Honorary Chairperson
HONORARY CHAIRPERSON The Loyola-Ed Meagher Sports Tournament Committee is honoured to introduce Wes Sanders as Honou- rary Chairman for this year’s 49th annual tournament. Wes arrived at Loyola in the wake of a tragedy. On June 23,1985, the day after Loyola’s convocation ceremo- ny, Loyola lost its beloved chemistry and physics teacher Nish Mukerji in the terrorist bombing of Air India Flight 182. Dr. Mukerji, along with his wife Shefali, were returning to their native India to visit friends and family. All 329 people on board the flight were killed when the plane exploded off the coast of Ireland. While the impact of Dr. Mukerji’s loss on the Loyola community was immeasurable, Loyola was fortunate that a young and talented Wesley Sanders was hired to address the massive void left in the school’s senior science department. Now, thirty-four years later, Wes himself has assumed the role as “senior statesman” and is currently the school’s longest serving faculty member. He has been, and continues to be, an integral part of Loyola High School, having served admirably as both educator and coach. Wes has used his engineering background to become a master teacher. While he continues to teach phys- ics to Loyola’s aspiring scientists, as well as the school’s demanding honours level mathematics courses, he broadened his teaching repertoire a number of years ago by offering to teach a Secondary Five option course, Culinary Arts. Wes now shares his talents and passion for cooking with a group of aspiring student chefs. With a teaching style that can best be described as professional and fair, Wes also has the unique ability to bring humour into his classes.
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