to the campus, including the complete overhaul of Main Building.

1989 The fi rst Master’s Degree in Science was awarded to a student from the Atlantic Veterinary College.

1990 The Chi-Wan Young Memorial Sports Centre opened its doors to host the 1991 Canada Games. This was made possible through a signifi cant gift from a former St. Dunstan’s student, Dr. Albert Young.1991The Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall, named after an Island benefactor, patron of the arts, and generous donor, opened in 1991, and serves as the dining hall for on- and off -campus students.

1992 The fi rst students of the UPEI School of Nursing were admitted.

1997 The Potential Within campaign met its goal to raise $7 million to build a fi rst-class science facility (the K. C. Irving Building), renovate Cass Science Hall, and purchase state-of-the-art science equipment.

At the offi cial opening ceremony of the Chi-Wan Young Memorial Sports Centre. (UPEI)

Wendy Paquette(1950– )Wendy Paquette, born in Charlottetown and raised in Summerside, began her history with the University when she attended UPEI to earn her BA and BEd in 1972–73 — degrees she initially used to pursue a two-year Dr. Frank MacKinnon (UPEIA)

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career as a high school teacher in Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia. She then spent 14 years with the Council of Maritime Premiers, joining the Maritime Telegraph & Telephone (MTT) regulatory and government relations department in 1990. She has held a number of key roles, including President and COO of MTT Mobility, and President of MTT. Currently, she is Senior Vice President, Customer Service, for Aliant, where she has made great strides for women in business. For the past four years she has been named one of the 50 most powerful businesswomen in Canada. She was a silver award-winner for Businessperson of the Year in Halifax for 2003. Wendy is giving back to her Alma Mater by serving on the Building a Legacy Campaign cabinet, helping to raise funds to support students, programs, and campus growth.

Dr. Elizabeth Rollins Epperly (1951– )Elizabeth Rollins Epperly, or “Betsy,” as she is known to many, was born in Martinsville, Virginia. She was so intrigued with Lucy Maud Montgomery’s descriptions of PEI that she persuaded her mother to drive her to the Island for a vacation. When she decided to apply to Montgomery’s Alma Mater, PWC, for the fall of 1969, she learned that PWC no longer existed, but that she could attend the newly created UPEI. She became the fi rst student to register, and graduated four years later with a BA in English Literature. She went on to Dalhousie for an MA, and to the University of London for a PhD. Dr. Epperly returned to UPEI as an Associate Professor of English in 1992. She was the founder and fi rst Chair of the L. M. Montgomery Institute. In 1995, Dr. Epperly became the University’s fourth President and the fi rst female to hold that position. Now a professor

of English at UPEI, she is author and editor of dozens of articles and some half-dozen books, as well as curator of real-time and online exhibitions. Dr. Epperly continues to play a signifi cant role in the success of the L. M. Montgomery Institute and UPEI as a whole.

1999 The Faculty of Education introduced the Master of Education program, following an amendment to the University Act in 1998.

2000 The Faculty of Science enrolled its fi rst students in the Master of Science programs in Biology and Chemistry.

UPEI held its fi rst annual Founders’ Day.

2003 UPEI launched its most ambitious fundraising campaign to date, Building a Legacy, to raise $25 million for new investments in the campus.

The fi rst graduate program in the Faculty of Arts, a Master

of Arts in Island Studies, was established in conjunction with UPEI’s Institute of Island Studies.

Premier Pat Binns offi cially proclaimed 2004 as the Year of Learning and Innovation to commemorate 200 years of higher education on Prince Edward Island.

Campaign Cabinet members (l-r): Tim Ogilvie, John Keaveny, Wade MacLauchlan, Regis Duff y, and Fred Hyndman (Chair).

UPEI Chancellor Norman Webster congratulates Milton Wood on receiving special recognition as a “founder” in the development of the University

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Time to Celebrate Our Visionariese growing number of UPEI friends and alumni who make substantial investments in our students, programs, and facilities through “planned giving” will soon be hon-oured through a new society. To be officially launched this fall, e Visionary Society celebrates the many generous individuals and families who have chosen to make a powerful impact on the quality of education in one of the following ways:

• Arranged a planned gift of $100,000 or more, OR

• Planned or bequeathed 10 per cent of their estate to UPEI, OR

• Designated the residual of their estate to UPEI.

Donor Relations Manager Tracey Comeau has met with financial and legal advisors to ensure that they are aware of the advantages, and simplicity, of planned giving options at UPEI. She estimates that e Visionary Society has the potential to

attract $10 million over the next few years. “We are delighted by the number of people who are now recognizing the many advan-tages of planned giving, to themselves, to our students, and to the future prosperity of PEI,” she points out. “We have already at-tracted a number of donors to the Visionary Society and we haven’t officially launched it yet.”

In addition to supporting the University, planned gifts can provide financial advan-tages for their donors. ey may help reduce or eliminate capital gains taxes, generate a current income tax deduction, or reduce and eliminate probate fees. ey can take the form of a present gift of cash, RRSPs/RRIFs, shares, stocks, bonds, or property. Alternatively, they can be set up as a future gift through the purchase of a life insurance policy, gift annuity, or a bequest in a will.

If you would like to know more about e Visionary Society, or any aspect of planned giving, Tracey Comeau would be delighted to hear from you. Discussions are confi-dential and no commitment is implied. She is also available to provide information to financial or legal advisors who have clients interested in making gifts to the University. Tracey may be reached at (902) 566-0354 or by e-mail at [email protected]. A brochure containing sample wording for wills and other pertinent information may be mailed to you on request. It is available online at www.upei.ca/legacy/html/visionary.html.

Campus life continues to hit new heights. Following the opening of the W. A. Murphy Student Centre in 2002, and the completion of the CARI Recreation Complex this year, students now have their sights set on a new state-of-the-art resi-dence facility scheduled to begin construction in late summer.

Equally exciting is the re-furbishment of Blanchard and Bernardine Halls, residences that have served the University well for

more than 30 years. e scheduled upgrades are already under way and will carry through to the end of summer 2005, just in time for the opening of the new residence. Marian Hall will be decommis-sioned as a residence, and various options for the building are being considered as part of the Campus Master Plan.

Students are sure to be thrilled with the layout of the new resi-dence facility. Every student can

look forward to a private, single room among a selection of one-, two-, and three-bedroom suites. Even the bathrooms and kitchen-ettes are designed for maximum efficiency and convenience for students on-the-run. When stu-dents need to get away from it all, they will be able to retreat to one of several TV lounges or study rooms. ere will be a secure bike stor-age area, laundry rooms on each floor, an elevator, and an electricity generator for those rare occasions when power is lost during a storm. e planning committee, led by William H. Chandler Architects, tackled the residence details follow-ing considerable consultation with UPEI students, residence staff, and other universities.

Residences will continue to include telephone and voice mail, cable access, and high-speed Internet services, with a move to include Internet wireless capabil-ity. e existing residences will be re-equipped with new furnishings throughout. Bernardine Hall will be the first to take delivery of the new furniture in August.

e new residence facility (yet to be named) will be linked to an expanded Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall. As part of the new campus-wide food services initiative, the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall will also

undergo significant upgrades to both the food service and seating areas. Students will have around-the-clock access to their meal plan program (7 .. to 7 ..) with ex-tended service to 10 .. for those late-night snack cravings.

e new and refurbished residences are sure to be a leading attraction for the many summer conferences that take place on campus. From hockey schools to English language programs to Vet Camps to research and academic conferences, the University is in a better position than ever to wrap its welcoming arms around the thou-sands of alumni, scholars, athletes, professionals, and international visitors who arrive each year. For more information on the Residence Renewal Strategy, contact Marc R. Braithwaite at (902) 566-0585 or [email protected].

How To Support Residence RenewalYou can designate Building a Legacy Campaign contributions toward Residence Renewal with a tax deductible charitable gift by contacting Kevin Lewis at (902) 894-2888 or [email protected] or online at upei.ca/legacy

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Alumni Association President’s MessageHello Fellow Alumni! I am Heather Rossiter, and it is my pleasure to be serving as the President of our Alumni As-sociation.

It’s hard to imagine all the changes at UPEI since my days here (BBA’91 and Dip-PA’92). We have a new rink with the MacLauchlan Arena, and we have the new CARI Aquatics facility. As well, we have a fantastic building in the W. A. Murphy Student Centre—good-bye Barn, I’ll never forget you. ere are now over 3,300 full-time stu-

dents, and we had the larg-est ever graduating class—665—in 2004!

As we celebrate 200 years since the roots of UPEI were set down with the establish-ment of Kent College, there are a few points I’d like to share with you, ones that we will be celebrating this sum-mer and into the fall:

Reunion Weekend:July 23 to 25•HRA-Panther Classic Golf

Tournament: July 23 (Fox Meadow Golf and Country Club)

•SDU 150 Year Anniversary and the All-years’ Reunion: July 23-25 (UPEI Campus)

•UPEI Alumni Summertime Pub: July 23 (e Wave, W. A. Murphy Student Centre)

•200 Years Website: www.upei.ca/200years

One goal I have set as Presi-dent of the Alumni Associa-tion is the increase in partic-ipation of alumni with UPEI. Participation can happen in a number of ways. You can make a donation to the Build-ing a Legacy Campaign; you can attend one of our orga-nized events on PEI or with

one of our chapters in Hali-fax, Ottawa, Calgary, Toron-to, and soon-to-be-off-the- ground in Vancouver and Victoria; you can become a mentor for a student; you can volunteer with the asso-ciation—we need help with events and committees; and you can help LOCATE our LOST ALUMNI.

So get involved: come back and help out a great Uni-versity on the rise.

For further informa-tion on the Association and its activities, please e-mail [email protected] or call (902) 566-0761.

See you at reunion week-end this summer!!

Sincerely,Heather Rossiter,BBA’91, DipPA’92

Student Union President’s Message

It is an exciting time to be part of the University of Prince Edward Island. As the University grows, both in its student population and its infrastructure, it is go-ing through many changes. As the new President of the UPEISU, I can confidently tell you that for our Union, one of the most exciting chang-es in the past few years was the completion of the W. A. Murphy Student Centre. is building is the culmi-nation of years of work on behalf of students past and present. Alumni should look

with pride upon the build-ing, knowing how much we value your significant contri-butions. It now acts as a cen-trepiece for student life. It is not rare to see the Courtyard teeming with students just hanging out between class-es or even studying for a mid-term. e W. A. Murphy Stu-dent Centre, and your contri-butions to it, have allowed us to improve student life on campus, one of the most im-portant goals of our Student Union.

As I look forward to the year to come, I see there are

many challenges to be faced, both in our own Union and within the University com-munity. However, I can say with certainty that everyone on this campus holds this school dear, as I’m sure all those who have ever studied here do, too. I know we will work hard together to ensure that this great small Univer-sity keeps getting better and better for students, staff, fac-ulty, and alumni, and that you will return to the cam-pus with a continued sense of “Panther Pride.”Clare Henderson

There’s more alumni news at www.upei.ca/alumni

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Senator Percy E. Downe Distinguished AlumnusSenator Percy E. Downe was the 2003 recipient of the annual Distinguished Alumnus Award. A Charlottetown native, Sena-tor Downe received his BA in Political Science from UPEI in 1977. Before his Senate appointment on June 26, 2003, he was Chief of Staff for Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. He served as the Prime Minister’s Director of Appointments, and as Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State for Veterans Af-fairs, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Minister of Labour. He was Executive Assistant to the Premier of PEI from 1986 to 1993. His Senate priorities include education, the protection of the environment, and the long-term needs of veterans and the Veterans Affairs Canada headquarters in Charlottetown. Senator Downe lives in Charlottetown with his spouse and two children.

e Distinguished Alumnus/a Award was established in 1990 and SDU’49 graduate Bill Ledwell was the first recipi-ent. Other distinguished alumni are Barbara Macnutt, Diane Griffin, Douglas R. Smith, Joy Hanley, Rundell U. Seaman, Dr. F. W. P. Bolger, Kevin W. Murphy, Daniel P. Murphy, Lyle Brehaut, Roger Jabbour, Dr. Elizabeth R. Epperly, Madam Justice Ellen Macdonald, Bill LeClair, and Glenn Hynes.

Reunion Weekend 2004 ScheduleFriday, July 23, 2004

7:30 A.M. HRA-Panther Classic Golf Tournament—Fox Meadow Golf & Country Club, Stratford

1–7 P.M. SDU All-years’ Reunion Registration—W. A. Murphy Student Centre

1:30 / 2:30 / 3:30 /4:30 P.M. Campus Tours —Steps of Main Building7:30 P.M. SDU Alumni Mass

—Steel Recital Hall8 P.M. Classes of ’79, ’84, and ’94 Meet

and Greet—The Wave (W. A. Murphy Student Centre)

8:45 P.M. SDU Mass Reception—Courtyard (W. A. Murphy Student Centre)

9 P.M. Alumni Summertime Pub with Joey Kitson and Big City—The Wave (W. A. Murphy Centre)

Saturday, July 24, 20043:30 / 4:30 P.M. Campus tours

—Steps of Main Building5–7 P.M. SDU All-years’ Reunion

Registration —W. A. Murphy Student Centre8 P.M. SDU Saturday Night Social —W. A. Murphy Student Centre

Sunday, July 25, 200411 A.M. Mass celebrating 150 th anniversary of SDU —St. Dunstan’s Basilica Bishop Vernon Fougere, Chief Celebrant12:30–2 P.M. UPEI President’s Luncheon for SDU

All-years’ Reunion —W. A. Murphy Student Centre

SDU Classes of 1949, 1954, 1955, and 1959 are also planning special events this weekend. For more information, please contact Alf Blanchard, UPEI Alumni Communications Officer—[email protected] or call (902)566-0761.

Founders’ Day Celebrations Set for September 10On Friday, September 10, at 1.30 P.M., UPEI will celebrate its fifth Founders’ Day. The event was first held in 2000, to build a sense of UPEI heritage and traditions, to acknowl-edge as Founders people who have contributed in an exceptional way to the University, and to inculcate a sense of UPEI heritage and community among incoming and return-ing students. There will be a lunch in the Student Centre prior to the Founders’ Day cer-emony and a reception following. The main event will take place, weather permitting, on the verandah and in the quadrangle in front of Main Building. Founders’ Day 2004 will recognize people who made significant and long-time contributions as educators or in support of the educational mission of the University (UPEI, PWC, and/or SDU).For more info, go to www.upei.ca/alumni

President Wade MacLauchlan, Senator Percy Downe, and Hans Connor, Past- President, Alumni Association

The UPEI Alumni Association Board of Governors for 2004-2005 was elected at the Alumni AGM on June 1, 2004.

Board executive:President: Heather Rossiter, BBA’91, DipPA’92Vice-President: Marylou Hughes, BSc’85Treasurer: Frank Dew, BBA’89Secretary: Tom Laughlin, BBA’94Past-President: Hans Connor, BA’90

Members at large:Phil Muise, BBA’88Lorne Acorn, BA’90, DipPA’94Phil MacDougall, SDU’68Betty Johnston, BA’87Phil O’Halloran, BA’98Heather G. Morrison, BSc’91

Senate rep:Sue Loucks, BBA’79

Board of Governors reps:Joanne Ings, BA’75, DipPA’81Jim Gormley, BA’86

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Helen Curtis, PWC’60, Heather MacLeod, PWC’51, and Lloyd MacLeod enjoyed some oysters at Rodney’s.

Friends of UPEI in the Greater Toronto Area were out for a Meet & Greet evening at Rodney’s Oyster House on June 8

Tom Keefe, PWC’47, was joined by his grandson John W. Keefe and son John Keefe for some seafood.

Bill Pound, BBA’82, Wayne Gore, and Charley McMillan, SDU’67, shared a few laughs.

Angela Tingley, BBA’93, receives a gift basket from Invest PEI’s Doug Smith, BBA’76, and Kent Scales, BBA’89, who were in Toronto and dropped into Rodney’s for the event.

Distinguished Alumnus/a AwardsCall for Nominations

The UPEI Alumni Association seeks nominations for its 2004 Distinguished Alumnus/a Awards. They will be presented to three individuals who have made outstanding contributions to knowledge, to the arts, to the University, to the community, or made a special contribution to an area of service to humanity, as follows:

1) To a graduate of St. Dunstan’s University2) To a graduate of Prince of Wales College3) To a graduate of UPEI

Send nominations in written format, including background information on the nominees, to: [email protected] or UPEI Alumni Association, UPEI, 550 University Ave., Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3. The deadline for receipt of nominations is Friday, September 10, 2004. For more information call Alf Blanchard at (902) 566-0761.Fred MacDonald, PWC’68& BA’75, Grant Canvin, BA’75, and Mike Lyriotokis, BA’78 & BEd’79, were at the

2004 UPEI Sport Hall of Fame dinner. Inducted this year were Ed Hilton, Debbie White, Wilf MacDonald, the 1952 SDU Rugby team, Gordon Bennett, and Gil Collins.

UPEI Sport Hall of Fame

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In Memory of Earl “Nick” Nicholson

Earl “Nick” Nicholson, a familiar face to so many at PWC, SDU, and UPEI, passed away on May 14, 2003. Earl, who attended PWC and SDU, was Director of Physical Education and bas-ketball coach at PWC from 1964 until 1969. He was also the

manager of the Charlottetown Forum from 1955 until 1964.

When UPEI opened in the fall of 1969, Earl was the first Chair of the Athletics Depart-ment and men’s basketball coach. A short time later, Earl was appointed Director of Development and Alumni Affairs, a position he held until he retired in 1992. In re-tirement Earl spent time with

family and friends, golfing, listening to music, taking morning coffee breaks with friends at e Islander, and going on car rides with wife Marie. He is survived by Marie, three children, and three grandchildren.

In Memory of Dr. Kent Ellis

e Prince Edward Island community was greatly saddened with the passing of a highly regarded physician, Dr. Kent El-lis, PWC’54 and Hon Deg’03, on March 4, 2004. He graduated from Prince of Wales College in 1954, and completed his medical degree at Dalhousie University in 1959. He was a pillar of the Queen’s County area as a doctor, church leader, tourist operator, and commu-nity leader. A former president of the PEI Medical Society and former member of the Canadi-an Medical Association Board, he held a Fellowship in Family Medicine from the College of Family Physicians of Canada and was a past-president of the PWC Alumni Association. He was one of the few MDs who routinely made house calls, was al-most always “on call,” and served a huge client base throughout the Central Queen's area. He is survived by his wife Etta, three children, and four grandchildren.

Remembering Dr. Jean Halliday MacKayBy Dr. Irene Burge

Former UPEI Home Economics professor, Dr. Jean Halliday MacKay, died at her home in Charlottetown on February

13, 2004, at the age of 83. Jean was born in Eldon, PEI, daughter of Frank and Emeline (MacInnes) Halliday. In her family were brother James and sister Alice. Jean’s early education occurred at the Eldon primary school and Prince of Wales College. She obtained a First-Class Teacher’s Certificate in 1938. Jean taught in rural schools in

Prince Edward Island, joined the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) in 1942, and earned a BSc in Home Economics at Mount Allison in 1950. Subsequently, she worked as assistant dietitian at the Provincial Sanatorium in Charlottetown, taught high school in Sackville, NB, and worked as an Extension Home Economist in Western Canada. In 1956, Jean began studies at Michigan State University, where she received an MSc and PhD. She then taught at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba.

After she received her PhD, Jean married Wendell MacKay. While Wendell studied law at Dalhousie, Jean taught in the Home Economics Program at Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax. When they returned to PEI, she taught at Prince of Wales College. eir family was enlarged when son Kenneth and daughter Flora joined them. In 1969, Jean joined the UPEI faculty where she taught courses in Home Economics until her retirement in 1986. Both Kenneth and Wendell predeceased her.

Jean was loved, admired, and appreciated by her students. ey appreciated her great sense of humour. Jean was a very unassuming person. While she recognized her talents, she did not flaunt them. One of her talents was writing, which she put to good use when she published e Home Place: Life in Rural Prince Edward Island in the 1920s and 30s in 1999. She was always proud of her roots in Eldon, and the book chronicled the story of her childhood. For several years, Jean participated in the preparation of the manuscript, “e History of Home Economics on PEI.” In later years she was active in the Belfast Historical Society.

We at UPEI express sympathy to Flora, husband Paul Wood, and children Kenneth, Phillipa, and Aidan, and to Jean’s brother James, his wife Edna, and their son David.

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PWCArleen Harris, PWC’, again this season was fortunate enough to be on the PEI Women's Senior Provincial Curling Team that went to Vernon, BC, for the Nationals. Other members of the team are Shirley Berry, Skip; Linda Fairhurst, Second; and Karen McIntee (PWC’), Lead.

SDURev. Gerard Tingley, SDU’, celebrated his th Ordination anniversary on May , . He is presently pastor at St. Joachim’s Parish in Vernon River, PEI, and a member of the Board of Trustees of St. Dunstan’s University.

Diane Griffin, SDU’, BEd’, has retired from the PEI Depart-ment of Environment and Energy as the Assistant Deputy Minister for Environment.

sDonald F. Hills, BA’, obtained the CICP (Certified International Credit Professional) designation from Michigan State University. Don also holds the FCI designa-tion from the Credit Institute of Canada. Don works as Credit Man-ager for Teck Cominco Metals Ltd. in Toronto.

Brian R. MacPherson, BSc’, was honoured in early , win-ning the University of Kentucky Alumni Association Great Teacher Award, the oldest, continuously given award recognizing teaching at the University of Kentucky.

sGrace Cameron, BA’, DipPA’, completed her Certified Manage-ment Designation in Nova Scotia in October . In January she started a new job as Director of Finance and Administration with the Department of Justice, Office of the Northern Region, in Whitehorse, YT.

Terry Hunter, BA’, BEd’, is a Captain in the Training Devel-opment Branch of the Canadian Forces currently serving with Helicopter Operational Training Squadron at CFB Gagetown, NB. He was recently awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal and the Minister of Veterans Af-fairs Commendation for his work in keeping alive the memory of Island Veterans and ensuring their sacrifices are not forgotten through his organization of his-torical displays and parades. Terry has a seven-year-old daughter named Katri.

Jim Mutter, BBA’, has been ap-pointed the new president of the BC Premier’s Technology Council. Jim is a co-founder and former Vice-president, Business Devel-opment, of jaalaM Technologies, a Vancouver-based network intel-ligence software company.

Carolyn Ryan, BA’, is working in Toronto as a senior writer at cbc.ca, the online news service of CBC. Prior to that, she produced the CBC Radio morning show in Saint John, NB.

Gerard Hartley, BA’, gradu-ated from Queen’s University in with an MA in History. In he co-founded Public History Inc., an historical research firm with offices in Ottawa and Winnipeg, and associates situated across the country. Gerard resides in Ottawa with wife Sophie.

Matthew Hatvany, BA’, re-cently published his first book entitled Marshlands: Four Centu-ries of Environmental Change on the Shores of the St. Lawrence (Les Presses de l’Université Laval) and lives in Cap-Rouge, Quebec.

Angela (Van Dijk) Hynes, BSc’, and Allan Hynes an-nounce the birth of their second son Faron Theodore on August , , a brother for Cameron, age . They are moving back to St. John’s,

NL, as Allan finishes his periodon-tics studies.

Joan Masterson, BBA’, CGA, resides in Wolfville, NS, and was recently appointed Comptroller of Acadia University. She has been with Acadia since and was previously the Manager of Finan-cial Services.

sDarrell Cole, BA’, was recently promoted to managing editor of the Amherst Daily News and editorial director for Amherst Daily News, Citizen weekly newspaper, Sackville Tribune-Post, and Atlan-tic Post Calls. He lives in Amherst, NS, with wife Susan, a home-care worker with the Victorian Order of Nurses.

Dave Cullen, BBA’, and Tracy (nee Murray), BBA’, are pleased to announce the arrival of Ashley Jane, born January , , weighing lb. oz., a younger sister for Samantha.

Colleen Home, DVM’, has been working as the Poultry Vet-erinarian for the Province of New Brunswick since . She married Dean MacQuarrie on May , , and they live in Douglas, NB, with their dog Bob.

Michael Mayne, BSc’, and Laura Campbell, BA’, have returned to PEI. Michael com-pleted his PhD in molecular biology at University of Toronto in , and has been with the National Research Council since . He continues to operate his research lab at the University of Manitoba. Michael is the lead scientist with the new NRC Insti-tute for Nutrisciences and Health, to be located on the UPEI campus. Laura is a clinical psychologist and is currently working at the Richmond Centre in Charlotte-town. They were married in and welcomed daughter Emma Kate Campbell Mayne on October , .

Bob Chapman, BSc’, is with a biotech company in San Fran-cisco. Signature BioScience is an early stage drug discovery com-pany focusing on new therapeu-tics for cancer. Bob did a PhD in Chemistry at UBC under Professor John Sherman, then proceeded to do a postdoctoral fellowship in Chemistry at Harvard University for Professor George Whitesides. He left Harvard to work at a start-up called Signature BioScience, and has been with them for a little over four years. Bob and his wife welcomed Abby Nicole Chapman on April , .

Ann Allain, DVM’, married Jonathan Edwards on October , , in Campbellton, NB, with family and close friends in atten-dance. Ann is currently employed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Kentville, NS.

Kristine Suzuki, BBA’, CA, married Alexander Sasieta on June , , at St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church in Chicago, IL, followed by a reception on the th floor of the Sears Tower. Kris-tine and Alex reside in Chicago and are both senior managers with Deloitte Consulting, the management consulting group of Deloitte & Touche.

Sonya (nee Beaton) Benjamin, BA’, after a stay in Winnipeg and Hamilton, now lives in Dartmouth with husband Brad, and their chil-dren, Bradisha, , and Mitchell, .

Kelly (Colwill) Power, BA’, BEd’, and Ian Power, BBA’, announce the arrival of Jill Patricia on July , , a sister for Jordan, born in . Ian has taken on a new position at Kodak Canada Inc. in Summerside as a software engineer. Kelly is on maternity leave until September , when she returns to work as a teacher at Three Oaks Senior High.

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Rev. Doreen (Bird) Daley, BA’, has accepted a six-month Presbytery appointment as an Ordained Clergyperson to the Glen Falls Pastoral Charge in East Saint John, NB.

Werner Debertin, DVM’, and Angie Graham Debertin, BEd’, announce the birth of Luc Gunter, born June , . Luc is a brother for William, 1⁄2, and Katrina, .

Jason Jennings, BSc’, after teaching in the Yukon for seven years, Jason and wife Theresa moved to Lower Sackville, and he now teaches for the Halifax Regional School Board. They have one child, Rebecca, and are await-ing the birth of their second child in July.

Randy Proud, BSc’, and De-nise (Koughan) Proud, BEd’, and son William (born January , ) have been blessed with the arrival of Bethany Gemma (born February , ). Randy has been working at Purolator Cou-rier for years as a courier and Workplace Training Specialist for the Atlantic Region. Denise has been the Learning Manager of the Resident Care Worker program at Holland College since , after working as a Registered Nurse and substitute school teacher. They live in Stratford, PEI.

Steve McOrmond, BA’, pub-lished his first book of poetry, Lean Days, in spring (Wolsak and Wynn). The poems in Lean Days range from deft medita-tions on the art of Glenn Gould to disarmingly honest lyrics that capture what it’s like to love and leave your hometown. A graduate of the UNB Creative Writing Pro-gram (MA’), Steve currently lives in Toronto with wife Janet.

Mark Arbing, BSc’, started graduate school at McGill Uni-versity in the fall of in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. He received his PhD in May . Since January , he has been a postdoctoral fellow in a structural biology lab in the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University in New York City. He was married February , , in New York City to Rachel Morse, whom he met at McGill.

Helen MacMillan, BBA’, suc-cessfully completed the require-ments for the Certified General Accountant (CGA) designation.

Laurents (Larry) Peters, BEd’, is currently employed as a teacher with the Durham District School Board. Larry and wife Cindy are living in Port Hope, ON, with their youngest son, Joshua. Their old-est is currently enrolled at UPEI.

Carrie (Marchbank) Chap-pell, BScN’, presently works as a Public Health Nurse for East Prince Health, Summerside. She married her friend Greg in June . They have two wonderful children: Jack (August ) and Isabelle (August ). They re-side in Central Bedeque, PEI.

Greg Ellis, BBA’, and wife Caroline are pleased to announce the birth of a happy baby boy on January , : “We are very happy to have Westley Petrus Ellis in our lives.”

Genevieve (Earon) Savidant, BSc’, BEd’, and husband Mike Savidant are proud to announce the birth of their first child, Con-nor Robert Kalervo Savidant, on August , , in Oshawa, ON.

Jody (MacKeigan) Wilcox, BA’, was married in October to Sean Wilcox, and they celebrated the birth of their first child, Brett MacKeigan, in October .

Adam Balderston, BBA’, passed the CA exam.

Norman MacDonald, BA’, passed the CA exam.

Geoff Smith, BA’, has accepted a full research assistantship in Archaeology at the University of Nevada (Reno Campus). Geoff and wife Linsie (Oregon State, ‘), also an Archaeologist, have both accepted positions in the School of Graduate Studies at the Univer-sity of Nevada, where they will be studying towards their Master’s degrees in Archaeology. Geoff and Linsie reside in Reno, Nevada, where both are employed as ar-chaeologists.

Cara (Hedefine) Squires, BA’, and husband Jeff Squires were delighted to welcome to their family Jacob Robert Squires born on March , . Cara is currently employed with the UPEI Student Union.

Scott Gosse, BSc’, and Nata-sha (Cairns) Gosse, BA’, wel-comed daughter Reghan Helena into the world on December , , born at the QEH, weighing lbs. oz. Natasha and Scott continue to reside in Burgeo, Newfoundland, where Scott is a member of the RCMP.

Mildred MacDonald, BA’, gave birth to Keegan McLaughlin October , . He was lbs. oz., born at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, ME.

sMeghan Marie Hartley, BBA’, married Sean Patrick Greene on August , , in Moncton, NB. The couple resides in Dieppe and both are chartered accoun-tants with the firm KPMG LLP in Moncton.

Susan Hume, BBA’, passed the CA exam.

Melissa Magennis, BBA’, has received her CA designation in New Brunswick.

Dr. Paul H. Schurman, Hon Deg’, is busy helping to plan the th anniversary day celebrations for Summerside High School/Parkside School on July , . For more details, visit www.islandregister.com/reunions or e-mail him at [email protected].

Gordon Walsh, BBA’, passed the CA exam.

Roselyn Allen, DVM’, and hus-band Sergei Pikoul are pleased to announce the birth of son Maksim Benjamin Pikoul on May , .

Natasha Cooper, BA’, has fin-ished a program in Behavioural Therapy at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, ON. She married Tom Marotta in October .

Steve Langley, BBA’, and Sherrie Aylward, BSc’, were married in Kensington, PEI, on March , . They live in Re-gina, Saskatchewan, with their four-month-old daughter, Emma Mary Langley.

PassingsJoseph David Ellsworth, SDU’, passed away on February , , in Toronto after an illness.

Norman Campbell, HonDeg’, the CBC-TV pioneer best known for co-writing Anne of Green Gables—The Musical™, passed away on April , , following a stroke in the winter. He was .

Editor’s Note: Though care was taken to ensure the accuracy of Alumni Update, in any such listing there is a possibility of errors in transcription or a delay between receipt of notices and publication in the Magazine. We apologize for any errors which may have occurred. The deadline for Alumni Update submissions for the next issue is Sept. 30, 2004. Any received after that date will ap-pear in the Spring 2005 issue.

Send us your update! If you’d like to submit an item for Alumni Update, it’s very easy. You can e-mail [email protected], fax the alumni office at 902-566-0782 or drop a note to UPEI Magazine, Advancement Services, UPEI, 550 University Ave., Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4P3. It is very important that you include your current ad-dress, telephone number, and e-mail address if applicable, so that we can verify details if necessary. We will not print your address and other contact information unless you specify that you wish it to be included as part of your update that will appear in the Magazine. Please consider that since the Magazine is published only three times per year, sometimes notices are outdated by our publication date. In those cases we attempt to change the tense of the notice so that, for example, an engagement notice may become a marriage notice if the marriage date has passed by publication date. Similarly we will attempt to update the age of children noted in submis-sions, but can only do so if we know their date of birth.

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��erWordsClose QuartersI left home for school at sixteen and

married at twenty-nine. In between, I was a roommate. It is a difficult call-

ing, and I won’t say I was good at it, but as many of you have already discovered, leaving home to live with someone else is a hell of a life experience.

Co-habitation, particularly in cramped quarters, puts a whole new face on relationships. Familiarity bleaches out virtues until they become unnotice-able, yet it can convert a friend’s most endearing quirks of character into grat-ing, unendurable, fingernails-across-the-blackboard irritation. Let’s face it, if Anne Shirley and Diana had ever roomed together, their “kindred spirits” might rapidly have evaporated, and, af-ter the drunken singing, that raspberry cordial episode would have degenerat-ed into the exchange of some ugly home truths: “Anne — with an !@#$% “e”— why dontcha take a dose o’ purgative to get rid of the thessarus ya got stuck up your prissy patootie!” You can imagine the rest. Sullen recrimination. Avoid-ance. Secret canvassing for other accom-modations. A parting redeemed, pos-sibly, by a vague sense (which the years will magnify) of regret.

To be honest, I was extremely lucky in my roommates. There was Blueberry Vern (who ran a slant-six, ’65 Dodge Val-iant through two years of Holland Col-lege on $2.00 worth of gas) and Straw-berry Vic (whose opinions usually ran perversely counter to everyone else’s, no matter the subject), and, for four consec-utive winters, Smilin’ Joe (a deliberate, congenially taciturn man with a sandpa-per-dry wit, who was as neat and tidy as the Ten Commandments). Sure, we got on each other’s nerves. I was, I admit, a little cheery in the mornings. Victor, in turn, was generally comatose. I still re-member his alarm clock, a gynormous, cartoon-quality, plastic timepiece — straight out of Who Framed Roger Rab-bit? — with two metal bells on the top. It would have woken Lazarus, yet every day Joe or I would have to stumble out to

Vic’s sleeping area, ears ringing, to shake him awake.

Then, for two summers, there was Ferndale Drive. Ah, Ferndale Drive! A spacious Sherwood bungalow that friends were renting from a professor gone south to either upgrade his degrees or join the CIA (maybe both). I was not so much a roommate there as a boarder. Backgrounds and occupations differed among the lads at Ferndale, but sports was the shared passion and sarcasm the lingua franca. I had not previously appre-ciated sarcasm, but at Ferndale it was el-evated to a performance art. Served hot, it was a close relation to scorn. Cold, it tended toward merciless irony. In either case, it was a sure antidote to that most intolerable of Island sins, “big-headed-ness.”

Of course, sarcasm never vacuumed the house. Nor did it wash dishes. Our landlord had bequeathed us a formi-dable store of kitchenware. Eventually, of course, every single dish and uten-sil — several thousand of them — were stacked in a dizzying, dirty pile on the counter, a tottering tower of calcifying grease, grizzled bone, and long-aban-doned, slowly composting vegetables. Few of us had the stomach, the time, or the moral rectitude to attack such debris. Instead we nibbled at its edg-es, each one judiciously washing only enough dishes to see us through anoth-er mealtime of fast-fry steak and frozen French fries, while we squabbled righ-teously over whose turn it was to do the rest of them.

Roommates came and went, but at the core of Ferndale society were an aspiring chemist dubbed “the Goo-ber,” the very model of wit and erudi-tion, even if he couldn’t hit a curve ball to save his Irish Catholic soul, and, of course, the inimitable Allie Cat, who cultivated a persona of cynicism and

woeful, world-weary complaint that would make Eeyore appear an incorri-gible optimist. Al was the only person I’ve ever known (besides Dagwood Bum-sted) who looked upon sleep as a form of recreation. None of this lying down for a few winks on the couch. A nap was se-rious business, best conducted in your own bed, undressed and under the cov-ers, preferably in a room without light-leaking, sleep-destroying windows. Lat-er on, Al and I shared an apartment on Valhalla Court. One morning, after my brother had stayed over, we sat down to a desultory breakfast. In the background, the cartoon Hercules was bashing bad guys on television. Dimly, we heard one of the villains announce that he had con-cocted a potion that would make Hercu-les sleep for a thousand years. Bursting from his chair, Al threw himself down in front of the TV. “Me, too!” he pleaded.

At Ferndale, withering abuse soon peeled the bright veneer from my morn-ing cheerfulness. Each day Al would come down for breakfast, bedraggled, eyes sooty, shoulders sagging. Each day, he gloomily surveyed the kitchen. Each day, inevitably, he pronounced the same verdict: “Liacos!” At first I thought he spoke Greek But before long, I learned that “Liacos” was an acronym for a phrase he could no longer muster the energy to utter in its entirety: “Life Is A Crock of Sh__.” I duly added it to my vo-cabulary.

I believe my roommates felt I was too soft for the hard world, and that I needed toughening up. They were prob-ably right. Ferndale thickened my skin for the co-habitational challenges that lay ahead.

(To be continued!)

Edward MacDonald (Class of ’78)

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Sciences for New Business Investmentfor Technology PEI . Gailene can be

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R. Kent Scales, B.B.A.Kent graduated with the UPEI class of

1989 and is now Chief Executive Officerfor Prince Edward Island Business

Development. You can reach Kent at(902) 368-6306 or [email protected]

Allan Smith, B.B.A., D.P.A.Allan is a two time graduate of UPEI firstin 1986 with his BBA and again in 1993when he completed his DPA program. Allan is now Chief Executive Officer forTechnology PEI. You can reach Allanat (902) 368-5004 or [email protected]

Rory Beck, B.A, M.P.A.Rory graduated from UPEI in 1980 with a BA in

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Scott Ferris, B.B.A., B.P.R.Scott graduated with the UPEI class of1988 (Valedictorian) and is now Managerof Trade Development for Prince EdwardIsland Business Development. You can

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