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Spring Reunion ’09 Report • Challenging times for Queen ’s Professor John Burge and his students had ... Something to sın gabout in the Big Apple THE MAGAZINE OF QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY. KINGSTON, ONTARIO ISSUE 3, 2009 WWW.ALUMNIREVIEW.QUEENSU.CA [email protected] www.queensu.ca/alumni “I was so impressed with my FIRST Queen’s reunion that I hope to go again next year – to do the Re-convocation and also possibly the MiniU sessions.” “I loved the warm applause of students as I exited Grant Hall in my robes...very kind of them.” “It was great to be able to walk around the campus and to stay at and spend time at the residences. That was really fun. Of course, connecting with old friends was the greatest part of all.” I I I CONTENTS ISSUE # 3 , 2009 VOLUME 83, NUMBER 3 SERVING THE QUEEN’S COMMUNITY SINCE 1927 FROM THE DESK OF THE PRINCIPAL 14 2 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK 14 MOVING AHEAD IN r e 3 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR h CHALLENGING TIMES P a r G As his term as Principal draws to a close, Tom o 7 CAMPUS SCENE t o h Williams looks back on the most demanding P Eleanor Gunn, Artsci’59, MA’64, reports on the y t i period of his distinguished 30-year academic s “unexpected lessons” of MiniU’09. r r e e h v i P career and ahead to the challenges Queen’s now n a U r , 8 QUID NOVI? G k o faces. Meanwhile, Principal and Vice-Chancellor c t a o l News from campus, h B P designate Daniel Woolf discusses his plans and G d e including Robert Buchan’s l r e G priorities as he gets down to work. f n historic gift to the e a o d h a c n Department of Mining s a c c ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT – ‘70S i 18 r f Engineering, the list of 2009 e o 18 ENTER JUSTICE CROMWELL – t r U honorary degree recipients, robert Buchan, o PHILOSOPHER AND DREAMER c e a Queen’s Centre update, msc’72 m His Supreme Court appointment – the first e r P and more. U for a Queen’s Law grad – was praised by many s e h t politicians, members of the judiciary, teaching 12 EUREKA f o y colleagues, and former students. Some s e t 22 AT THE BRANCHES r observers already see Tom Cromwell, Mus’73, U o c Law’76, as a Chief Justice in the making. o 24 QUAA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE t o h BY HUGH WINSOR, ARTS’73 P 26 SPRING REUNION’09 “We all were young again” COVER STORY by George Toller, Arts’49 20 SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT IN THE BIG APPLE Performing in an American premiere at the world-famous Lincoln 29 CAMPUS SCENE Center this spring was the thrill of a lifetime for more than 80 student “Heavy-duty Athletic supporters ” musicians from Queen’s and the U of T. by Andrew Bucholtz, Artsci’09 BY DR. JOHN BURGE 30 KEEPING IN TOUCH 20 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHTS 44 33 Don Carty, Arts’68, LLD’01 39 Malcolm Anderson, PhD’92 a s 40 John Stackhouse, Com’85 a n f 44 Andrew Feustel, PhD’95 o y s e t r 46 ARTS AND SCIENCE U o c NEWSLETTER o t o h 49 GRACE’S GRADS P Myroslava Tataryn, Artsci’04 50 ALUMNI BULLETIN BOARD 52 THE LAST WORD “Choosing Life”by Leonard Stern r e h PLUS visit our website for a profile of Principal- P a r G designate Daniel Woolf, Artsci’80, a report on o t o h the amazing work Carol Maskens, Artsci’09, is P s i l doing to help orphaned children in kenya, and l e m a much more. www.alumnireview.queensu.ca i l l i W cover Photo of dr. John BUrGe By Bernard clark WWW.alUmnirevieW.qUeensU.ca 1 I I I EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK ALUMNI REVIEW VOLUME 83, NO. 3, 2009 Coming to grips [email protected] www.alumnireview.queensu.ca with change EDITOR Ken Cuthbertson, Artsci’74, Law’83 EDITOR EMERITA part from death and taxes one of the also continue to become ever more Catherine Perkins, Arts’58 few constants in life nowadays is the diverse and inclusive. And achieving the A KEEPING IN TOUCH EDITOR feeling of change (now there’s a paradox if right balance will be critical as Queen’s Andrea Gunn, MPA’07 ever there was one!) that overtakes us strives to preserve and enhance the STAFF CONTRIBUTORS each year as Labour Day draws near. At world-class undergrad educational expe - Liz Gorman, Sc’97 Andrew Naples, Artsci’06 Queen’s the pace of life begins to quicken rience for which it is renowned, while ART DIRECTOR in anticipation of the familiar rituals that also building on its reputation as one of Larry Harris, Queen’s Marketing and mark frosh week and the start of a new Canada’s premier research institutions. Communications academic year. As we prepare to welcome Like it or not, the post-secondary edu - ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Jennifer Barbosa the Class of [YZ\ to campus, there’s no de - cational marketplace is more competitive Phone: (613) 533-6000 ext. 75464 bating that this year in the life of the uni - and demanding than it has ever been – for Email: [email protected] versity will be one of the most top students, and faculty, for research dol - EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD momentous in recent memory. lars, and for public attention. That’s a Heather Armstrong, Artsci’92; Sara Beck, Artsci’93; Mary Luz Mejia, Arts’93; On September Z, Queen’s will welcome harsh reality that some individuals and Marissa Nelson, Artsi’99; Richard Powers, Dr. Daniel Woolf, Artsci’aY, as its new groups in the Queen’s community seem to Artsci/PHE’78, MBA’83, Law’86; Robert Principal and Vice-Chancellor. As I have trouble coming to grips with. But Renaud, Com’96; Bruce Sellery, Com’93; Sean Silcoff, Com’92. learned when I had the pleasure of sitting come to grips with it they must. We all 2007-2009 QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY down for coffee with him the other day, must. As retiring Principal Tom Williams ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT he’s a bright guy who will bring new in - notes in his the final Review column ( p.GH ), Sarah Renaud, Artsci’96 sights and a fresh perspective to Richard - we do indeed live “in challenging times.” THE MISSION OF THE QUAA “To reach out and foster a lifelong son Hall. ( Please visit the Review web site association with Queen’s, to engage at www.alumnireview.queensu.ca to read CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO Sara Beck, our members in the life and work of more about this .) For one thing, Woolf is Artsci’b\. I reported in the Spring issue of the University, and to serve the alumni community in all its diversity.” the first Queen’s grad alumnus since John the Review that her article “A Question of CANADA POST PUBLICATIONS Deutsch, BCom’\^, LLD’`], to serve as Treason” (Issue cZ-[YYa) has been hon - MAIL PERMIT #41089017 Principal, (Zb_a-`]) and at age ^Z he’s the oured by the Canadian Council for the Postage paid at Kingston, ON youngest since the visionary George Advancement of Education as the Best Return undeliverable Canadian and other addresses to the Review offices. Monro Grant (Za``-ZbY[). Article (English) published in a Canadian Queen’s University I very much hope that Daniel Woolf’s university or alumni magazine in [YYa. 99 University Avenue vigorous age and alumni sensibilities will Sara’s article about the case of Prof. Israel Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 serve him well in his new job, for he Halperin, has been further honoured by Phone: (613) 533-2060 or 1-800-267-7837 arrives at a pivotal time in the University’s the Washington, D.C.-based Council for (toll-free in Canada and U.S.) history. the Advancement and Support of Educa - Fax: (613) 533-6828 Queen’s has undergone some profound tion ( CASE ), the international association DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS and fundamental changes in recent years of educational advancement profession - Ellie Sadinsky as it works to adapt to and meet the de - als. Judges in the [YYb Circle of Excel - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MARKETING AND mands of the new global economy. 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