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Editor’s Box

I s many of our readers have noticed, The Chronicle doesn’t seem to be coming through the mail slot as

often as it once did. Sporadic delivery over the past year has caused concern among some about the health of this venerable mag, which has been publishing continuously since the mid ’30s.

The fact is that costs have increased profoundly over the past few issues. While printing costs have remained fairly constant recently, postal costs have increased remarkably, and production costs, including editorial, staff salaries and pre-press services, continue to rise. Until the initiation of the GST in January, the magazine was exempted from paying taxes on all aspects of production, including printing. Now, we pay 7% on everything, including postage. The only choice, unfortunately, was to cut back an issue per year. From now on, we will produce only 3 issues annually, Fall, Winter and Spring.

But enough whining! This issue is in your hands, and has the usual news, features (including the Acrostic puzzle) and information. Our articles this issue include words and pictures on the Koerner Ceramics collection at the MOA, a fascinating look at the quest for grant money at the university, and a plea by a former professor for a unified Canada.

Don’t forget that we still encourage subscriptions! For 25 bucks you get 3 great issues and a genuine Alumni Association mug!

Happy reading.

Chris Petty. ed.

Volume 45 Number 2 Fall, 1991

r’eatures A Tasteful Discord.. ...................... 14 Koerner Ceramics Gallery at the MOA

The Grant’s The Thing.. ................ 18 The art of “grantship”

Our Country in Peril .................... 24 An open letter from a Professor Emeritus

Departments Alumni President’s Column ........................................ 4

News .......................................................................... 6

Campaign News ........................................................ 12

Class Acts ................................................................ 26

Acrostic .................................................................... 38

Editor Chris Petty MFA86 Assistant Editor, Class Acts Dale Fuller Contributors Eleanor Boyle, Robert Clark, Robin Laurence, Mary Trainer Executive Director Deborah Apps

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Board of Management Elected Members

1991-92 President

David Coulson, BComm’76. LLB’80 Senior Vice President

Martin Glynn, BA(Hons1‘74, MBA’76 Past President

Met Reeves, BComm‘75, MSc’77, LLB Treasurer

Ron Orr, BComm’80 Members-at-Large 1990-92 James Stich, BSc’7 1 , DMD’75

Louanne Twaites, BSC(Pharm1’53 Jim Whitehead, BA‘62. MA’68,

MSc, PhD’87 Members-at-Large 199 1 -93 Stan Knight, BEd’62, MEd, PhD

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From the President

philosopher once noted, “the more things change, the more they stay the same,” commenting on the idea that

while profound change might take place, most things, at the core, remain constant. Such is certainly the case at UBC. Last year we marked the 75th Anniversary of UBC. It was an exciting year, with an Open House, special events year round and a

huge Homecoming celebration. We organized more events than ever before, involving more of our members than ever before.

group of graduates joined together at Fairview to form the UBC Alumni Association. We will mark our own 75th Anniversary during the year with special events, a commemorative issue of The Chronicle highlighting the activities of the Association over the years, and a Homecoming celebration we won’t soon forget. The Spring, 1992 issue of the magazine will have more details.

The World of Opportunity Campaign, launched by the university in 1988, has been very successful. With the help of alumni and the government’s matching fund, UBC has raised $200 million for buildings, endowments, chairs, fellowships, scholarships and bursaries. As a result, a building boom is currently underway on campus.

The physical changes taking place at UBC are profound indeed. Buildings are popping up out of parking lots, and plazas and green spaces are appearing at every comer. The campus you graduated from is quite different from the one you see today, even if you have only been gone for a few years.

But these changes, to a large extent, are cosmetic. The real UBC remains. The high quality of instruction, the magnificent library, the spectacular setting, the secret places only you and a few others know about: they are all still here, still thrilling each new generation of students. If you have not been back to campus recently, we invite you to return for Homecoming, your class reunion or any other of the many activities we present each year. It’s still yours!

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate David Strangway on being appointed to his second term as president of UBC. His vision has had a profound and lasting impact on UBC.

This will be an important year for the Association. The Directional Plan Committee is contemplating the Association’s future, and we will be asking for your input when the report is finished. We will continue to expand our programmes, increase our services to you, and serve the interests of the university. I look forward to a productive year as Dresident of the Association.

Next year, 1992, will see another important celebration. In 1917, a

Dave Coulson, BComm’76, LLB’80

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Men’s Field Hockey Alumni I s that old hockey stick sitting in

the basement gathering worm holes? Are you using the old shin-pads to prop up a broken table? Is your scarred and chipped hockey ball holding down a stack of papers on your desk?

Well, haul all that old stuff out and prepare to face battle once again. A UBC Men’s Field Hockey Alumni group is being formed and you are needed.

The first annual alumni game was held this past spring, and plans are in motion for organizing the second annual game in 1992. There are other activities planned throughout the year, and help is needed for planning a gala affair in 1993 to celebrate 70 years of Men’s Field Hockey at UBC.

Contact Michael Caruth (224- 6838). Steven Rodrigues (736-4765) or the UBC Athletic Office for more information.

And don’t forget the liniment.

Gala AGM Speeches, toasts, awards, dinner,

good company, good conversation, old friends and new acquaintances. The 1990-9 1 Alumni Association Annual General Meeting and Dinner, held June 13 at Cecil Green Park, had all of these and more. Sixty grads, guests and Association volunteers and staff heard Dr. Ruth Patrick, UBC Librarian, talk on the UBC Library into the 2 1st Cen- tury, and enjoyed speeches and award presentations from university and As-

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Divisions News Social Work: The division welcomed new members at a grad tea at Graham House in May. More than 100 people attended including honorary degree recipient Patricia Fulton.

Social Work will hold an Open House at Graham House during Home- coming Week, featuring historical displays. The division’s AGM will be held on October 24. Call the Association offices (822-33 13) for more details. Medicine: John Anderson, MD’72, was awarded the Wallace Wilson Lead- ~

ership Award at a reception held at the Medical Student and Alumni Centre in May. Dr. Anderson was recognized for his tremendous leadership at president of the B.C. Medical Association.

The 6th Annual Medical Alumni GolfTournament is being held Septem- ber 12 at the University Golf Club. Contact Brad Fritz, MD’75 at 224-0224 or the Alumni office for late registration information.

“Weepers” are being held every Friday evening from 5:OO pm at the Medical Alumni and Student Centre. Medical alumni are cordially invited to attend.

The Centre is now available for booking class reunions, workshops, yoga classes, weddings, etc. Call the Cenire’s office (879-8496) for available times and rates.

Divisions Council: Lynne Maxwell, E3SN.86, MSN’SO, succeeded Nicci Ricci, BPE’85, as the council’s chair at a meeting held in May at the Faculty Club. Salma Ramji, BSc’80, DMD’84, was named Vice Chair. The next Divisions Council meeting will be held September 24 at Cecil Green Park.

sociation officials. Dave Coulson was handed the

presidential gavel by retiring president Me1 Reeves. Reeves thanked staff and volunteers for their efforts during the past year, and looked forward to the presentation of the Directional Plan currently beingwritten by a committee made up of Association volunteers and university officials. Coulson commented on the changing role of the Alumni Association and on the Direc-

President Ann McAfee (’89-’90) with certificate of service at the 1990 AGM.

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tional Plan, and noted that, regardless of the changes to be made, the Association will continue to serve the needs of the university and its members , and that plans for new programmes will go ahead.

VP Academic Dan Birch spoke of the need for a strong Alumni As- sociation and congratu- lated staff and volunteers for their dedica- tion and hard work. He noted that the university supports the work of the Association and is looking forward to the results of the Direc- tional Plan.

Association AGMs in the ‘60s and ‘70s were grand affairs held in large venues like hotel ballrooms. In the early ’ 80s . recession and

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funding cutbacks at all levels sug- gested it was time to pare down to basics. and the AGM became a simple meeting. While the business of the Association can be taken care ofquickly and efficiently at the AGM, the spirit special evenings generate has been lost. We plan to change that.

Beginning this year, we have re- established the tradition of a grand AGM. Our next AGM, in June, 1992, will be held at the Pacific Ballroom of the Hotel Vancouver. Plan to attend!

MFA Grad in Journey Anthology

Jennifer Mitton, MFA88. has a story in the third edition of The Jour- ney Prize Anthology. Hers is one of 13 stories chosen for the anthology. One of the 1 3 will be chosen as the winner of the $10,000 Journey Prize.

The Journey Prize is made possible by James A. Michener who donated royalties from his novel Journey to support new and developing writers. Editors from literary journals across Canada submit stories they consider the best they have published during the previous year to an editorial board headed by the novelist Jane Urquhart. The anthology, published by McClelland & Stewart, is available at bookstores across Canada.

Ms. Mitton was fiction editor of Prism International. the literary jour- nal published by the UBC department of Creative Writing. All us wretches

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who labour in the word dungeon are keeping our fingers crossed that she wins the big prize.

Harris Directory Starting the end of October, the

Hams Publishing Company will be telephoning alumni for the verification phase of our Hams Directory project.

Information such as current name, academic data, residence address and phone number will be included in each individual listing. The scope of this information is an indication ofthe thor- oughness of the directory. Information will be sorted alphabetically, by class year and by geographic location in separate sections of the book. Also included will be photos, messages from both the Association and the university, and information about UBC.

Soon, locating classmates will be as easy as turning a page with the UBC Alumni Directory. You may reserve your personal copy when your Hams rep phones,"but don't delay. This will be your only opportunity to order this comprehensive new directory.

Recycled Paper for the Chronicle

We receive many letters asking us why The Chronicle isn't printed on recycled paper. The answer is easy: there isn't any recycled paper to print the magazine on. Because of the size of the run (92,000+), we print the mag on a web press. According to our printer, recycled paper is not yet available in the size used by these presses (5' x 4' rolls). As soon recycled paper is available, we will use it. And tell you about it.

The Alumni Association produces numerous newsletters, brochures and miscellaneous printed materials throughout the year. We use recycled paper on virtually all these projects. Association letterhead and envelopes are also printed on recycled paper.

The Chronicle is recyclable, by the way. We send all our over runs and

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returns, as well as office paper waste, to campus recycling. When you are finished with the magazine (or any glossy magazine), be sure to recycle it.

Faculty Club Liberated!!

The doors to that long-time bas- tion of privilege, that symbol of division between us (the students!) and them (professors and administration elitists!) are finally being broken down. Hoards of the unwashed and long-haired will line up to buy their memberships, stake out their temtories, drink their liberating pints of grog, free the place from oppression.

But wait! Who are those people lining up? They look like accountants and dentists and engineers and doctors and, for heaven's sake, university professors! Where on earth did all those protesters go?!?

How could they have imagined, all those years ago? Not only is the Fac- ulty Club opening its doors to those rabble who occupied and protested, but it's offering them memberships, as well. How times do change.

Any UBC grad of five years is eligible for an evening membership at the UBC Faculty Club. These memberships are restricted to evening (after 4 p.m. Monday to Friday) and weekends, but otherwise provide full use of the club. The club has a formal dining room, snack bar, lounge, games room, reading room and a 17 room hotel for visitors.

Remember "we have seen the en- emy and he is us"? Well, come rub elbows with the old foe.

Pharmacy Plants Health Garden In among the roses and rhodos of

Vancouver's Van Dusen Gardens, the Pharmacy Division of the Alumni As- sociation has planted a medicinal garden.

"We thought the medicinal plant collection was a fitting way to commemorate the centennial anniversary of pharmacy in the province," said Louanne Twaites, 1953 Pharmacy grad.

Twaites, former president of the Division and current Association Mem- ber at Large, says that medicinal gardens have historically served the purpose of cultivating plants known to be useful in healing, and allow further study of plants and their potential as healers.

One plant in the garden, Taxol, currently in the news as an export product, is made from the bark of the

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E V E N I N G M E M B E R S H I P S

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2 c Evening Members will be allowed access to all facilities and special events of the Club during evenings (after 4 p.m.) and anytime on weekends on the same basis as other members.

.2< Evening Members will not be allowed to vote at general meetings, hold elected office in the Club, sponsor other Evening Membersorbecomeeligibleforthereduced rate of dues offered to retired Ordinary Members.

:r The annual fee is $300 per year (plus GST), payable in advance. It will be prorated at $25 per month (plus GST) for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The fee will be reviewed annually and may be adjusted to reflect current conditions.

2 This summer extensive renovations for seismic, handicap access, safety and aesthetic reasons have begun on the main floor. Included in this project is a re-design of the main dining room and lounge. This has necessitated closing these facilities for the months of August through October. We will maintain limited service on the lower level during the renovations.

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Pacific Yew. It is currently being stud- ied for its cancer-fighting potential by UBC researchers.

Labrador tea, Saskatoon Berry, Goatsbeard and Devil’s Club are just a few of the plants in the garden used for their healing properties. Many of the plants were used as medicinal herbs by Native Indians throughout North America.

The Garden forms part of Van Dusen’s Canadian Heritage Garden, and was dedicated by UBC Pharmacy alumni this spring. (UBC Reports)

Michael Conway Baker Releases CD

Watching The Adventures of Robin Hood. the 1938 version with Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, you can’t help being swept along with the music. It‘s

ens adventure, warns of danger, shows fear and even draws some laughs. It’s movie music, and some of the best.

Michael Conway Baker, BMus’66, like Robin Hood’s Erich Korngold, is a master of visual music. His music for Nails , a National Film Board award winner, is a magnificent example. It contains scenes of a nail factory, in- dustrial noise, and Baker’s music. It’s a stunning tour deforce.

He has won many awards for his music including Genies for Nails and The Grey Fox. He has written music for radio and television, and created the theme music for UBC:s World of Op- portunity Campaign video. A new film, Kootenai Brown, will open in the fall, scored by Baker.

The CBC has just released an S M 5000 CD of his music. Department of Music head Robert Silverman, Ann Mortifee, and Kazuyoshi Akiyama and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra per- form pieces including the Fanfare for Expo ’86, music from the T.V. series, Planet for the Taking, and four songs by Ann Mortifee.

The CD is available from the CBC.

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Sports Hall of Fame Kicks Off in 1992

UBC has produced its share of remarkable athletes over the past 75 years. The Athletic Hall of Fame will recognize those individuals and house memorabilia of sports glory days gone

Modifications are currently underway to the foyer of the War Me- morial Gym to provide room for the exhibit. Along with displays of sports heroes and heroines and the materiel of their sports wars will be photo-

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t I vv LY t graphic records of past eras at UBC. The Hall of Fame will capture the es- sence of life on campus at various times, and will serve as an inspiration to future generations of students and followers of sport.

Nominations for inductees into the Hall of Fame are already pouring into the Athletics Office. These names will be reviewed and an initial induction ceremony will be held in May, 1992. At the same time, video-taped interviews are being conducted with exceptional students and athletes of the past. These will be made into a composite video presentation to be premiered at the same time as the induction.

To share your UBC memorabilia or to nominate a special UBC person, not necessarily a sports hero, for the Hall of Fame, contact Fred Hume at (604) 687-238 1 .

Calling All First Nations Alumni The Alumni Association and the

First Nations House of Learning is ea- ger to hear from all First Nations Alumni of UBC. We want to put together a mailing list of First Nations grads to keep you in touch with UBC and to keep you informed of the events we have planned for the future.

The First Nations Longhouse will be opening in the Spring of 1992. This Coast Salish style longhouse will have an adjoining circular underground library/resource centre, representing the pit house of Interior First Nations

Cecil Green Knighted

He‘s not to be called “Sir Cecil” officially because the knighthood is honorary, but Cecil Green is thrilled nonetheless. The honourwasconferred on Green by Queen Elizabeth at a

~ ceremony in Dallas, Texas. ‘She did a good job of sending me into thestrato-

1 sphere,“ he is quoted as saying in the Vancouver Sun. “I‘m only just coming back down to ground.”

Cecil Green is a longtime friend and benefactor to UBC and other universities around the world. His most recent gift to UBC, nearly $7 million, will

~ be used to build and maintain Green ~ College, a residential graduate col-

lege at UBC patterned after Green College, Oxford.

Cecil Green was born in Manches- ter, England, and came to Canada in 1902. He attended UBC between 1918 and 1921. He is a co-founder of the

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people. The longhouse will serve as a social, cultural and academic centre for all First Nations people at UBC. We are also interested in organizing a reunion of First Nations Alumni either to coincide with the grand opening of the longhouse, or at a later date.

Please contact the Alumni Asso- ciation Offices or Verna Kirkness, Di- rector of the First Nations House of Learning, (604) 822-8944.

Divinsky Makes a Sea Change

Remember those witty, easy going explanations of the mysteries of math that used to liven up Nathan Divinisky‘s classes? Remember, especially, how Dr. Divinsky used to make you think that mathematics might actually be a field worth getting into?

Yes, Prof. Divinsky had a way about him when it came to the magic of numbers. Now he’s retired (only slightly under duress) and taken up a second career: cruise ship host.

In December 8, 199 1, Divinsky will set sail on the luxury cruise ship “Crystal Harmony,” giving lectures on mathematics, chess, bridge and puzzles, all subjects ofhis voracious sense of inquiry. A Bridge Life Master, he will organize tournaments and give simultaneous chess exhibitions against 20 or more opponents. The first cruise will tour the Mexican Riviera and the Car- ibbean to San Juan. Call Professor Divinsky (604) 228-01 52 if you are interested in going along. 0

”Sir Cecil” at Cecil Green Park with 1 ~ electronics giant, Texas Instruments. bust of his wife, Ida, who died in ’89.

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Hong Kong The Great Canada Festival (June

10 - July 1) was a busy time for branch president Anthony Cheng, MD’67 and his team of volunteers. The branch, along with 9 other Canadian alumni associations, hosted a disco party June 16. On June 29, the branch took part in an Education Abroad seminar in the new cultural centre in Hong Kong. They joined reps from other Canadian universities in a well-attended Canada Day picnic at Happy Valley. They set up a colourful booth displaying infor-

Ailaionde, 1-Birdcaptain. receives the Hong Kong Canadian Friendship Cup from Dr. Anthony Cheng.

4 Branches 1 mation and souvenirs from UBC.

The UBC Thunderbird Basket- ball team attended the festival and played the Hong Kong combined team.

The branch has selected the recipients of the Association’s Visiting Student Awards. Karen Chan and Anna Chan will attend UBC in the fall.

Calgary The Calgary branch held its first

golftourney on Sunday, July2 1. Clear skies, fast greens and a hot BBQ made for a fine day on the links. Bragging rights go to the team of Cord Flanigan, BA’83, Peg Flanigan, BComm’85, MSc’88, Deborah Green, BA78 and Cord Fraser. The tourna- ment will be an annual event.

The branch set up an information booth at the Canadian Society of Pe- troleum Geologists convention recently.

The AGM was held June 11 at Max’s lounge. Ron Davis, BASc (MechEna.65 was elected pres. For more info on events, and to get on our list, call Tim Dallimore, 266-6824, or AnthonyChin, BComm’87247-0126.

San Diego A luncheon was held earlier this

year at the Charthouse in Oceanside. Keynote speaker was Lloyd Smigel who spoke on “How to Deal with the Grapevine Before it Deals with You.” Special guests were UBC President

UBC Grants Degrees to Cariboo, Okanagan College Students

As part of the province’s initiative to increase the number of degree-granting institutions in B.C., men and women from Cariboo College in Kamloops and Okanagan College in Kelowna crossed the platform to receive degrees from UBC, UVic and SFU this spring. These students were the first to benefit from the new relationship between B.C.’s degree-granting universities and the colleges, which allows students to complete university-level courses at colleges around the province.

At Cariboo College, Alumni branch rep Rob McDiarmid was on hand to present pins to the graduates and to welcome them to the Association. A reception was held in the grads’ honour the evening before the ceremonies. The event, sponsored by the alumni associations of UVic. SFU, UBC and Cariboo College, was a great success.

In Kelowna, the UBC Alumni Association hosted a pre-congrega- tion reception to welcome new grads. The reception, held at the Capri Hotel, was also a great success. Michael Bishop, Kelowna branch rep, was a member of the platform party at the next day’s ceremonies, and distributed pins to the new grads.

President Strangway addressed both graduation ceremonies.

David Strangway. Dean of Graduate Studies John Grace, Dr. Bill Gibson and Dr. Cecil Green.

Branch rep Brett Anderson is planning the annual barbeque at La Jolla Beach for September 7, 1991. Mark that date on your calendar.

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At the San Diego branch lunch: DavidStrangway, left, Cecil Green and branch president Brett Anderson, far right.

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Charter Okanagan College/UBC grads and guests at a reception held in their honour, (I-r) Okanagan

College President Bill Bowering; UBC Chancellor Leslie Peterson, Allan Wiftkopf, Linda Hartmann. Colleen Mulvihill, Pamela Baldwin, David Sfrangway, Scoft

Ross, Judy Stuart, UBC AA rep Michael Bishop.

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For info on a Branch in your area, call the number listed on the map or the Assoc. offices at: (604) 822-3313, or fax us at (604) 822-8928.

London David Strangway and Garde

Gardom, Q.C., the Agent General for B.C. hosted a reception at B.C. House in London on Wednesday, July 10. Over 50 people attended including longtime London branch rep Alice Hem- ming, BA28, OBE. Guests ranged in age from 83 years to 15 months, and in the words of one guest, it was a cheer- ful, interesting gathering.

San Francisco San Francisco grads are invited to

volunteer their time and interest to organize SF branch activities. Call Pe- ter Lawson (415) 541-0 108, or Rob Botman (41 5) 274-604 1.

President Strangway to Tour

Branches UBC President David Strangway

will travel around Canada and the U S in the coming months to meet with alumni reps. Alumni living in these areas will receive details of the visits in advance, or call the Alumni Associa- tion office, (604) 822-3313, for more information. The schedule includes:

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The World of

Opportunity Campaign

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President’s Fund nears its goal Thanks to the tremendous support of alumni, the corporate

sector, the Vancouver Foundation and the government of B.C., UBC’s President’s Fund-established through the World of Oppor- tunity Campaign-is nearing its $24 million goal.

A cornerstone of the President’s Fund is providing entrance scholarships, allowing UBC to attract the best and brightest students. To date, 34 scholarships, fellowships and bursary funds have been established. Among the opportunities they will provide are: increased monies for graduate programs for women, especially in areas where women are under-represented; scholarships and bursary support of First Nations students, giving native people greater representation on campus; financial support for disabled students, providing access to the unique opportunities UBC offers.

President’s Fund donations will also free UBC to react quickly to the unexpected. Funds will be used to attract distinguished faculty or purchase collections that come on the market suddenly. Cel- ebrated scholars will ’be brought to the campus for seminars and conferences: writers and scientists for workshops and lecture programs.

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Students helping students through telepledge

“Hi, Mr. Smith. I’m a UBC student calling from campus tonight. I’m calling to speak with you about the letter you received from the Alumni Associa- tion President regarding the World of Opportunity Campaign.. .”

By the end of July, more than 20.000 alumni had received similar phone calls from students through the telepledge program.

Organized by the UBC Develop- ment Office, the program began in October 1990 to encourage alumni to contribute to the President’s Fund.

For the 10 student callers who gather each night, armed with telephone in one hand and a pledge form in the other, the program allows them

to raise funds to help their fellow students, while finding out from UBC alumni what they’ve been doing since their university days.

“When an alumnus says he or she would like to contribute, well, thatjust makes my day!” said one student caller.

As of July 30, more that 5,000 alumni contacted through the telepledge program have agreed to donate to the fund.

Sopron alumni establish scholarship

In the winter of 1957, 300 Hungar- ians gathered on the steps of the UBC biology building to have their photo- graph taken. The group included 196 students, 29 professors and theirwives and families who had fled their native land a few months earlier in the wake of Russian tanks sent to crush the Hungarian revolt of 1956.

The group comprised the entire student body and faculty of the Forest Engineering University of Sopron, Hun- gary, situated near the country’s west- e m border.

At the invitation of the Canadian government, they continued their studies at UBC, and 14 1 graduated from what became known as the Sopron

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Campaign Through donations to the FYesi- to assist graduate students in com-

dent’s Fund, 16 fellowships and schol- pleting their specialties. Grace points arships will be established in graduate to an industry-funded Pulp and Paper studies, enabling UBC alumni and Engineering Program, in which people alumni of institutions around the world working in the pulp and paper indus- to pursue their areas of specialty. try spent a year completing their mas-

more expensive because they’re so spe- ‘The rave reviews have been won- cialized. Because grad students tend derful. When the participants in the to be older-many with family respon- program returned to work, we were sibilities-it’s often financially difficult told they made a tremendous contri- for them to complete their studies,” bution to their companies.” said Dean John Grace of the Faculty of For the first time this year, UBC will Graduate Studies. offer doctoral programs in nursing and

Therefore, the faculty has looked to pharmacy, and the university is hop- industry, the private sector and alumni ing to develop a PhD program in law.

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division of the Facultv of Forestrv. In 1961, the exilid student; pre-

sented a plaque to UBC which today hangs in International House. It shows a pair of hands linked in friendship with the simple inscription, “UBC Adopted Sopron, 1956- 196 1 .”

Thirty years later, the Sopron alumni have established a scholarship, through the President‘s Fund, to bring a master’s or PhD student from Hungary to complete his or her studies at UBC.

UBC professor Anta1 Kozak, one of the Sopron alumni, has visited and taught at Sopron in recent years. He says UBC’s program is superior to European programs.

‘The student who is awarded this scholarship will benefit Sopron Uni- versity because of the tremendous experience he or she will take back,” said Kozak. Even with the political changes in Eastern Europe, it will take many years before they can catch up with western technology.”

John Grace, Dean of Graduate Studies

Grads benefit from fund UBC offers 140 different graduate

programs in a variety of specialties that are in demand in contemporary society, including nursing, rehabilitation medicine, architecture, social work, community and regional planning, landscape architecture, family and nutritional sciences, physical education, audiology and speech sciences and library, archival and information studies.

Projects to be funded The World of Opportunity

Campaign will continue through 1992 and needs your help and support. The universitywill be looking to select corporations, international friends, alumni, foundations and the campus community to raise $30 million to complete the campaign.

I t is anticipated that current campaign building projects will create 1,200 person years of work in the construction industry. Nine new buildings will be constructed on campus, made possible by campaign donations. Those still requiring funding are:

New Library Centre-to address an urgent need for more space to house the expanding collection, and for new storage systems and technology so that users can obtain information from the Library’s worldwide networks. . Creative Arts Facility-to provide studio space for students and faculty in h e arts, music and theatre. A production area, film theatre, costume design facilities, a studio theatre and a scene shop will be constructed, providing a multi-media environment where creativity can flourish.

First Nations Longhouse-the

flrst west coast longhouse constructed as an integral part of a university campus, it will be the focus of First Nations student activities at UBC.

Funding for endowed chairs will support pioneeringresearch, learning and international exchange of knowledge in such critical areas as health, the environment, law, business, ethics, science, engineering and the arts. There are 31 centres, academic chairs, endowments and fellowships that need campaign donations, including:

Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Relations Chair in Spinal Cord Physiology Art Gallery Endowment

Management Chair in Fisheries and Oceanography Professorship in Nursing (Elizabeth KeMey McCann Professorship) Centre for Literacy and Technology Chair in Ophthalmology (Stephen M. Drance Chair)

- Centre for Food Quality and

Further information will be coming to alumni later in the fall and next spring.

UBC honorary alumnus JackBell becomes a member of the M u s q u e a m tribe at a sod-turning ceremony for the First Nations Longhouse. Bell donated $ 1 million to the longhouse through the World of Op- portunity Campaign.

A Tasteful Discord The Koerner Ceramics Gallery at the

Museum of Anthropology by Robin Laurence

Immediately. you are surrounded by consoling good taste. Panels of walnut and marble. Subdued lighting. Hushed ambience. Baroque music playing. Outside, all is high, bright, glassy. Slabs of pale concrete, and fured to them, dark fragments of totem poles, cracked and weathered, speaking to you from myth-time. Wolf, bear, killer whale: heraldic declarations of a NewWorld people. Awoodworking people. Harvesting forest and ocean and living on the narrow shore between. And there, beyond the glass walls, their forest, their ocean.

Inside the Koerner Ceramics Gallery at the MOA, though, you are quite suddenly in another age and place. Another culture, a European culture, speaking to you from book- time, the Renaissance and the Reformation. Speakingwith clay, hard baked, smooth glazed, intricately decorated. Bowls, platters, tiles, tankards, posset pots. Cisterns and inkstands. Sauce boats and salt cellars. Jugs, vases, bottles and jars. Made by people who didn’t carve wood but burned it to fuel the kilns to fire these ceramic objects. Images of saints, soldiers and eherubim. Parrots, cabbages and two- headed eagles. Great plates painted with family crests and portraits: heraldic declarations of an Old World people.

Momentarily (Vivaldi’s Four Seasons now playing, in- sistently, elegantly), you forget why you are surprised, disconcerted. Then a tourist reminds you: Anxious with anticipation she comes in, looks around, says. “This isn’t Indian. This has nothing to do with Indians.”

Oh, you think. Not quite nothing. You might tell her, but she’s gone, back to myth-time. Look, you might have said, look at this text panel. This entire collection was donated to the MOA by Walter Koerner. And Walter Koerner has played a pivotal role in supporting native culture, and in creating the Museum and its Northwest Coast Collection. A shy, self effacing man, Koerner does not like to speak to the press

about his philanthropy and his long history of support for the university, nor about the wonderful things that he has collected and donated over the years. But the record is there. Difficult to erase such generosity.

During the 1950s. Koerner initiated and funded a UBC expedition to Ninstints, an abandoned Haida village on Anthony Island, to salvage some of its magnificent poles. In the 1960s. he contributed to the creation of Haida houses and poles which were installed in UBC’s Totem Park. And in 1972, he and his wife Marianne donated their valuable collection of Northwest Coast native art to the Museum of ,Anthropology, a donation that was essential in securing federal government financing for the construction of the Museum itself. When, in 1988, he gave his extensive European ceramics collection to the MOA (along with the money to display the work), it was the consolidation of a long and significant association. So, you might say to the tourist, not quite nothing.

Carol Mayer, Curator of Ethnology and Exhibits at the MOA, worked closely with Walter Koerner while research- ing and organizing the displays in the new gallery, and was recently given an award for outstanding achievement from the Canadian Museums Association for the display. (A third partner in the process was designer Herb Watson.) She adds another argument for the logic of hooking a European wing onto an anthropology museum.

“Anthropology is the study of human behaviour in its broadest sense,” she says. “So what are Europeans?” As a curator and museologist, she has been accused of“muddying the water.” But what the ceramics gallery does, she believes, is introduce a necessary discordancy into notions of what belongs where. Mayer has always felt uncomfortable with the boundaries between disciplines. “I have a problem with the rut. The art history rut, the anthropology rut, the

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decorative arts rut. And what exactly i s the decorative arts? It has no theoretical base to speak of, it borrows from other disciplines." So why not shift the study of European ceramics to a place adjacent to Northwest Coast native carv- ings? Why not anthropologize?

Once you've adjusted to the where- ness of the place, you are overwhelmed by the all-ness of it. Except for a few objects kept aside for teaching purposes, the 600 piece Koerner donation is here in its entirety. Italian maiolica, German stoneware, English and Dutch delftware, Hafnerware, and what is probably the largest collection of Anabaptist faience in North America. The totality is consistent with the MOAS policy ofvisible storage (although nothing here looks stored: it is all sumptu- ously displayed). It also resists what Mayer calls "the gold vein," the ten- dency of decorative arts curators to choose only the finest objects for exhibition. "As an anthropologist," she says, she is more interested in "showing the range of human endeavour."

The range of human endeavour mcans that the works here vary from crude to sophisticated, from chunky peasant crockery (the word Koemer likes to use to describe the collection) to aristocratic dinner services. The glaz- ing and painting, too, extend up and down the ladder of accomplishment. At one end. you notice an Austrian dish, dated about 1700, painted with a c r u c i f ~ o n scene, as naive as if ex- ecuted by a child. Christ's cross is flanked by a hairy sun and a bearded moon, the whole scene surrounded by wavy blue lines and blotches. An Eng- lish charger from the early 18th century, blithely depicts the Fall of Man. Eve flips an apple in Adam's direction, her nether regions discreetly covered by a swirl of her long hair, his by an exuberantly phallic fig leaf. At the other end, great mastery. Italian Renaissance paintings, only they're on dishes in-

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i Deconstructing Expertise

w h a t does the label really say about the object? Why? And in whose voice?

These are questions curators at UBC's Museum of Anthropology are posing as they adjust their exhibition practices to accommodate post structural critical theories (like deconstruction) which refute the authority of the text. What text? Any text, including the researched labels and explanatory panels that have long been standard tools of museum exhibi- tory.

Dr. Marjorie Halpin. Curator of Ethnology at the MOA, says that contemporary critical theory "challenges the museum's single voice of authority, deconstructs the notion of expertise, and questions the tradi- tional conviction that museum collections should tell stones and represent cultures." Deconstruction theory says that because language is a shifting cloud of elusive meanings and ambiguous codes - and charged with cultural bias - it is impossible to establish with it any absolute or unilateral theme or story. Everything is flux and fragmentation. In a similarly disruptive fashion, deconstruction is applied to the ways in which museums use and interpret material culture. "The post-modernist concept is on of fragments," Halpin explains. "There's no truth. no on right answer."

The imposition of an authoritative narrative voice, often that of a white, Western academic, is now as much a political as a philosophical anachro- nism. Western museums that display objects from non-Western or non- contemporary cultures must be alert to the ethnocentric bias inherent in interpretation and display. The days are past, Halpin says, when objects can be used as signs and markers for the story of other cultures.

Fellow curator Carol Mayer agrees that the authoritative voice in museum practice must be abandoned. Even so, there is a lot of informative text in the Koerner Ceramics Gallery, much of it describing the social. economic, political and technical conditions under which the ceramics were produced. But Mayer points out that the labels are set far enough away from the objects that the objects can speak for themselves. commu- nicate their own authority, their own material presence.

Although exhibition strategies differ even within the MOA, curators there agree on what must be addressed in museology these days. "Exhibits can be very important vehicles for change," Mayer says. "And sometimes that change is in the way museums are dealing with what museums are."

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stead of wood panels. A 15th century sculpted figure of St. John the Baptist from the Della Robbia Studios in Flor- ence. Investing a craft medium with a fine art intent.

And then there is whimsy. You sail along (propelled nowby Pavarotti shout- ing Nessun donna!), and lodge beside an 18th century piece of it. A miniature chest of drawers, yellow, white and pink, made, the label says, in a small factory at Tata, Hungary, founded by Count Jozsef Esterhazy in 1758. A young girl comes by, looks intently at the little chest, asks, “Where’s the clothes?” Her father corrects her, “Where are the clothes.” She understands the real issue though-whimsy, not grammar-and says, ‘They’d have to be miniature clothes anyway.”

There are stones here about the spread oftin glaze technology throughout Europe, about trade and commerce and influence from Asia, about itinerant potters, about religious per- secution and Anabaptist communes and the exigencies offashion and taste. But ultimately what all this work dem- onstrates is the sensibility of the shy man who collected it. As Mayer says, “the hand of the potter” is on these ceramics. No brittle, cold porcelain perfection here, but a weight and a warmth and a humanity that defy the long chilly stretches of glass and marble, the blasts from the air conditioner.

Remarkably enough, Walter Koemer has been collecting ceramics-cultivating his sensibility-for some eight decades, since he was a child in Central Europe. “When I was a boy in school,” he has written, “I first got the bug of collecting decorative ceramic objects, usually plates and jars, created by Czechoslovakian peasant potters. With the encouragement of my mother, who had an unusual feeling for colour and the life of the people of our native land, I slowly began to build a collection.”The collection expanded in scope and continued to grow after Walter Koerner emigrated to Canada in 1939 and established, with his brothers, an immensely successful forest products business. In- spired to shape the context of his ceramics, Koerner sought out Italian, French, English, Dutch and German pieces, even after adding the collecting of Northwest Coast native art to his interests. And the patronage of the university. And the building of the Museum. But you’ve already been through that. The connections. Wood and clay. Carvers and potters. The Old World and the New. The rest, as they say, is history.

Or is it anthropology?

Robin Laurence writes on art topics for local and national publications.

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From top, counter- clockwise: Dish, Italy, mid 16th century; Figure of St. John the Baptist, Italy, Della Robia Studios, late 15th century; Dish, Mexico, early 18th century; ”Charger, ” with Adam and Eve, England, early 18th century; Bellarmine jug, Germany, 1550- 1600, named after a Counter- Reformationist clergyman, meant to ridicule him.

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the Thing c! a o m e o n e once said that a good deal of academic research can be done with just a pencil, paper and a wastebasket. For some faculty members at UBC, it’s true that research requires more time than money. Political science professor Kal Holsti, for example, accomplishes highly respected scholarship on a budget of $1,000 a year. “Most of my costs are for postage, phone calls, faxing, copying and word processing,” he says. “There are lots of ways to get that stuff done without large grants.” Holsti has held the prestigious Killam Research Fellowship, which has helped buy time for his international relations research. He also receives student assistance through programs such as work-study. But he has managed to avoid large grants with their paperwork and management demands.

It is an increasing fact of academic life, howeves, that research requires considerable grant money. Especially in the natural sciences and medicine, scholars need financial help for equipment. computer time, payments to subjects, animal care, salaries for technical assistants and support for graduate students.

Just how much grant money a scholar needs is highly variable. In the sciences, some individuals work on their own and have one or more annual, ongoing grants in the tens of thousands of dollars. Others work in teams with grants in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Chris Fibiger. head of the Division of Neurological Sciences, oversees a lab with an MRC budget of $450,000 a year. William Ovalle and Bernie Bressler operate a research lab in the Anatomy Department, funded at a level of about $130.000 a year from several agencies. A group led by Donald Calne was awarded a $6.1 million grant from the Medical Research Council (MRC) in 1990. The money will be spent over five years, and involve 11 full-time and seven part-time faculty members, plus support staff.

Though levels vary dramatically across campus, the need for support touches all departments from Physics to English. UBC’s strategic plan for the 1990s stresses research, and competition for research money is very intense.

Rounding up money is an important part of the work of academics today, and takes a substantial portion of their time. “When I started out,” says Anatomy associate professor Joanne Weinberg, “1 spent 2-3 months per year, full-time, writing grant proposals.” The process does become easier, but remains time- consuming.

But acquiring and keeping financial support requires more than time. It requires a whole set of skills and political sensitivities which have come to be called “grantsmanship,” or, in egalitarian language, “grantship.” Grantship is so essential and demanding that several UBC departments have appointed faculty to help in the process. Patricia Vertinsky is associate dean in Education for graduate programs and research. She gives workshops and one-to-one assistance to individuals applying for internal UBC grants and grants from other sources. There’s a lot to learn about the system, she says. “Ultimately, grantsmanship is political. You have to know tHe rules of the game, both implicit and explicit.”

The explicit rules are those which go into making up a good application. Proposals should be “consistent, clear, coherent, and articulate,” supported by appropriate references, and aimed to produce potentially useful results, she says. (See sidebar).

And the implicit rules? “You also need a political understanding of the process,” says Vertinsky. “You need to know who’s giving the grants, why they’re making the money available, and why they would want to fund one person or project over another.”

Researchers need to know, as well, what lines of thought are current, and what paradigms prevalent. This subject touches a raw nerve, though is acknowledged as a reality of funding life. Most investigators agree that research is more likely to be funded if it conforms to prevailing concerns such as multiculturalism or auto-immunity, and faculty members whose grants are turned down some-

Pay Attention: Some Tips From the Pros “I think there is a way to write a grant proposal successfully,” says Bernie Bressler. Professor of Anatomy and Associate Vice-President, Re- search, Bressler has been funded by the MRC for many years, and has never had a proposal turned down by that agency. He and other experienced grant applicants at UBC agree that there are do’s and don’t’s in grantship. Here are a few of their thoughts.

“It‘s amazing how many applicants don’t tell you clearlywhat they intend to do in their research. Write explicitly, directly, what you plan to do.” (Richard Spratley, Director of Research Services.)

Your experiments should emerge directly from the rationale and the literature review, which should be concise, up-to-date, and relevant. Be explicit about budgets - about how budgets from different agencies overlap, and how they will be spent. “I’ve never been on a committee in which it didn’t happen: reviewers say “I can’t assess the overlap, so there probably is quite a lot, and we should cut the budget.” (Bernie Bressler)

“Let the committee know that there’s a larger purpose to your work, an overarching theoretical purpose, that it‘s not just a series of clever experiments.” (Richard Tees, Professor and head of Psychology).

Start small: don’t try to answer all questions in one research study. Also, write the grant proposal so that someone who is not an expert in your specific field can understand it. (Faith Gagnon of Gagnon Research Associates.)

“It is absolutely, positively, unconditionally essential that you pay attention to the mechanics of the process, (even if the mechanics seem) silly and excessively bureaucratic.” In other words. follow the directions on a grant proposal, irksome as they may be. (The Compleat Academic, eds. M.P. Zanna and J .M. Darley, Random House, N.Y.)

times protest that it’s because they refused to tailor their project to some suchvogue concern. But RichardTees, head of Psychology, believes many people exaggerate the effect of having to fit the mould to be funded. He also points out that research does evolve, and that investigators must have the flexibility to evolve with it. “When I’m being cynical, I talk about fashion,” says Tees. “But when I’m being realistic, I talk about the fact that the world changes.” Nevertheless, the fact ofpre- vailing paradigms is frustrating for those who want to continue one line of research for years, and for iconoclasts who feel their work is ahead of its time.

Another set of dynamics in funding is probably specific to science. Con- sider, for example, the advice from Sol Snyder, an American neuroscientist. In his book Brainstorm- ing, Snyder writes:

‘Successful grant- writing is an art form all to itself. One of several se- crets is not to describe a complete, original, as yet untested idea, even one which you think will lead to a tremendous break- through. Such an application is likely to be re-

jected straight out. A far more successful strategy is to propose to do something you have already done.” Accord- ing to Snyder, if you have discovered some phenomenon of nature, propose to spend the next five years studying it extensively. ‘Such an approach may seem a trifle tedious, but it represents the bread-and-butter, yeoman service of science.” Don’t tell the granting agency about marginal, high-riskideas. When you get the money, Snyder continues, use it on whatever project you like.

I s that cynical? Realistic? “He’s saying ‘practise deceit,”’ says Campbell Clark, assistant professor of psychiatry. It‘s true, Clark adds, that granting agencies want to be careful with their money, and therefore avoid long shots. ‘The potential payoff is low for funding

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risky research. So they prefer a con- servative study which puts another brick in the wall.”

The pace of science is part of the problem. “If I have a good idea, I do it today.” says Steve Vincent, associate professor of psychiatry (even if that means using lab resources which were bought with money for another purpose.) “I’m not going to write a grant proposal, which takes time, wait months for funding, then start my good idea. By then it would be an old idea. That’s not the way science works today.

‘They give you money,” he says, “and you use it in the best way you know how. Nobody ever comes back and says, ‘Are you doing what you said you’d do?’ Site visits (by funding agencies) are to see whether you’re doing anything worthwhile. When you write for a five-year grant, it’s impossible to outline in detail what you’ll be doing. In four years I hope I’ll be working on something I can’t even think of now.”

This all assumes you’ll get funded. Over $1 billion was available in Canada for academic research in 1990-9 1, most of it from the Big Three agencies: the National Science and Engineering Re- search Council (NSERC) ($466 million); the Medical Research Council ($242 million): and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) ($90 million).

But the reality is that most applicants to funding agencies get turned down. Fewer than half of investigators who applied to SSHRC in 199 1 got funding. For MRC applicants, 60% of renewals were funded in 1990, but only 17.7% of new applicants received support. (MRC recipients receive about 10 times as much as SSHRC recipients do, reflecting the differing nature of arts versus science research.) The fig- ures are so discouraging that, in the social sciences and humanities, 90% of Canadian faculty don’t even apply for outside support, says Richard Spratley, director of Research Services at UBC. While this figure includes sessional lecturers, it is still disturbing, he says. Aside from the low success rates, the business of grantship is sim- ply unpleasant to many professors who generally did not enter sociology, physics or medicine because they enjoy

asking for, or managing, money. Grant applicatior7s bring out the procrastina- tor in individuals, and test their patience, so that the funding agency with the acronym SSHRC is referred to on campus as either “shirk or “shreek.” The low priority given to research in Canada is a concern for Olav I

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Slaymaker. Until recently head of Ge- ography, he is now UBC associate vice- president for research, in charge of helping investigators access research dollars from sources such as the World Bank and European Community. Ac- cording to Slaymaker, Canada's commitment to research is appallingly low. Specifically, he said, investigation in the humanities has low priority. A few facts make the point. UBC's geography department is highly ranked interna- tionally, he says, for all of its scholars who span humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Yet because of the low priority given to non-natural science research, the following geography faculty members are grantholders: in natural sciences: 9/9: in social sciences: 5/9; in humanities: 2 or 3/9. Humanities investigation should not be minimized because it's less expensive than science, he comments. "The significance of work should not be correlated with the amount of money it costs."

The difficulties of grantship are such that a non-faculty specialist has emerged to help medically-oriented investigators. Faith Gagnon runs a business from the basement of University Hospital Shaughnessy Site, helping clinical professors and doctors apply

l for grants, and carry out the studies. In the five years she and her team have been at it, they have applied for grants from $5,000 to $1.2 million. "It takes a lot of time to put together a grant proposal," she says.

Why the scramble for fundinp All over the academic world, there is pal- pable pressure on faculty members to produce research, if they want tenure

l and promotion. Research is measured , by articles published in scholarly jour- 1 nals. And since quantity is easier to 1 assess than quality, the goal has 1 emerged for as many articles as possi-

ble on one's cumculum vitae (Cv). It is ~ disparagingly called yardage by crit- 1 ics, who say CVs are inflated by the 1 dissection ofdata into "least publishable 1 units." Some attempts have been made 1 to assess quality over quantity, both in

universities and in funding agencies, but the problem will take time to solve. Meanwhile, research can be expected to play a large part in the fortunes of

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l Eleanor Boyle is a PhD candidate in 1 neuroscience at UBC and has worked 1 as a journalist for the Vancouver Sun, 1 the Toronto Star and other publica- 1 tions.

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The Great Trekker Dinner S. U. 6. Ba//room 6:30 p,m, $40.GO,payabletoAMS,6138S.U.B.Boulevard, Vancouver, B.C., V61 1Z1.

Please indicate names of all guests when mailing in your cheque. No tickets will be

issued. Reservations will be confirmed at the

door. Thisyear'srecipientoftheGreatTrekkerAward is Rosemary Brown, BSW'62, MSW'67, author, lecturer and politician. Rosemary is currently theexecutivedirectorof MATCH International Centre, a nongovernmental development organization working with women in the 3rd

World.Shewasthe 1987 RuthWyn Woodward Professor of the Endowed Chair in Women's

Studies at SFU and in 1988 taught in the

faculty of Social Development at UVic. She also taught at the School of Social Work at UBC. Until her retirement from politics in 1986,

she served for 14years as a member of the BC Legislative Assembly. Join us in celebrating

Rosemary's achievements.

P.E. & Recreation Mini Open House War Memorial Gym 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Will feature displays outlining career options

for Phys Ed grads, as well as tours conducted by faculty and alumni of the various research labs in the War Memorial Gym. Contact: Kim

McElroy (822-2505) or Barb Harvey (822-4452).

Pharmacy Alumni 4th Annual Professional Practice Evening

Baliroom, UBC Faculty Club

633 I Crescent Road 7 - I0p.m. Admission free This evening provides a forum for students to meet with alumni to gain better insight into

the many areas in which they may work. It

also provides an opportunity for alumni to meet with each other. Contact: Sunny Loo (432-1884 or 926-6046) or Barb Schoen (872- 7270 or 875-4077)

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School of Social Work Mini Open House 620 I Cecil Green Park Road 7 - 10 p,m, The School will be open to alumni, students and the general public with displays. "Mini- reunions" will be staged throughout. The

School of Social Work is being moved in 1992,

so don't miss this opportunity to visit Graham House! Contact Mom/ Lund 666-1 356.

Agricultural Sciences Division Barbecue MacMillan Building 5:30 - 9:30p.m. For new students, undergrads. faculty &

alumni.Socialeventforclassesof'81 (incl. '80 & '82). '66 (incl. '65 & '67). Opportunity for students to meet & mingle with alumni already

working in field. Contact: Shenton Tan (420-

1756).

Great Trek Remembered & Launch of the Shewood Lett Biography "His Life and Times" Cecil Green Park

I 1:30 a.m. Great Trekkers N/C; Others S 10

Grads from 191 6 to 1929 are invited to attend this annual luncheon. The guests will gather

at Cecil Green Park to revisit the spirit of the GreatTrekof 1922,Ahighlightoftheeventwill

be the launch of the official biography of

Chief JusticeSherwood Lett.former president of the Alumni Association and chancellor of the university. Mrs. Evelyn Story Lett, BA'17.

widow of Sherwood Lett, will be present to join in the celebration.

P.E. & Recreation Mini Open HouSe See Sept. 26.

P.E. & Recreation Tea Party War Memorial Gym 7 - 9p.m. ~-

Blue and Gold Classic Football Game Thunderbird Stadium Kickoff 7:30 p.m.

Tickets available at the Alumni Association;

$5/adults; $3/seniors, students; .$ \/children under 12. UBC Thunderbirdsvs. Manitoba Bisons. Catch

the action and enjoy an evening of football, prizesandaspecial half-timeshow, "Campus on Parade!" More info, call 822-2531,

Geography Alumni Alliance AGM Geography Building, Room IO I I 1 a.m. Meeting & presentation of Geography Alumnus of the Year Award. 12 noon

Geography Building Barbecue k30p.m.

Geography Building, Room IO I Guest Speaker (to be announced).Look for more information in the next newsletter or call Chris Tourneau (263-4775)

Rehabilitation Medicine Challenge Broomball Date, Time & Place to be confirmed;

announcement on answering machine at 732-5 180. Bring donation for the food bank. An hour of challenge broomball between

alumni & undergrads, followed by an hour- long family skate. Watch for the division newsletter for update or phone number above.

Arts '20 Relay Registration Sept. 9 until the day of the race. University and community teams will race

from Vancouver General Hospital to UBC in

the famous Arts '20 Relay. Following the race, there will be entertainment and a pancake

breakfast for everyone.

Nursing Division Homecoming Brunch 625 I Cecil Green Park Road I I : I5 a.m. S I O/person The Nursing Division wishes to strengthen ties with alumni & invites all grads to a brunch where the grads of 10 and 25 years ago will

be recognized. Please RSVP (822-33 13) and sendchequestotheUBCAlumniAssociation. A guest speaker will address the subject of mentoring nurses. Contact: Ann-Shirley Goodell (738-7524)

School of Community & Regional Planning Barbecue Foyer, Frederick Lasserre Building 2 - 5 p.m. An opportunity for interaction between graduates and students, as well as a launch forthe 1991 -91 mentorprogramme. Contact:

Alan Artibise (822-3276)

The following reunions will be held this fall. For more information, call the Programmes Department at the Alumni Association (604)

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1941 Engineering

1941 Class of 1941 Sept. 26, Engineering Club

Sept. 27 & 28, Faculty Club and Cecil Green Park

1946 Applied Science

1951 Civil Engineering

1951 Mechanical Engineering

1956 Commerce

Sept. 28, Faculty Club

Sept. 27, The Engineers' Club

Sept. 28, Faculty Club

Oct. 25, Cecil Green Park 1961 law

Sept. 20 & 21, Private Home

Oct. 5, Cecil Green Park 1961 Civil Engineering

1966 Medicine Oct. 19 & 20, Medical Alumni Centre, Cecil Green Park

1966 law Oct. 18, Four Seasons Hotel

1966 Pharmacy

1971 Law Sept. 27 & 28

Oct. 25 & 26, Pan Pacific Hotel 1976 Commerce

Sept. 20, Cecil Green Park 1981 Physical Education

1981 Medicine Sept. 28, Cecil Green Park

Sept. 27-29, Whistler

Oct. 27 1981 Electrical Engineering

1986 Medicine Sept. 14, Medical Alumni Centre

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With Our Nation In Peril, What Should

We Do? An Open Letter from

Robert Clark, UBC Professor Emeritus

T he values and benefits shared by most Canadians are more vital than the values and benefits which divide us.

Examples of these shared benefits are many. Our nationhood provides us with a high degree of

economic, political and religious freedom: one ofthe highest standards of living in the world: a breathtaking geography from sea to sea: an accessible, democratic government based on parliamentary traditions: and the benefits of being part of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Our government has provided us with Old Age Security, Unemploy- ment lnsurance and Family Allowance programmes with national mobility, and health services based on nation wide principles of equity and accessibility. Our system of equalizations grants helps provide services to people in provinces with limited revenue raising capacity.

In spite of these benefits, a majority of Canadians are highly critical of politicians, especially of those in office.

Why? There are many reasons, but I feel four are central. First, our political system is too partisan and adversarial. More opportunities should be given for individual members of the House of Commons and the Senate to vote according to their consciences, rather than according to the dictates of party discipline.

Second, the media, especially television, all too often emphasize As denunciation of B in Parliament, rather than informing the public about the main provisions of new legislation.

Third, many of the public have been demanding more government services and subsidies than they have been willing to pay for, resulting in a mounting federal debt. Debt charges have increased from 10.6 per cent of federal expenditures in 1975 to 26.3 per cent in 1990.

Paradoxically, more witnesses before the Citizens' Fo- rum commented on this deficit than on any other economic issue. Yet a maior reason for the un- popularity of the current government i that it has reduced the deficit by de creasing the rate of growth of govern ment spending below the rate of infla- tion. raising the proportion of its revenue from the personal income tax to the highest level in Canadian history, and by replacing the federal manufac- turers' sales tax with the far more equitable goods and services tax.

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The fourth reason for this criticism is that federal political leaders have to pay attention to communities of interests across the country. Many who do not support the views expressed by particular interest groups criticize political leaders for giving what they regard as excessive attention to these groups. Thus in western Canada there is widespread lack of understanding about the concerns of French-speaking Canadians. In Quebec many French- speaking people are so absorbed in the problems of Quebec that they care very little about what Canadians in the rest of the country are feeling.

French Canadian culture and the confidence of a majority of the French business community in Quebec are more vibrant than ever before. Yet many French-speaking Canadians in Quebec feel that their language, culture and influence in federal politics are threatened by demographic trends. The fertility rates in Quebec have been lower than in the other provinces, and below the rate necessary to sustain a population apart from immigration. Within Canada there continues to be net migration from Quebec to the rest of Canada. Quebec continues to attract a smaller proportion of immigrants to Canada than Quebec's share of the Canadian population.

While Quebec's share of Canada's population has been declining in the past four decades, British Columbia and Alberta have attracted a rising share of our population. Western Canada, including the Territories, now has 89 Members of Parliament, as compared with 75 for Quebec.

It is widely believed that the federal government spends increasingly more in Quebec than in other provinces. A comparison of the average annual per capita increase from 1984-85 to 1990-91 in federal payments to provincial governments for health and education, equalization grants, and social welfare tells another story (total per capita dollars in brackets): Saskatchewan and Manitoba had the highest

rates of increase in the country at 10.3% ($1,312) and 7.7% ($1,680) respectively. Newfoundland ranked fourth at 7% ($2,427). B.C.'s rate was second lowest at 5.6% ($999) and Quebec's was lowest at 3.7% ($1,503).

Many western Canadians feel that Quebeckers are always demanding more concessions in federal pro-

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derstanding of or sympathy with these demands. At the time of the Quebec Referendum in 1980 on sovereignty association, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau led people to believe that if they voted “no” in the referendum, there would be a renewed federalism.

In the words of Gordon Robertson, the former clerk of the Privy Council,

The federal provincial negotiations .. . ended with agree- ment without Quebec. Every government at the 1981 conference except Quebec got some important gain: for the West, the amending procedure it wanted and a new provision on jurisdiction over non-renewable resources; for the Atlantic provinces, a constitutional commitment to the promotion of regional equality and to equalization: for the federal government, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms ... Only Quebec got nothing. It could not possibly be acceptable to any government of Quebec ... Premier Bourassa requested five constitutional changes,

all of which, except for the distinct society provisions, were extended in the negotiations to all the provinces.

The term “distinct society” has great symbolic significance. To most Quebeckers, the failure to ratify the Meech Lake Accord meant that they were rejected by the rest of

restricting the use of signs in languages other than French is undesirable. Nevertheless, I believe that in order to protect French language and culture, the Quebec government should have constitutional powers not needed by other provinces. Moreover, there is a good case for amending the Canadian Constitution to give exclusive jurisdiction to provincial governments in housing, natural resources, regional development and parks.

On the subject of Senate reform, my hope is that the Quebec government can be persuaded to accept reforms to meet widely held concerns in western Canada and in Atlantic Canada. The Senate should be reformed to be a more effective voice of regional interests. I propose that Senators be elected for a term of six years by a single transferrable voting system in which voters would have the opportunity to indicate their priorities by ranking individual candidates. The Senate constituencies would be established with three Senators elected from each constituency. A short booklet should be provided by the Federal Govern- ment to each eligible voter. This would provide biographical information about each candidate and a short statement of his or her chief concerns if elected.

There should be 24 senators from each of Ontario and Quebec, 6 from Prince Edward Island, 12 from every other

“If Quebec becomes a separate country, the rest of Canada would become culturally poorer than it is now. Both Quebec and

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Canada. For many in the rest of Canada, this term arouses vague fears of future discrimination by the Quebec government, and violations of the Charter of Rights in the future.

While the term “distinct society” is imprecise, it is an historic fact that Quebec has been a distinct society for over a century. If we really give priority to keeping Canadians together in one nation, I believe we should willingly support including this term in the Canadian constitution. Surely this can be done in a way that does not diminish the status of those who live in the rest of Canada.

The Allaire Committee of the Liberal party in Quebec proposed as a bargaining position that exclusive authority be transferred from the federal government to the Quebec government in 22 fields. I t apparently would not object to having the same powers transferred to other provincial governments. If all these recommendations were accepted by all these governments, no Canadians would receive future cash payments from the federal government unless they were federal employees, suppliers or creditors. With these exceptions, people wishing to receive cash payments from senior governments for any justifiable cause would look solely to provincial governments. That, I believe, is no way to help build loyalty to the commonly shared purposes of our nation, which I regard as a basic objective.

I prefer having the federal government continue to provide Old Age Security and Canada Pension Plan benefits and Family Allowances. I t should continue to provide cash support for health services, so that it can maintain pressure on provincial governments to uphold the basic principles of this program.

I share the opinion that the present Quebec legislation

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province, and 6 from the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.

If Quebec becomes a separate country, the rest of Canadawould become culturally poorer than it is now. Both Quebec and Canada would lose economically.

Some basic decisions on this crucial issue will have to be taken before October, 1992.

You may wish to join a non-partisan organization, the Friends of Canada. Its aim is “to express clearly and unequivocally our wish to live together as citizens of Canada.” The annual membership fee is $10. Information can be obtained phoning 1-800-263-3336.

If you want Quebec to continue as a part of Canada, take the initiative by letters and other personal contacts with relatives, friends, businesses, trade unions, cultural, church and other groups in Quebec. Tell them that they are appreciated. Ask them to remain as an integral part of Canada, sharing their values with the rest of us. But also explain your concerns over proposals for massive decen- tralization of powers to provincial governments. Express the same ideas to federal and provincial politicians.

Ifwe have the will and the tolerance to achieve it, we can create a renewed federalism and, in so doing, enhance the meaning of what it is to be a Canadian.

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Dr. F.H. Bell BA24 is still collectingroyalties from his book The Pacft Halibut. the Re- source and the Fishery." which was published in 1980 by Alaska Publishing Co. He lives in Edmonds. WA with his second wife, Sara Amren. His first wife, Edith Knowling BA24. to whom he was married for 52 years, died in 1978. Dr. Bell was director with the International Pacific Halibut Commission, where he worked for 45 years ... Charlotte Moore BA27 is living in Honolulu, Hawaii and would love to hear from any old friends from the '20s or '30s who visit the islands. She can be contacted at (808) 949-5331 ... Harry V. Warren BA26. BASc'27(GeoEng). DSc(Hon)'78 was recently involved in a film by the Australian Broadcasting Company. It was made on Bumaby Mountain and demonstrated how the arsenic content of Doug- las fir could be used to indicate the presence of gold in the immediate surroundings.

30s Jack Davis BASc'39 died on March 28,199 1 after a long battle with cancer. He was 74. While at UBC he was on the basketball team. He was a Rhodes Scholar, and he earned his PhD at McGill. He was an MLA for 15 years and a member of Parliament for 12 years. He played a major role in shaping economic and

energy policies in Canada. Davis served as a member of cabinet and considered that his two major achievements were the cleanup of the Great Lakes and the Canadian govem- ment's adoption of the 200-mile offshore limit ... Ralph Jorgensen BComm'33 writes that he is still active as a recreational boater and a member of the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons. He claims that he does not enjoy housework and gardening ... Tom Pepper BA39 retired in 1983 as president of the Saskatchewan Research Council. In 199 1 he returned to BC after an absence of a half century so that he could enjoy a view of the ocean at Cedar by the Sea ... Jean M. (Shannon) Robinson BA33 has written a booklet entitled 'Three Women ofBC and the A.C.W.W."TheA.C.W.W.standsfortheAs- sociated Country Women of the World. It is "an important chapter to any study of the role of women in BC and in Canadian history" according to one of the reviewers. A copy may be obtained by writing to Mrs. Robinson at 7858 West Coast Rd., RR #4. Sooke. BC, VOS 1NO.

40s W.J. Bell BA49, MD'54 enjoyed seeing his picture as part of the 1948-49 UBC Varsity Basketball team in the Fall 199 1 issue of the Chronicle, but that his name is Bill, not Bob as was reported. Sorry. Bill ... There was a moving tribute to Earle Birney BA26.

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DLitt(Hon)'87 in The Globe and Mail in May by Patrick Lane. Bimey's latest book, Last Makings. was published just as Bimey was admitted to hospital. Lane acknowledged the encouragement that he and many other writers have received from Bimey as well as his important contribution to CanLit . . . Rev. Dr. Bryan Colwell BA4 1 is looking forward to the first-and probably only-world reunion of the Burma Star vets, to be held at UBC in August. Vets will attend from Britain. Australia, the U.S., Canada and other corn- tries all over the world. He is also disap- pointed that the Dept. of Religious Studies is being discontinued as he believes that an understanding of world religions is important to world peace ... Tina (Malensek) Creber BA48. DipEd'48 retired from teaching high school. She is living in Ottawa with husband Ernie and enjoying her involvement in the National A r t s Centre Orchestra Association. She plans and participates in cultural tours, golfing and keeping up with her grandchildren ... Douglas Jung BA53. LLB'54 was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in December 1990. He was the first Chinese Canadian MP. He represented Canada at the UN as chairman of the the Canadian Legal Delegation and was a judge on the Immigration Appeal Board in Ottawa. During WWII . he served with the Special Operations Executive in the Southwest Pa- cific in what was known as "Operation Ob- livion." He has also been named an Honorary Life Patron of SUCCESS. a Chinese-Cana-

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dian multicultural organization ... Sheila T. Paynter BA42 walked around Okanagan Lake, a distance of 270 kilometres, in 1988. She wrote an account of this experience in a book, "First Time Around. " which was published in 1990. "Descriptions of terrain, and information on flora and fauna should interest nature lovers.. ." Write Box 166, Westbank. BC for copies . . . Allyn Richardson BASc'4 1 is looking forward to his 50th anniversary reunion. He is retired and living in West Croton, Massachusetts, but only after a long, varied and interesting career.. . George Schuthe BComm'46. BA47, "50 lives in Ottawa with his wife Dorothy (Duncan) BA47. He has been a licensed "ham" since 1932 and is talks with the UBC campus amateur radio stationVE7UBC. His call sign in Ottawa is VE3DMC. A perfect retirement hobby ... Patricia M. (Hughes) Selfe BA49 and husband ConradA.(Tony) Selfe BEd'49 returned to BC after 24 years in Colorado with the RCAF and the U S school systems. Tony died in July '90 at home in sunny Saltair, south of Ladysmith.

50s D.L. (Dave) Amos BASc(ChemEng)'50 is retired but still working on part time con- tracts in the pulp industry . . . Major General Ernest B. Creber BASc'51 retired from the Canadian Armed Forces and is now a partner at InterCon Consultants in Ottawa. He is not thinking of final retirement yet, but does find time for some golf and occasional trips abroad i with wife Tina. He enjoys his grandchildren ... A.R.W. Clayton BAsc'51 retired in 1989 after 38 years with the Sandwell Group. He worked as a consulting engineer on projects in North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. He is now a consultant with the BC Trade Development Corporation . . . Norman Donatt BASc(CivEng)'50 retired vice-president of Olympian Stone Co. Inc.. was re- cruited by the International Executive Serv- ice Corps to assist a subsidiary of the Boliv- ian Power Company in manufacturing spun concrete poles. Donatt advised on problems in the existing pole plant, a design for a low cost housing project and the design and construction of concrete x-arms and concrete highway barriers. This was his second project for the IESC. He and his wife Phyllis are now back from La Paz and live in Bellevue. WA . . . Edwin Hintz BA57 and his wife Hedie (Janzen) BSN'58, DipCouns'83, MEd88 are beginning two-year Mennonite Central Com- mittee assignments in Germany. where they will work with Umsiedler. Soviet immigrants of German descent . . . James Rees Jenkins LLB'50 is retired and living in Wales . .. Lodewyk B. Kleyne BArch'58 enjoyed a first career as an architect before joining the Municipality of Surrey as its planning director in 1962. In 1977 he became the director of development services for the City of Kelowna. He retired in June and is pursuing his musical interests on the harpsichord and the organ ... Bill Kushnir BPE'54 retired in June. He was a school administrator in the Delta school district for 29 years. He commenced teaching in 1949. He proudly claims

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to have taught school in 6 different decades ... Sharen (Markle) Lambert BEd'57 returned to BC after 27 years in Ontario. She worked as a school administrator, most recently as a regional superintendent of education for the Ontario ministry. She is now working as a school psychologist in Victoria. Husband Michael Lambert BASc'59 was general manager and vice president of Trane Co. in Toronto. The couple in now enjoying a new lifestyle on Salt Spring Island . . . Effie MacRae-Fraser BA56. DipAdEd69 retired in 1985 after 32 years as a BC educator. She and her husband, Finlay, are enjoying gardening, birding and community volunteer work in Penticton . . . Mac C. Norris BASc(ForEng)'51 retired from BC Rail (as president and CEO). He now does consulting work with a variety of companies on the west coast. He spends his leisure time learning to play piano, climbing rock walls and gardening. He is active with the West Van Rotary, the United Church, the Lions Gate Founda- tion, and enjoys cruising and travelling ... E.S. (Bert) Reid BASc'51, former Alumni Association president, is semi-retired. He has had consulting assignments in water- shed conservation in N.E. Thailand and with the International Fund for Agncultural De- velopment, A U.N. Agency, in the Philip- pines. He is a UBC appointee to the Board of Directors/Trustees of the BC Rehabilitation Society of the G.F. Strong Rehabilition Cen- tre. He is involved in the promotion of envi-

1 ronmental conservation and sustainable development. In his spare time he gardens, golfs and fishes. He recently helped celebrate the 40th reunion of UBC forestry with forestry engineering grads at Whistler . . . Joan Whiley BA51 received the 1990 1st place award in social issues reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists. Her art- cle, "Whose Land," described the struggle of leaders of the Quinault Indian Nation to buy back their land from the U S government and private individuals. It appeared in Peninsula magazine ... J. Cordon Squire PE5 1 is happily retired and enjoys golf, fishing and gardening. He has 7 grandchildren and finds it difficult to believe that 40 years have passed since graduation.. . Walter E. Winter BA47 worked in the educational field in Alberta, NWT and BC after receiving his BEd from the University of Alberta. He followed that with 14 years as a commercial trout farmer. He has three daughters and one son, and is currently retired and living in Gibsons, BC.

60s Peter Allard BA'68, LLB'7 1 recently became the director of Western International Com- munications Ltd. in Vancouver . .. Peter Batchelor BArch(Hons)'GO. a professor of urban design at the School of Design of North Carolina State University, has been elected

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to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. He has taught at North Carolina since 1968 ... Sheila (Doig) Bonny BEd'69 completed her MEd in Febru- ary in the Department of Continuing Educa- tion at the University of Saskatchewan. She has lived in Saskatoon for 11 years with her husband and 3 daughters.. . Robert Brucker BA65just completed his "off-campus" MAin administration, curriculum and instruction at Gonzaga University. He has been teaching in Penticton for over 20 years . .. Don Carlow MD'60 practised family medicine in Victoria from 1961 until 1974. He served in an administrative capacity a t Victoria General Hospital from 1974-85. He served as senior vice president medical and associate dean (clinical) at the Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre. In 1988 he moved to Toronto to become president and CEO of the Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospi- tal .. . Art Code MSc'68, Chairman of the Vancouver Parks Board, is the Liberal candidate for the riding ofvancouver-Quilchena in the upcoming BC provincial election ... K.D. Craig "60 has won a prestigious Killam Research Fellowship. This award is awarded annually to 30 outstanding Cana- dian researchers and supports them in their projects. Kenneth's psychology project is entitled: Communication of Pain: Social and Developmental Determinants ... John A. Eckersley BSc'65. LLB'70 has been appointed vice president, secretary and gen-

5 Class Acts era1 counsel of Placer Dome Inc. in Vancou- ver . . . Dr. Donald J. Farish BSc'63 has been named vice president for academic affairs a t Sonoma State University in California. This makes him the chief academic officer of the university and gives him responsibility in the areas of instruction, extended education, student affairs, library, admissions and records and the computer centre ... Robert M. BSc'64 and Sandra Louise (Howden) Galbraith BHE'65, after living in Miami for 10 years, are moving to Bogata, Colombia where Robert will continue working for Texaco ... J.E. Gervey PhD65 was promoted to senior research associate at Dupont Electronics, research and development division in the Wilmington, Delaware experimental station, in recognition of his technical, business and organizational achievements ... Kenneth Glasner. BComm'65, LLB'68 is a partner in the law firm of Glasner & Schwartz and was one of 38 lawyers appointed in 1990 to the rank of Federal Queen's Counsel ... Heather E. Hudson BA(Hons)'68, a University of San Francisco telecommunications expert, has won the National Association of Broadcast- ers book of the year award for her work describing how satellites have helped advance business, health and education. The title of her publication is Communications Satellites: Their Development and Impact . . . Marilyn (Peterson) BPE'61, BEd62 and Bruce Kinghorn BPE'62, BEd'62 were ma L.-

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ried in 1962. They have three children. Their eldest son, Pat, is in PE at UBC. Son Bruce is head of counselling at Kitsilano Second- ary, while daughter Marilyn is a faculty advisor at UBC . . . Lottie L. Lawrence BEd'6 1 left Vancouver in 1974 for Ontario. her birthplace, to be closer to family ... Robert Miller BSc'67 accepted a position as chair of business programs at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George.. . Valerie Parker BSc'61. MSc'63 has published her second book A Low Fat LiJelinefor the '90s: How to Survive in a Fat-jilled World. She moved to Port Townsend. a small town on the Olympic Peninsula. to continue running the marketing and distribution business with husband Ronald BASc'63. They specialize in nutrition education .. . Richard F. Randall BSc'68 has been named senior director, marketingplan- ning, for Merck Sharp & Dohme, the US prescription drug division of Merck & Co., Inc . .. Ken Shaw BSc'65 lives in Calgary and works for Unocal Canada. He has recently been transferred to Los Angeles and will take a new position there as VP. scientific computing services in the science & technology division of the same company . . . H.F. (GUS) Shurvell MSc'62. PhD'64 was appointed coordinator of grad studies, department of chemistry, at Queen's in 1990. In 1991 he was made an honorary member of the Spectroscopy Society of Canada ... Peter Stigings BEd'67 has been appointed the Canadian division coordinator for the Inter- national Association of Jazz Educators ... Bill Voth BEd'67, with his wife Betty, have begun a two year assignment with the Mennonite Central Committee in Hindman. Kentucky. They are both working as GED tutors ... Glen Wittur BSc'61 has been appointed secretary-general of the Interna- tional Nickel Study Group, a new intergov- ernmental organization based in The Hague.

70s N. Leon Arishenkoff BA74 has been with BC Hydro since graduation and is presently an operator at the Hugh Keenlyside Dam in Castlegar. BC .. . Jennifer (Rodgers) BEd'70 and John Barratt BComm'68 are living in Missisauga, Ontario. John has been CFO/ senior vice president a t Coscan Development Corporation since 1989. Jennifer is a part- time teacher/librarian. They have two sons: Jeffrey, 12 and Jordan, 8 ... W. Peter S. Cawsey BRE'73, "85 is married with 3 children and is working as an elementary school counsellor for the Vancouver School Board. .. Kevin Chin BPE'78 has been teaching grades 8- 10 in Coquitlam for the past 1 1 years. He is heavily involved in coaching football and wrestling ... Jane (Prior) BA78. MIS80 and Raymond Ciacci BA76 live in Chicago. Ray received a PhD from the Uni- versity of Chicago and is director of the Graduate Student-at-Large and Returning Scholar Program for Adults in the U of C CE office. He also teaches for CE in the Basic Program of Liberal Education Adults. a reading & discussion program. Jane is head of the cataloguing department at the U of C library.. . Tom J. Crabtree BA78 is a partner

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t in the law firm of Patten, MacDonald & Crabtree in Chilliwack. BC. He lives there with his wife Brenda and two children .. . William B. Cuthill BSc’72 recently moved to Port Hardy with his wife Mamie. Bill has been appointed hospital administrator there. Both of their sons live in Victoria and attend UVic . . . Brenda M. Derby BA75 received an MA and a PhD in psychology from the Claremont Graduate School in California. She recently joined the U S Food and Drug Administration in Washington, DC as a stat- istician in the division of consumer studies . .. Cheryl (Hill) Dew BEd74 is off to teach an AFCENT (Allied Forces Central Europe Neth- erlands) international school in Holland as part of the Canadian DND school systems. Her initial posting will be for 2 years. Hus- band John, her son and daughter will accompany her. She has been teaching on the Sunshine Coast since 1974.. . Renate (Kahle) Ford BA73 taught school for several years in Belize, Central America. She is now teaching middle school English and German in Sacramento, California. She has two children, aged 13 and 10 ... Olof B. Franzon MD’79 is moving to Maintowoc, Wisconsin after several years as an obstetrician/gynae- cologist in Nanaimo, BC. He has two young children, 3% and 2 years old ... Dr. Margue- rite Garstin BA74 is a MacTaggart research fellow in the department of comparative literature at the University of Alberta ... Beverly (Lueck) BSN’76 and Doug Grunert BSc’75 have moved to Kelowna with their family. Doug continues to work as a science teacher and Bev as a public health nurse . .. Brian Harrison BComrn’77 has moved from Toronto to Edmonton with wife Louise to take the position of VP and general manager of McGavin Foods Ltd ... Glynnis Horel BASc(GeolEng)’75 is presently working as director of transportation maintenance for the Yukon government ... Mark Scott Johnson PhD ’78 recently joined Microtec Research Inc. in Santa Clara, California as manager of education services. He was recently elected chair of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Inter- est Group Board ... As of January of this year, Doreen S. (Wild-MacDonald) BEd’77 and J. Kevin Kidd BASc(ChemEng)’77 were on their way to Thailand via the US, the UK and Japan, Kevin to be part of an engineering team building a new oil refinery and Doreen to care for their young children ... Carol A. Lee BA77 received her law degree from Osgoode Hall in 198 1. She has been a member of the BC Bar since 1982. In May she was admitted to a partnership in the firm of Boughton PetersonYang Anderson. She spe- cializes in the areas of banking and real estate law. .. Sheena (Webster) Lott BSR73 recently (during the month of August) presented an exhibition of her paintings and drawings at the Victoria Art Gallery.. . Cheryl Louie BPE78 is currently living in West Point Grey with her husband Colin and 2% year old son Sean. She earned her MBA in 1983 and is vice president marketing for Westminster Credit Union ... B. Brian MacKenzie LLB’75 presented a seminar in July of special interest to UBC alumni resi- dent in the US: Qual$ed Domestic b t s -

4 Class Acts Essential Estate Planning for Non-US Citi- zens. Brian lives in San Clemente, California and can be contacted at (714) 361-781 1 if you are interested in a repeat of the seminar ... Bruce McConnachie BComm’75 was recently appointed senior vice president, Glo- bal Securities Corporation. In 1991 he became 2nd vice president of the Certified General Accountants Association of BC and a member of the board of directors of CGA Canada ... Steven J. Malecek MSc’76 has been employed as a geophysicist with Mobil Oil in Dallas, Texas since graduation from UBC. He has had assignments with Mobil and ARAh4CO in Denver, Dallas, London (UK) and Saudi Arabia. He is married with two daughters, aged 8 and 12 ... Maureen

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Moore BA71, ”73 has a novel out in Canada. the UK and the LJS, published by Harper Collins. The Illumination of Alice Malloy tells the story of a young Canadian woman who compares her life to novels, particularly those written by D.H. Lawrence. Set in Vancouver, BC. the book features locations familiar to generations of UBC students, including the Varsity Grill Cafe and the Varsity Theatre on West 10th Ave ... Letitia Remple BEd79 has been appointed campus librarian for Northern Lights Col- lege in Fort St. John ... Fred Samorodin BSR76 and Isabelle St. Jean BSW88 were married on October 7,1990.. . Mark Addison Shorter BPE’88 just opened his own insurance agency, Addison Insurance Inc. in North

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Each year the Alumni Association calls for nominations in a number of categories. Do you know anyone who might fit the bill? We get nominations from all over the world, from the famous to the unknown. The only thing they have in common is that they have graduated from UBC and that they have made a difference to the university, the Association and to their community. Do you recognize anyone? Here are the categories: The Alumni Award of Distinction recognizes outstanding international achievements of Alumni. The Outstanding Young Alumnus Award is given to a grad under 36 for early successes in research, civic, business, arts, community or similar activities. The Honorary Alumni Award recognizes contributions made to the Association and/ or UBC by non-alumni. The Faculty Citation is awarded to faculty members who have rendered outstanding service to the general community in other than their research or teaching roles. Recipient need not be an alumnus. The Blythe Eagles Volunteer Service Award recognizes someone who has contributed extraordinary time and energy to the Association.

Send in your nominations before December 31,1991 to the Awards Committee, care of the Association offices, or call (604) 822-3313.

Vancouver. Business is good. He did the Penticton Ironman in August of 1990 ... Brenda (Taft) Silsbe BEd'77 has had a second bookpublished. It is achildren's book entitled Just One More Colour by Annick Press . . . Dr. Derek A. Swain BA70. MPE'77. EdD'9O is now a registered psychologist workmg in the Vancouver school system and

as a sessional instructor with UBC's department of counselling psychology ... Robert Wallace "70 was recently appointed as chair of the department of English a t Glendon College (York University). He published Pro- ducing Marginality: Theatre and Criticism in Canada(Saskatoon. Fifth House Publishers, 1990) and became associate artist with Thea-

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tre Direct in Toronto in 199 1 ... Richard W. Wozney LLB'70 was re-elected to a second term as Mayor of the City of Kitimat in the November 1990 municipal elections, with a comfortable margin of victory.

80s Austin Baily MSc'89 has been working at Dow Chemical Canada Inr. in Sarnia, On- tario as a research and development chem- ist. He is returning to UBC in September lo begin a PhD programme in biochemistry _ _ . Abeda C.K. Banda MSc'85 is in Lusaka, Zambia and has recently moved from the ofice of the Minister of Agriculture to the office of the Prime Minister to be in charge of contingency planning ... Dr. John Bardlsey MSc'82 has been appointed the director of the Leslie R. Peterson Rehabilitation Centre ofthe Workers' Compensation Board ofBC in Richmond .. . Auleen Carson BA80. MBA82 received her PhD in administrative studies with a major in marketing from York Univer- sity in June and is now an assistant professor at the University of New Brunswick in Fredricton (faculty of administration) ... Yin (lee) Case BSc'83 received her degree in occupational therapy in April. She worked for Home Oil Co. in Calgary 1983-87. She is now married with two boys, aged 4% and 1 '/.L years. She is planning to stay in BC .. . Ellen Chacon BA(Hons)'84 married William Harrison in 1984. She earned her PhD in clinical psychology in January 1990 and is planning on moving back to Vancouver from Oakland. California ... Cheryl (Hammer) Christianson BHE'80 was just married in March of this year ... Cheryl Cuddeford MD'89 is busier than she could ever have imagined in northern BC. under the north- e m lights. She has a large obstetrical practise and is busy skiing and playing tennis in her time off, enjoying the "truly great outdoors" ... Brian Dixon MBA80 was transferred to Los Angeles with the Royal Bank of Canada in June 1990. Wife Carol (Pearson) BSc(Pharm)'77 works in a pharmacy in Encino . . . Shelley (McRae) BSN'87 and Stan Dosso PhD'9O were married on October 27. 1990.. . Kristi (Knox) BA8 1 and Jean-Gilles Francoeur "8 1 met while they were studying geography at UBC. Now married, they live in Ottawa and have two little boys, David (4) and Daniel (2). Jean-Gilles works for the Secretary of State and Kristi is slaying a t home with the children after 10 years with. the Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada ... Rev. Mark Gazin BA83 was ordained a Catholic priest on June 29, 1990 in Vancouver. He was appointed to St. John the Baptist church in Amherstburg. Ontario for one year. After that followed an appointment as campus minister a t the University of Western Ontario in London ... Beverley Greene BA83 was elected for a 2nd two year term as first VP of the Vancouver Newspaper Guild.. . Robert Hahn BComm'82 has moved to London, Ontario from Toronto. He is currently working for Revenue Canada-Ex- cise as senior investigator. He and wife Young-Ah have two children, Sarah (3) and Christopher (2) ... Betty E. Hansen BA85 received her MA in geography from SFU in

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1990 . . . Steven Harris BA85 has started a new job with Synex Systems as an account executive ... Cynthia L. (Dudas) Henders BSc(Agr1’87 has moved to Medicine Hat. Alberta with her husband Michael, who is working on his MASc(E1ecEng) at UBC. Cynthia is doing volunteer work for the Diabetic Association and the Canadian Insti- tute for the Blind. Her degree is in food science, but she says there is very little activity in that field in Medicine Hat , . . Craig J. Hill BComm’86. LLB’80 was called to the Ontario Bar in March 1991 and has joined the Toronto firm of Borden & Elliot as an associate in their insolvency department ... Karyn (Engler) Huenemann BA87 was married in December 1990 at St. Marks in the UK. She is working on a PhD at the University ofLondon. Husband Geoff BSc’87 is working for Bell-Northern Research in England. They both miss the west coast ... Noreen Isotani BComm’84 is working as an accountant at Loomis Courier Services’head office in Mississauga, Ontario. She completed her CGA designation in 1990 ... Dr. Lauren E. Jackson MD’86 married Harwood (woody) Reimer MD’86 in May of this year. They performed family practice locums in Williams Lake during the summer . . . Dieter W. Jentsch BSc(Agr)’8 1, MBA83 is working in Toronto managing a commercial banking centre for the Bank of Nova Scotia. His wife Angela Ganstal BSc(Agr)’87 is finishing up her doctor of chiropractic medicine degree. She will graduate in spring of 1992 ... Gail Lin Joe BEd’83, MEd’85 is department head of ESL at Coquitlam College. She taught in Tokyo from May to July of 1990. She also spent one month in Kuching, East Malaysia setting up and promoting the new ESL program at Coquitlam College’s affiliate school there ... Ken Johnson BASc(CivEng)’81, MASc’86 is now working for Arctic Engineer- ing Division of Unia Engineering Ltd. of Edmonton. Alberta ... Dr. Russell Kang BPE’84 was married in August 1990 to Lisa who works as a family therapist in Surrey. Russell is a chiropractor, and the couple lives in Burnaby .. . Daniel W. Kelsberg BSc’83 was recently married to Raylene. He has recently begun practising with the law firm of Lorber. Grady. Farley and Volk in San Diego. California ... Bill Kitcher MFA82 writes to say he is loolung for a job as an editor or a writer ... Christine (Ong) BComm’86 and Elmar M. Klukas BComm’86 were married in May 1990. After graduation, Elmar worked for the finance department of EXPO 86. thenjoined Prosper0 International Realty as property manager. He received the UBC diploma in urban land economics ma- joring in appraisal in September 1990. Christine articled with Arthur Andersen & Co. in Vancouver after graduation and received her CA designation in April 1989. She spent a four month term in the Hong Kong office of AA & Co. just prior to receiving her designation. She is now working for Security Pacific Bank Canada as senior financial analyst. The couple is living happily in Tsawwassen ... Andrea J. Lazosky BSc’83 received her PhD in clinical neuropsychology in June 1990 from the University of Health Sciences of the Chicago Medical School. She

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Peter Lusztig This award recognizes international achievements of UBC Alumni

Peter Lusztig graduated with a BComm in 1954 from UBC, then received an MBA from Western Ontario and a PhD from Stanford. He joined UBC in 1957 as an instructor and was named Dean of Commerce in 1977. He has been active in the faculty since the beginning of his time at UBC. He has served on the Senate for many years and is currently vice-chairman.

Dr. Lusztig has taught at the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington, the Banff School of Advanced Management, The Nestle Company Manage- ment School in Switzerland, and the CGA Association in B.C.

In 1986, Peter Lusztig and now B.C. Lieutenant Governor David Lam worked together to plan and begin fundraising for the David Lam Library and Management Centre. The Centre is currently under construction.

Dr. Lusztig has developed an interest in B.C.’s relationship with Asia. He served as Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Minister’s Asia Pacific Initiative, and was a task force member of the UN China Management Educa- tion Initiative. He has shown himself to be a dynamic scholar, a dedicated administrator and an admired teacher.

completed one year of postdoctoral work in June 199 1 at the Toronto Hospital in clinical neuropsychology. Her new job started in July at Victoria Hospital in London. Ontario in clinical neuropsychology ... Margaret Leahy BRE’83 is back from teaching 4 years in Kenya in local and international schools. She is currently teaching with the Vancou- ver School Board and Vancouver Parks and Recreation for the summer . . . Chris Levelto BComm’85 has recently begun work at BCIT as the purchasing manager. Chris was married last November ... Michael Louie BComm’83 joined the chartered accountant partnership of Dyke & Howard in June 199 1. Michael obtained the gold medal in BC in the Chartered Accountants’ Uniform Final Ex- amination in 1985. Prior to joining Dyke & Howard, Mr. Louie practised corporate and personal tax with a national firm . . . Tod W. Lowe BPE’88 is a second year PE and social studies teacher at R.C. Palmer Jr . Secondary School in Richmond. He is coaching football and basketball. He is to be married in Sep- tember to Erin Jones. .. Jennifer L. McMahan MBA80 has earned her chartered financial analyst designation . . . Yvonne Mack M E 8 6 is the members’ services librarian at the Saskatchewan Legislative Library.. . Gordon Mason BSc’85 and Karen (Mori) BSc(Pharm)’82 were married in September 1990. Cord works for Glaxo Canada and they were transferred to Toronto in October 1990 . . . Ray Matthews BPE’80 was an elementary school teacher in Nanaimo from 198 1-86. He was a Rotary Foundation Scholar to the University of Queensland in Brisbane. Aus- tralia where he completed his MA. He returned to Canada with the North American

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rights to a fashion line. He is now president of Balance Fashions Inc.. a national sports- wear company with 100 dealers coast to coast. He works out of Nanaimo ... Cynthia Meagher-Walker BA85 graduated from Southwestern University School of law in the spring of 1990. She married classmate John Walker in October 1990. Both are employed with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office . . . Brian Mills BA86 is engaged to be married in September. He is a transit plan- ner for BC Transit in Vancouver ... Brad Morse LLB’75. teaches at the University of Ottawa, and serves as director of research for the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry of Mani- toba. He has also been the director of graduate studies in law at the University of Ottawa since 1990 . .. Cathy Morton LLB’83 and David Stone LLB’77 were married in Sep- tember 1990. David is a partner in the Burnaby law firm of Bhatti. Stone & Alexan- der. Cathy is in-house counsel with ICBC’s litigation department in Vancouver .. . White- cap Books threw a book-launching party for Judy Newton BSc’88 in June. The title of Judy’s book is Vegetables ... D. Janet (Erasmus) Nolli BA88 was married after her graduation and now lives in Prince George _. . Peter R. Oleson BSc’82 obtained his MD from the University of Alberta in 1987. He married a fellow medical student, Dr. Anna Kindy. Peter is presently working at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, assisting with heart surgeries ... Brothers Mark Oleson DMD’88 and Jorgen (John) Olesen BSc’76, DMD’83 are practising dentistry together in Nanaimo ... Midori Ota “88 has moved to Rome, Italy where she is working at FA0 as a personnel officer ... D.J. (Dan) Peebles

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J. F. Richards, BA, MSc, PhD This award is presented to faculty members who have given outstanding service to the community in areas other than teaching or research.

James Frank Richards completed his BA and MSc at the University of Manitoba and his PhD at the University of Minnesota. He began his UBC career in 1964 as an Assistant Professor in the faculty of Agricultural Sciences and taught Food Sciences. He became a full professor in 1974, and dean of the faculty in 1985.

Dr. Richards has been extremely active in university affairs during his entire career, serving on numerous President’s advisory committees including the Task Force on Off-Campus Degree Completion, Financial Management System, Forest Sciences Complex, Animal Care, and Faculty Salary Negotiations. He has been a member of Senate since 1975 and was its vice-chair in 1989-90. He was a member of the University Athletic Council, 1987-88, and was chair of the campus United Way Campaign Committee in 1989- 90. He also chaired the Open House Committee in the same year, and played a significant role in the success of that event. He played a key role in the formation of the Agricultural Sciences Alumni Division, and has been an active participant in Association affairs.

Dr. Richards lives in Vancouver, and is married with 2 children.

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BEd’72. MEd’80 has recently changed principalships from Aldergrove Secondary School to Langley Secondary School. His new position commenced in July. .. Linda J. Pretty BComm’84 was promoted to training program manager for the Canadian sales force of Moore Business Forms & Systems. She has been relocated to Chicago to carry out her new responsibilities from the North American training centre ... W.H.J. (Jamie) Ramsay MSc’85 is a freelance environmental consultant in the UK. Canada and developing countries. He spent last Christmas in Bhutan. looking at forest management and roads there. He reports that Bhutan is full of UBC foresters. He is now living in Cambridge in the UK and invites any foresters who are there to give him a call (44-223-357019) ... Mark Redston MD’87. after passing his pathology specialty exams, is moving to Baltimore, Maryland for a fellowship at Johns Hopkins in GI . . . Waverly Reid BSc’83 moved to Toronto in 1983 where he worked at a variety ofjobs. He discovered that chemistry did not suit him, and his real interest, forensic science, was too difficult a field to break into. In April 1988 he became a consta- ble with the Metro Toronto police force. He finds police work interesting and challeng- ing ... Kevin Reilly BPE’89 is a member of the RCMP in Wainwright, Alberta. He was mamed to Kara Flynn in June in Vancouver ... Michael Robinson BFA84 emigrated to New Zealand where he is the director of the Christchurch Academy ofActing in the South Island ... Mark Sandercock BSc’87 received his MSc from the University of Alberta. He recentlyjoined the RCMP forensic laboratory in Winnipeg .. . Lorelle Seal BComm’85 has been the financial policy and systems analyst, financial management services with the Ministry of Regional and Economic Develop- ment in Victoria for the last year and a half ... Dana A. Sinclair BPE85 received a PhD in sport psychology last year from the Univer- sity of Ottawa. She is presently teaches at the University of Cambridge in experimental psychology ... David Smyth BSF80 is a forest products analyst for Goepel Shields & Partners in Vancouver ... Louise Smith BEd’8 1, DipSpecEd’87 is in special education in Burnaby after 3 years in northern Alberta ... Ann Sperling BSc(Agr)’84-with Andres Wines in Port Moody for almost seven years-is the new winemaker at Keloma’s award-winning CedarCreek Estate Winery. Sperling’s great grandfather, Giovanni Casorso, planted one of the first vineyards in the Okanagan Pioneer Ranch in 1883, so she is carrying on the family tradition ... Jeffrey D. Steiner LLB’89 was called to the Ontario Bar in March of this year and is pursuing a career alternative to law, presently as policy advisor to the federal Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development . .. David K.S. Tan BSF82 has just completed the chartered financial analyst program and is now managing the pension fund of the United Church . .. Winnie Tang BA80 was in Hong Kong from 1984-89 working in academia. Her last appointment was with the Hong Kong Baptist College as coordinator of their ESL program for the continuing education department. After a brief stint with the UBC

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Language Institute in 1989, she moved into the business sector. She is currently with North American Life, the company that is administering the UBC Alumni Association group plan ... Brian G. Thomas PhD’85. assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois a t Urbana- Champaign, received the 1991 Raymond Award from the American Institute of Min- ing. Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers for his paper, Application of Mathematical Models to the Continuous Slab Casting Mold, published in IronandSteelmaker(Dec. 1989) ... Audrey Tyson BEd’83 taught drama in Fort Langley and in England. She operated her own kindergarten/preschool for a while. She is returning to UBC this fall to study for her MFA in theatre design . .. Terry Ursacki MBA82 received a PhD at UBC in May 199 1. Terry is now associate professor at the faculty of management at the University of Calgary. specializing in international business ... Dave Vallee BRE’80 has been married for 5 years to lovely Susan. They have one 2 year old daughter with another child on the way (at the time of receipt of his note). He just finished working for 8 years doing recreation with learning disabled male teen- agers and is now embarking on a career in residential real estate in Burnaby and New Westminster ... Bruce Veale BASc(ChemEng)’8 1 is with Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia after spending 7 years with AGEC in Red Deer, Alberta. He followed that with 2 years in Calgary with Partec-Lavalin. He and his wife had front row seats for the Scud missile attacks on Dhahran during the gulf war ... George Weremczud BSc’81 is employed as a physics laboratory demon- strator at Cariboo College in Kamloops ... Donald D. White BA82, LLB’86 is senior trade policy advisor with the government of BC ... Stephen M. Williams BSc’88 and Christine S. Janko BA’89, BEd’9 1 were wed in June. Stephen is a secondary school science teacher and Christine is teaching elementary school ... Bradley Yee BSc’87 received his doctor of chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic-West in Sunnyvale, California in March of this year. He was to start a practice in Vancouver this summer . . . Joyce Yip BComm’83 is living in Scarborough, Ontario and is with the chartered accountancy firm of Stem Cohen in Toronto.

90s Ali Manoucherhri MBA9O and his wife Sharon ManoucheM BEd9O have been living in Prince George since 1989. Ali is a market analyst with CMHC and Sharon is a teacher at Cedars Christian School ... David Rieder BASc(ChemEngl’90 was to get married to Julie Waterhouse on August 3, 1991 . . . Stephanie Brown BPE’9O was married to her high school sweetheart, Eric Sjerve BSc’9O. in June of last year. They are currently living in Toronto, where Eric is working towards his Master’s degree. They hope to return to Vancouver, and Stephanie will attend UBC to complete a BEd degree ... Stephen Small MBA9O is a sales repre-

John Diggens, BSc’68, DMD’72, MSD, FRCD This award is given to members of the UBC community who have contributed extraordinary time and energy to the Alumni Association.

Dr. Diggens has been an active member of the Alumni Association since his graduation in 1968. Since then he has given much time and energy to the Association and the university. In 1984 he was named chair of the Dental Alumni Division Fund Committee, and was elected president of that Division in 1985. He became a member of the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association in 1987 and served as President in 1988-89.

He has been involved with the university’s World of Opportunity Campaign since its inception, first as a member of the President’s Advisory Committee, then as chair of the Alumni Pacesetter Campaign and the Alumni Advisory Committee, and finally as a member of the Leadership Committee. He is currently involved with the planning of Green College.

He has a successful dental practice in Vancouver, and is currently president of the B.C. College of Dental Surgeons. He is married and has five children.

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Births Brenda (Waddington) Black BEd’84 and Kenneth Thomas Black MSc’84 are happy to announce the birth of their second daughter Andrea Margaret on May 11, 1990. A sister for Kristen . . . Cynthia (Holliday) BA78 and Lome Churchill BSc’78 are the proud new parents of Pamela Anne Courtness, born May 26, 1991 in Victoria ... Roger and Pamela (Preston) Clark BEd’66 announce the birth of their daughter Jane Elizabeth on December 28, 1990. A sister for S s o n . . . Tim and Mauri Clemons-Braund BEd’77 welcomed their first child, Luke Edward Clemons Braund, on March 21, 1991 ... Caron F. Currie BA90 and John Currie, a first child. Rachelle Dominique, in July 10, 1990 ... For Ann-Marie (Field) and Stephen D. Colby, their first child, a daughter, Ashley Camera, born on January 2. 1991. First grandchild for Judith E. ( E 6 r y ) BSc(Pharm)’65 and H. Doug Colby BSc(Pharm)’61. Jody (Smith) BSc(Pharm)’83 and Tom Croft have had their first baby, a daughter, Kelsey Catherine Croft, born on October 10, 1990 ... Beth (Renwick) BASc(CivEng)’84 and Mike V. Currie BASc(CivEngl’82 had a baby boy on March 13. 1990. His name is Bruce ... Deborah deBruijn MLS’85 and husband Gerard are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Vanessa on September 26, 1990. A sister for Andrea Sarah, aged 3. After the birth of her daughter, Deborah took up a new position as librarian for Small Systems at the University of Calgary libraries ... Deborah (Olajos) BHE77 and Edward Dillon BSc(Pharm)’79 had a little boy, Brenden

Edward, their first child, born on November 19, 1990. Deborah is a home economics teacher in Surrey. Edward is working at the Royal Columbian Hospital as clinical coordinator of pharmacy ... Brenda (Dunn) BA87, BEd’89 and Doug Fraser BPE87 are proud to announce the birth of their first son, Andrew Duncan, bornonAugust 22,1990 ... For Greg Funk BSc’83 and wife Tammy Sue Mennie Bsc’86, a second son, James Aaron, born February 17, 1991 ... M e (Cholyk) BSN’86 and Steve Gustavson BASc(MechEngl’87 proudly announce the birth of their first baby, Eric James, born on May 3, 1991 ... Darlene (Gartner) BEd’78 and Jim Hargrove BASc(E1ecEng)’B 1 had a second son on March 1 1.1990 named Richard Paul. Brother Robert James was born in 1985 ... Janice (Inglis) BEd80 and husband Ralph Henly BEd72 are the proud parents of twin boys, Tyler James and Shea Alexan- der, born June 24, 1990 in Prince George ...

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D. L. Buzz Moore Co-winner. Recognizes contributions made to the As- sociation and the university by non-alumni.

Buzz Moore came to the UBC Athletic department in 1961 asassistant athleticdirector underthendirector Bus Phillips. He devoted the next 25 years to serving the department and the student athlete. He officially retired in 1986, but has continued to work in the department on a full time volunteer basis.

Mr. Moore’s efforts at UBC include fund raising for athletic causes, and involvement in the Big Block Droaramme. His knowledge of UBC (“He knows everything,” says one admirer)and his penchant for hardwork (“He does everything,” says another), have made him an effective spokesperson for athletics at UBC and have built him a reputation for getting things done.

His promotion of sport at UBC has inspired many, and his support of special events around the 75th Anniversary was a key element to the success of that celebration. He played rugby from the ‘30s to the ’60s. and is considered the greatest rugby player Canada has ever produced. He has also served as president of the B.C. Rugby Union and the Canadian Rugby Union, and is a member of the B.C. Hall of Fame.

Born to Dawn (Oliver) BEd’80 and Jay Hope, a son. Kevin Jordan on February 4. 1991. a brother for Shannon Denise ... Joseph Iacobellis BPE’74. MPE‘77 is a new daddy. His wife Laura gave birth to Chantelle in March of this year. Joseph has been appointed as manager of the new recreation and athletics facility at Capilano College- Sportsplex ... Kathryn (Olson) BA84 and Keith Louie are new parents of Jennifer Anne, born in February .. . Anna (Lee) ”85 and Michael Ma R A 8 5 announce the birth of their daughter Samantha Ashley, a sister to Aaron Michael. Michael Sr. is working for IBM Canada. Anna for Wang Canada ... Karleigh Marina was born on March 13 of this year to Kelle Maag ILB’84 and husband Frank. A sister for Chad and Bryce. Kelle continues to prartice law in Cranbrook ... Ahmed F. Malek MASc‘79, PhD’83 and wife Hanaa had their first child in January, a son named Momin Ahmed ... Roxanne (Roxy) Milavsky is the new mother of a baby boy born on January 15. 1991. Riley Jake Milavsky ... Alice B. (Gilbert) BHE’78 and Daniel J. Millar BSc’78 are pleased to announce the birth of their third son, Eric David in January. A brother for Jamieson and Adam . , . Louise (Kennelly) BSC(A~I-1’89 and Roderick Negrave BSc(Agr-1’88 are parents of a new baby girl. born in September 1990, Greta Louise. Rod was to start work on his Master’s degree in forest science last January .._ Megan (Watts) BComm’84 and Mark Pratt. a son. John Robert, born on November 5. 1990. A brother for Christopher William, born in 1989 ... Louise Robbins BSc’79 and John Morgan BSc’79 were married in 1988. John is currently working on his Master’s degree in aquaculture. Louise was enjoyingmaternity leave from the Gemini

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Group after the birth of a daughter in Janu- ary, Emily Jean ... Stev.en Schnider BASc’79(ElecEng) and wife Karen have a new son, Jan Edgar. Steven started a new job as project manager of AFPOS Technolo- gies in Hull, Quebec. The family is enjoying living in Ottawa ... Rob Seversen BASc’83 and Susan Affleck BA82 are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, Chris- tian Juul Seversen. born on 16 June 199 1 in Hobart, Tasmania. .. Greg Smith BA80 and Doris Kuehn were married in 1987. Their first child was born in 1989. They have a new baby, Sarah, born in December 1990. They are living in Penticton. Greg is teaching social studies at SOSS is Oliver. He took 10 students to Japan in the summer of 1990 as part of an exchange with Bandai . .. Jennifer Stewart-Owen BSR75 and James Owen announce the birth of Rebecca Angharad on August 2. 1990 ... Joan B. Stuchner BA77 wrote to tell of the birth of her son on January 14, 1991. His name is Dov Meir Nikos Stuchner-Kavadias ... Wendy E. (Roberts) BA81 and James W. Thorne BASc(MechEng)’81 celebrated the 10th anniversary of their graduation from UBC with the birth of their son. James Donald. born in April of this year. Wendy graduated this year with an MEDes (environmental science) from the University of Calgary. She received a number of awards, including the Faculty of Environmental Design Gold Medal and the Best Thesis award from the Canadian Land Reclamation Association. She is now an environmental consultant with H.F. Thimm &Associates and Jim is a computer consultant with IS1 Infosystems Inc . . . Ann Tiplady RASc(Agr)’81 and John Sesse are proud to announce the birth of their first child, a boy. William, in May 1991. They have lived in

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r Annie Margaret (Anderson) Angus BA‘23, LLD(Hon1’83 passed away on January 24, 1991 at the age of 89. Annie was born in Asia Minor and came to BC in 1909 with her parents. She is survived by her husband dean emeritus Henry Forbes Angus LLD(Hon)‘56 whom she married in 1924,Theyhadtwochildren.Michael BA‘47 and Anne BA‘48. five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mrs. Angus was involved in many organizations as a board member and/or officer, among which were ~

the UBC Faculty Women’s Club, the University Women’s Club and the Children’s Aid Society. She was elected to the Vancouver Board of School Trustees for three two-year terms and served as chairman in 1956. She also published articles and poems. Her best poem was considered to be “The Snow Bridge,” pub- ~

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ended in his early death, after which she returned to teach in the UBC department of agriculture. She was married to John Biller in 1947. They had a daughter and 5 grandchildren. Kay will be sadly missed by her family and friends . . . Marc L. Boissonneault BA8 1 has died. No further information available . . . Brian Boyd BA69 died on February 26,199 1 .. . David Gene Bremner BComm’59 died suddenly on January 2 1, 1990 as a result ofalungfailure caused by rheumatoid arthritis. He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Sheelah (Wright) BHE’59. daughter

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Alaska for 8 years. where Ann earned her Master’s degree in wildlife management. They were moving to Seattle at the time Ann wrote . _ . Susan (Fisher) BFA83 and Simon van Norden BA82 announre with pride and amazement the birth of their first child, a daughter, Clare Amelia. born on January 7. 199 1 .. . Stojna T. (Tomic) BSc’85, MD’89 and Anthony Wind Bsc’83 had their first 1 child. Alexander Luc. on January 3 1, 199 1. I

In Memoriam Robert G. Anderson BASc(MetEng)’21 informed us with sorrow of the death of his wife Marie L. (Lapsley) BA23 on January 4,199 1 ._. Vivian Julia (MacKenzie) Berry BA36 has died. She is survived by her husband John Berry BComm’36. The couple were married in 1943 .. . Doris K. (McDiarmid) Beech EA34 died on March 5, 1991. She is survived by her husband John ... J. Pat Beley BASc(MetEnd.43 passed away quietly and peacefully at home in Rossland on Feb- ruary 7. 1991. He will be missed by wife Doris, two children and seven grandchildren . . . Kathryn (Milligan) Biller BSA35. MSA37 died on January 17. 199 1. Kay’s enjoyment of the outdoors and horses was evidenced by her major in animal husbandry at UBC. She taught after graduation before joining the RCAF in W W I I . Her mamage to Clayton Hall

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Jillian and son Andrew . .. J. Everett Brown BA28, "40 died on February 18, 1991 while on holiday in California. A service of thanksgiving for his life was held at the Church of John the Divine in Victoria on February27.. . Burt Matthews Cooper BA39. BEd'49 passed away on June 22, 1990. He started his teaching career in 1935 in the Peace River country and joined the New Westminster school district in 1937. He served in the Italian campaign during W W I I where he was severely wounded. He was invalided home in 1945 after a long hospital stay. He returned to teach in New Westmin- ster, where he was a popular teacher and administrator. He served as principal of Vincent Massey J r . High and vice principal of New Westminster Sr. Secondary before taking an early retirement. He was predeceased by his wife Lillian, and is survived by two daughters, Wendy Cormack BA70 and Jane Affleck BA70. his sister Joyce MacFarlane BA40 and three grandchildren . . . Dr. James Simpson Cull BA26 died on March 8, 1991 ... The family of Frank Dawe BA42, BEd'55 informed the Chronicle of his death on October 17, 1990 . .. Dr. William Peter Devito BA50. MD'54 died at St. Paul's Hospital on March 21, 1991 ... David R. Donaldson BASc(CivEngJ39 died on July 27. 1990 . __ Alexander (Sandy) Fraser BASc'77 passed away on February 5,199 1 . . . Phillip Leslie Elliott BA28 died on Febru- ary 18,199 1. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Gertrude, his sons Jon and Gordon and their families, and his sister Ethel Brooks and brother Ben and their families. Phil was one of the original Great Trekkers and was a charter member of Psi Upsilon. He was active in theatre, rowing & basketball while at UBC. He taught social studies and law at Winston Churchill High School for a number of years .. . Rexingford Albert Frederick BSc(Agr)'58. MSA6O died on November 29, 1990 after a long fight against cancer of the pancreas. He died peacefully in his sleep. He is survived by his second wife, Mary MacFarland Frederick ... Robert Laurence Duke BSc'4 1 has passed away. He is survived by his wife, Marion G. Duke ... Campbell Grey Duncan BA30, BEd'48 passed away quietly on January 28, 1991. Cam was predeceased by his wife Agnes. His children Mary Anne, Jimmy. Peter and Norman and their families will miss him greatly. Cam worked his way through UBC as a roofer as well as earning his Big Block twice on the football team. Cam taught for 2 years a t Ocean Falls, then moved back to Vancouver where he taught at Kitsilano and Magee secondary schools. Cam spent his last years living at New Vista Care Home in Burnaby where he made many friends ... Evelyn Marie (Daniel) Fritske BA51 died on October 8. 1990. She was 59 years old. She is survived by her loving husband Arthur Charles Fritzke BA53. Evelyn was a well-loved and respected member of the educational community in On- tario. She taught at East York Collegiate Institute from 1968-90. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends ... Robert "Terry" Garrett BEd'83 passed away on January 6, 1991 in his 44th year after a

John D. ChaDman This award recognizes contributions made to the Asso- ciation and the university by non-alumni.

John Chapman was appointed to the faculty at UBC in 1947. He retired on December 31,1988. He was the longest serving member of the faculty of arts as professor of Geography. He served as head of Geography from 1968-74 and as acting head from 1979-81.

During his time at UBC, John Chapman served on numerous task forces and committees for the Presi- dent's Office, and was a member of the Senate from 1963-72.

John Chapman has been called one of the builders of the British Columbia post- secondary education system. Since the 1950s, when he played a leading role in the B.C. Natural Resources Conferences, a joint university-provincial government initiative, to the present as member of the Executive Committee of the University of Northern British Columbia, he has played a seminal role as advisor and liaison person between university and government.

Aside from his many publications in Geography, he has contributed to books on higher education in British Columbia, and has produced several reports on higher education for the B.C. Department of Education.

courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his loving wife Vicki and his two daughters, Katie, 7 years, and Emily Ann who was born four days before his death. Terry was well-known as a basketball and lacrosse referee for 25 years. He worked in Canada and Washington. He will be sorely missed by his family and many friends who were a great help during his illness . . . Lillian F. (Caldwell) Gates BA24 passed awaypeace- fully on December 10,1990.. . Robert James Gillespie LLB'64 died suddenly on June 23, 199 1 ... Norman A. Harrison BASc(MechEngl'52, has passed away. No further information available ... In the last issue of the Chronicle we reported the death ofDuncan Walker Heddle BASc(GeoEng)'49, MASc(GeoEng)'S 1. Unfortunately, we reported that he had only two surviving children when in reality there are four: son Murray and daughters Libby BSc'79. Peggy BPE'8 1 and Kathleen BA90. Our apologies . . . The wife of Bernard Heinze LLD'47 that her husband passed away quite some time ago ... Dr. Frederick William Laird BA22. BSc'23 died on February 2, 1990 in his 90th year. After UBC he went on to earn his Master of Science and PhD degrees at St. Louis University. In 1941 he became an MD. He worked for many years at the Swedish Hospital Medical Center in Seattle. In 1975 he retired with his wife Gladys to his child- hood home at Gabriola Island. His wife died two weeks after he did and his only brother died soon after that. The bulk of the Lairds' considerable estate was left to the department of chemistry at UBC . . . James Edward McCague BComm'66 passed away 2 years ago. No further information is available ... Josephine McDiarmid BA34 died on May _____

13 of this year. She served as a bacteriologist during W W l I in the RCAMC and was for many years with the provincial laboratories. She will be missed by her family, brother Ralph, sister Sheila and their families ... Major William A. McDill BASc(MechEng)'48 died in July of 1989. He was very proud to have been a part of UBC in the postwar years. He co-authored a 2-volume history of the corps of Royal Canadian Engineers . . . Ian J. McDonald BASc'43 died on August 2,1990. After graduation, Ian joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps. After the war he obtained his MSc and PhD from the University of Wisconsin. In 1950 he joined the National Research Council of Canada, retiring in 1986. Unfortunately he had only a short while to enjoy his retirement, for his battle with cancer began in June 1987. He died as he lived: always the scientist, gentleman and very good friend. All who knew him were saddened to have lost him but delighted to have known him ... Marjorie MacFarlane MEd'72 was struck down by a vehicle and killed October 26, 1990. She was a well-loved member of the educational community in Penticton. where she served as an assistant superintendent and the director of instruction (curriculum) for the school district. She had been a member of the district staff since 1978. Before that she had worked for many years as a teacher and administrator in Quebec. She is survived by four children and will be deeply missed by them and by her colleagues.. . Alvin Leonard McGowan BA59 died in Regina, Saskatchewan on May 5, 1990. He always appreciated the courtesy and consideration that was shown to him in the 1950s when he, as a mature student of over forty years of age, returned to UBC to

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I .. =I Class Acts complete work for his degree. He will be missed by his wife Merle (Geake) BEd'51 . . . Dr. H.O. McMahon BA35. "37 died on August 3. 1990 ... J.L. MacPherson BA3 1 passed away on April 3. 1990 ... Elizabeth Maude-Moore BSN6O died on April 30,199 1 ... Louis G. Millward BA27. "28 passed away on February 28, 199 1 . . . Clarke Van Sice Morrison BA3 1, BEd'55 died on July 18, 1991 ... Roar Gjessing BSF61 wrote from Norway to inform the Chronicle of the death of Rodney S.W. Nkaonja BSF73 on May 13, 199 1. The cause of death was heart failure. He had a very distinguished career in the Malawi Forest Service and was appointed in 1990 to the position ofchief forester for the country. He is survived by his wife Maria and five children ... George North BA69 labour editor. teacher & trade union leader died on February 13, 1990. George was the editor of The Fisherman, the newspaper of the United Fish &Allied Workers' Union, during the 50s and 60s. It was there that he made his reputation as one of Canada's foremost labour newsmen. From the 70s until the time of his death at the age of 70, he was the director of the bargaining division of the BCTF and played a major role in teachers' bargaining efforts in the 80s. In 1990 he received the Labour Historian of the Year award from the Pacific Northwest Labour History Association ... Joseph Otoo "90 died suddenly last fall ... Peter Harrington Padney BA(Hons)'46, "48 died on Novem-

I , ber 25. 1990. He is survived by his wife Roddy . . . Alice J. (Gavin) Palmer BA39 died in Chilliwack on February 2 , 199 1 . . . Gilbert J. Parfitt professor emeritus died during the weekend of January 12 of this year. Flags were lowered on January 14 ... Ronald Peigan LLB'89 of the Pasqua Band passed away on July 20, 1990 ... John Price BASc(CivEng'73 has died. No further information was available . .. Dennis H. Reagh BASc(Agr)'47 passed away on May 1, 199 1 . . . Marion Torrance (Cardwell) Ricker BASc(Nurs)'31 passed away on July 9. 1991 after a long struggle with Parkinson's dis- ease. She is survived by her husband William Ricker, sons Karl BSc'59, MSc'68 John BSc'6O and Eric A6 1, MEd'67, a sister and grandchildren. She was a public health nurse in Chilliwack before she was married. She then spent time in Cultus Lake, Vancouver and Indiana in the U S before settling in Nanaimo. There she was active in civic affairs, working with the United Appeal. the regional library and the Victorian Order of Nurses among other organizations. She was also a member of the school board, serving as chairperson and as president of the BC School Trustees Association, as.wel1 as vice president of the national association. She was appointed to the first senate of the University of Victoria for three years. Mrs. Ricker was named Nanaimo's Woman of the Year of 1957 ... David Macdonald Ritchie BA46, BSF47 passed away in February of

this year ... Cyril Scott BEd'71 died on September 2,1990. He is survived by hiswife Iola . .. Edmund J. Senkler BASc(MechEng) passed away on December 2, 1990 after a long battle with cancer. He is survived by Elinor, his wife ... Richard B.H. Sewell BA37 has died. No other information was available .. . Harold (Hal) Murray Sinclair BA49, BEd'50 has passed away. Hal served overseas as a pilot/flight engineer aboard Lancaster bombers in the 4 19 Squadron (Moose). He began his teaching career in 1950 in Cranbrook and then returned to finish his teaching career in Surrey until retirement in 1983. He served as a White Rock alderman for 12 years. He is survived by his wife Ellen and his family, Lynne, Kay, Tom and Kim . . . Iris A. Smith BA55 died on December 4, 1990 ... Andrew W. Snaddon BA43 died in Edmonton on March 14. 199 1. He was the editor of the Ubyssey in '42-'43. He worked for Southam newspapers for 41 years in Calgary, London (UK). Ottawa and Edmonton. He retired in 1986 as publisher of the Medicine News. He received an Alberta Achievement Award for Excellence in the field ofjoumalism in 1988. He leaves his wife Jocelyn and two daughters . . . William (Dix) Richard Snelgrove BASc(MetEng)'49 died on March 2, 199 1. He interrupted his studies to serve as a pilot in the RCAF and Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy. He had a distinguished career which included working in Brazil for Plumbum SA, as well as for Selection Trust

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in London, UK, and the Copperbelt in Zam- bia, Rio Tinto in Spain and British Copper Refmeries in England. He returned to Canada in 1970 to work as a consultant. Sadly missed by his wife Nancy and children Lynn, Martin and Susan ... Margaret Ann (Moscrop) Solly BA3 1 has passed away. No further information was available . . . Maxine Fredrica (Chapman) Sturgess BA30 died at the age of 82 on May 14, 1991. She was predeceased by her husband Thomas. She is survived by her sons Donald and Alan and daughters Anne and Kathleen and their families which include ten grandchildren. The early years of her marriage were spent in the mining community of Bralome, BC. She lived in Vancouver since the early 50s. She was an active member of the University Women's Club and the Vancouver Genealogy Society. She will be missed by her family and friends ... Dorothy (Barrow) Taylor BA32 died on November 28. 1990 .. . Kenneth Stanley Weismuller BEd'63 passed away in late 1990. He is survived by his wife Sue .. . Frances Wilson BA52. BSW53 died on April 8. 1991. She obtained the rank of captain in the Canadian Women's Army Corps in M I . After university she was employed for many years as a social worker with the Children's Aid Society. She was known among her friends for her love of poetry and music and her compassion and sympathy for the less fortunate. She will be missed by friends and family.

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