the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 the Scott baker Classics: Beloved English Teacher Retires alive & well at UTS! UTS in Students are Conference Champions 1967 Once Again PLUS Paul Moore’s Looking Back Iter Psellianum 40 Years to Centennial annual fund We’re Over the Top!
also: Annual Golf Tourney | planning our 100th birthday | Alumni News Upcoming UTS Events UTS Alumni Association Board of directors Mark Your Calendars President George Crawford ’72 (416) 499-9000 friday, October 26 vice president Alumni Dinner Peter Neilson ’71 (416) 214-5431 5.30 pm Reception and 7.00 p.m. Dinner at UTS Dinner reservation forms are available on the UTS website (www.utschools.ca/alumni/ past president annualdinnerreservation.aspx), or call the Alumni Office at 416-978-3919 or email: Tom Sanderson ’55 [email protected] for dinner reservation. (416) 604-4890
Check with your Year Rep for Special Anniversary Years’ celebrations. Treasurer Bob Cumming ’65 Saturday, November 3 (416) 727-6640
Secretary 2007 Class Graduation Phil Weiner ’01 School auditorium @ 7.30 p.m. (416) 868-2239
Honourary Thursday, november 8 President Michaele Robertson Remembrance Day Service (416) 946-5334 10.00 a.m. Reception and 10.30 a.m. Service Honourary Alumni veterans and other alumni are invited to join students and staff for the ceremony. Vice President Rick Parsons Alumni luncheon afterwards hosted by the principal. (416) 946-7088 Contact: Alumni Office, [email protected] or 416-978-3919 to confirm attendance and to RSVP for lunch. Executive director Don Borthwick ’54 (416) 946-7012 saturday, December 8 directors Entrance Exam, Stage 1 Gerald Crawford ’52 Admission exams for grade 7 candidates (905) 271-0445 Visit UTS website: www.utschools.ca/admissions, or call UTS Admissions Office 416-946-7995. Rob Duncan ’95 (416) 809-2488 friday, December 14 Lisa Freeman ’95 (416) 923-5000
Holiday Concert and Art Gallery Peter Frost ’63 7.30 p.m. in the Auditorium and Gym (416) 867-2035 Student musical performances and art displayed at this holiday evening tradition. Dana Gladstone ’80 Café Bleu afterwards. (416) 643-4766 Contact: Judy Kay ([email protected], 416-978-6802) or Janet Williamson ([email protected], 416-978-0988) Sharon Lavine ’84 (416) 868-1755 x235
Saturday, February 9 Bernie McGarva ’72 (416) 868-7765 Alumni Basketball 3-on-3 Tournament Nick Smith ’63 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. in UTS Gym (416) 920-0159 Organize your team of alumni for a spirited competition. Jennifer Seuss ’94 Contact: Alumni Office at 416-978-3919 to enter a team. (416) 597-6293 35 1817 14
IN SHORT Calendar of Events 2 Contents Upcoming alumni & school events the root | fall 2007 Bits & Pieces 4 Interesting happenings in brief Donor Listings 26 14 Classics Team Makes it a Dozen Alumni Golf 35 The fall tournament report Amazing results show the students’ commitment to this very popular yearly event. Reports President’s Report 8 18 UTS at Canada’s Centennial Year Ideas how UTSAA can serve better Looking back at 1967, a harbinger of big changes at ‘the Schools’. Principal’s Message 10 Banner year for student achievements 20 Scott Baker Retires Advancement Office 12 A student tribute to one of UTS’ most-loved and admired teachers. A new office to aid UTS development UTS Board Report 17 24 Iter Psellianum Much has been accomplished in UTS’ first year of independence UTS Classics teacher Paul Moore authors the definitive work on the life of Byzantine scholar, Michael Psellos. Treasurer’s Report 22 Your donations at work 29 Alumni News Catch up with the happenings in the lives of your classmates. In Our thanks to this issue’s contributors: Copy: George Crawford ’72, Michaele Robertson, Bob Memoriam and tributes to the lives of several distinguished alumni. Lord ’58, Allison Friedman ’07, Ian Beattie ’07, Luke Stark ’02, Anne Nguyen ’96, Bob Fowler ’72, Paul Horowitz ’87, Paul Moore, Lily McGregor, Donna Vassel, Bob Cumming ’65, Martha Drake, William Sanderson ’52, Claudia Miatello, Don Borthwick ’54 Photography: Cover: Victor Yeung, Jim Allen, Eugene Di Sante, Caroline Kolch, Don Borthwick.
On the cover: ‘Romans’ Jake Brockman S5 and Rebecca Moscoe-Di Felice M4 University of Toronto Schools Alumni Association Editor: Don Borthwick ’54 371 Bloor Street West, Room 121, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2R8 Phone: (416) 978-3919 Fax: (416) 971-2354 Design: Eye-to-Eye Design E-mail: [email protected], Web: www.utschools.ca/alumni The Root is published Spring and Fall and is available to all alumni, parents and friends of UTS. Contact us at the above addresses to receive a copy Ad Design: Carolyn Kolch, Eye-to-Eye Design or to change your address. This issue is also available on the website: www.utschools.ca/alumni/magazine. Printed by: Thistle Printing Ltd.
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Branching Out enough to have had great ni initiatives is to make sure McInnis: musician, Catholic mentors know what signifi- you are listed in the Alumni nun, pig farmer and Zen mas- Mentoring Initiative cant roles they can play in Email Directory [www. ter. I quickly devoured the You don’t need to go out helping students to explore utschools.ca/alumni/email book, and decided that I had on a limb to realize that the different life and career directory.html]. to meet and hopefully work involvement of UTS alumni opportunities.” Or email Carole with this amazing woman. in the life of their alma Mentors and mentees will Bernicchia-Freeman, the Sr. Elaine was born in mater is a good thing. And work together to support Branching Out Program New Brunswick in 1924. with the launch of UTS’ the students’ explorations of Coordinator, at After training at Julliard in new Branching Out Alumni their career/university goals, [email protected]. New York City, Elaine played Mentoring Program, expect and their personal aspira- Luke Stark (’02) violin with the Calgary phil- to see more of just that. tions, passions and pursuits. harmonic for several years. Spearheaded by UTS The program will also allow However, as a young woman faculty member Carole UTS alumni to share their she had wanted to study phi- Bernicchia-Freeman knowledge and experience losophy and eventually did of the Student Services with a new generation, and pursue this earlier passion, Department and alumnus strengthen their connection and on the advice of a friend Luke Stark ’02, Branching to the school community. and mentor, she became a Out will pair sixteen UTS “Carole and I have Catholic nun while in her Senior students with alumni become passionate advocates early thirties. in a wide variety of fields: for the importance of inte- When her order sent Sr. journalism, business, educa- grating alumni more fully Elaine to Japan to start a tion, medicine, engineering, into the life of the school, Catholic cultural centre, she law, international relations, and are exploring other ways was given the opportunity and the arts. The program, to increase the connections to follow in the footsteps of a pilot project, is set to offi- between alumni and UTS’ Sr. Francis Xavier, one of the cially begin in September learning community. Linked Tea with a earliest Catholic missionar- with a joint mentor/mentee to this objective will be the Zen Master ies to the orient. During her training session. Branching M4 Career Studies course, years in Japan, Sr. Elaine How I was inspired to teach Out will officially be kicked which will see an increase in learned and mastered the meditation and yoga in a off at a reception prior to the the number of alumni shar- practice of Zen meditation, Canadian prison annual UTS Alumni dinner ing knowledge and experi- and for over a decade, she on Friday, October 26. ence with UTS students in It was thanks, in part, to a would awaken before dawn “Branching Out provides the classroom.” spontaneous visit with my to sit in silence with Buddhist a unique opportunity for “It has the potential to UTS Latin teacher, Dr. Paul nuns. She also studied with alumni to reconnect with be a terrific opportunity for Moore, that I met a Zen Yamada Roshi, one of the UTS and to make a mean- alumni to pass on important roshi. greatest Zen teachers of the ingful contribution to the job experiences to senior This was in December twentieth century. lives of current UTS stu- students when they are 2004, when I was back in Zen, as Sr. Elaine explains, dents,” said Jennifer Suess contemplating university Toronto for Christmas during is a living tradition that is ’94, a member of Branching and career choices,” said my first year of grad school transmitted from one living Out’s Program Advisory Don Borthwick, Associate in Victoria. A librarian friend master (a roshi) to his or her Committee, which will Director of the UTS Office of mine recommended the student. When Yamada Roshi oversee the program and of Advancement. book, Zen meditation: a bestowed the title of roshi its mentoring pairs. “Those A first step to getting bridge of living water, the on Sr. Elaine, she became of us who have been lucky involved in UTS’ new alum- autobiography of Sr. Elaine part of a lineage of enlight-
the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 Help Us Celebrate OUR 100th Birthday! ened masters extending back A quick phone call to a friend hundreds of years. She also yielded the roshi’s phone num- became one of only a handful ber, and within days, I was of Catholics who have ever having my first face-to-face received this great honour meeting over tea with a bona and responsibility. fide Zen master.
After seventeen years of Last May, Dr. Moore and m o c . lia o
living in Japan, Sr. Elaine was I, along with hundreds of t o f ; n sent to work in the Philippines others fortunate enough to o bins in a poor rural community have met her, celebrated Sr. Ro ara o: S where many of the people Elaine’s most recent initiative, t o h were malnourished. What Freeing the Human Spirit, P does a Zen master do in such a volunteer-driven charity n the back cover, had an archivist undertake a situation? She starts a pig that teaches meditation and you will see a considerable research of the farming operation! yoga in over 20 prisons across few photos from files and publications at the Later, Sr. Elaine found a Canada. The fundraiser took our archives school, as well as at the Uof T thriving zendo in Manila. It the form of an evening of O depicting school life in the Library and Archives to cre- was a time of political oppres- song and story animated by past. Hopefully, this will begin ate a catalogue of informa- sion in the Philippines, and British actor Jeremy Irons and to bring back some memories tion for reference, together she found herself called to Canada’s own McGarrigle sis- of your high school days and with ‘theme‘ files of reference teach meditation to impris- ters, Kate and Anna. I’m sure encourage you to volunteer materials for sub-committees oned activists, protesting that all of us there, whether some of your busy time to to use in developing detailed against the Marcos regime. celebrities, students, or help us plan our centennial plans for specific activities This was the beginning of esteemed Latin teachers, have celebrations, beginning as and events. Sr. Elaine’s prison ministry, been inspired by this incred- soon as just two short years Needless to say, we will which has taken her from ible woman’s example. from now! require many volunteers to Manila to Oxford to Toronto, Anne Nguyen ’96 Planning for this celebration ensure these celebrations are and touched the lives of Ann presently lives in has already begun with the worthy of our outstanding countless individuals dealing Hamilton where she stud- establishment of an Advisory first 100 years. UTSers have with incarceration, both of ies medicine at McMaster Committee representing the reputation of jumping in the body and of the soul. University. Anne is a mem- all UTS constituencies. The to willingly contribute and Having been so inspired ber of Freeing the Human initial step, which is being there is no better time to by Sr. Elaine’s life and work, Spirit and leads meditation undertaken now, is for the continue this tradition. Here and knowing that she had and yoga classes for youth Advisory Committee to cre- is your chance to volunteer returned to Canada to retire, at the Hamilton-Wentworth ate an overall plan for the your expertise and time to I had hoped in my heart to Detention Centre with her UTS centennial which will help plan and execute a vari- one day meet her, although I husband, who graciously provide a ‘road map’ for the ety of activities. All you have had no idea when or how this co-authored this article. various sub-committees to to do is to let us know you would happen. follow. The sub-committees can help and, at the appropri- Incredibly, when I was UTS Alumnus Meets will then execute the plan ate time, we will get back to chatting with Dr. Moore for with specific events and you to enlist your talents. Prince Charles activities scheduled as early the first time in years, he men- Email Martha Drake: Royal supports buried as the start of the September tioned that he knew a Catholic [email protected] library of early Rome 2009 school year through to nun who taught meditation in or Don Borthwick: November 2010. Toronto. “That wouldn’t be Sr. Marcello Gigante was per- [email protected]. Elaine McInnis???” I asked. [continued on next page] This past summer, we have
fa l l 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m aga z i n e : the root let that slide, since I correctly haps five foot three, in spite answered a question about of his name. But he was a Catholicism.) In any event, metaphorical giant, a kind How to Win at the end of the day, a cor- of king of Naples. He could rect answer about the Apollo not walk down a Neapolitan Theater in Final Jeopardy left street without being stopped me a one-day winner, with a by someone eager to shake on Jeopardy! big smile from Alex, a dazed his hand: a friend, pupil, col- feeling that lasted through league, politician, business- lunch – and $30,500 richer. Another UTS alumni achievement man or priest, as it might After lunch, we returned for be. For 32 years as professor the next taping. Although I of Greek at the University TS has always testants_searchinfo.php), so put up a decent fight, I came of Naples, Gigante was one seemed to me like I could try out in my pajamas in second after Final Jeopardy of the great classical schol- a fertile breed- without any more odd looks. – embarrassingly, on a ques- ars of the last century. He ing ground for U In November 2006, I got the tion about the Great Lakes. reinvigorated the study of Jeopardy! contestants. There’s call. Jeopardy! tapes a week’s Still, it was amazing fun. Alex just something about the intel- the Herculaneum Papyri, worth of games at a time, so, was a pro, and my students at lectual environment that fits a library carbonised by the I sat in the audience with the Notre Dame, many of whom the game. The vast amount of Vesuvius eruption in AD 79 other contestants and waited gathered together to watch information on non-historical and housed in the famous for my turn. And waited... the show when it aired in late topics that Neil McLean [former Villa of the Papyri, which And I got sent home again. March [2007], were thrilled to staff] provided didn’t hurt; and probably belonged to Lucius Jeopardy! always overbooks have a celebrity in their midst, you ought to have a decent Calpurnius Piso, Julius contestants for a day’s taping, and I got precisely one day of grounding in pop culture if Caesar’s father-in-law. It was and a multiple winner means added respect from them. Most you spend time in the senior discovered by tunnelling even fewer contestants of all, it was a delight to common room adorned by a treasure-hunters in the mid are needed. Local hear from many of giant Apocalypse Now mural. contestants may my far-flung UTS 18th C. Ever since, scholars I’m never surprised when I be sent home, friends, from my have sought to unroll and read that another UTS grad although they own reunion read these incredibly fragile has ended up hobknobbing are promised class of 1987 books. Gigante concentrated with Alex Trebek. I’m happy a future tap- and from on using today’s technology to join those ranks as a recent ing. (The several other both to verify readings and Jeopardy! champion. show always years, who to unroll new texts without The adventure began with my puts out-of- happened damage. wife, Kelly, living in San Diego towners at to catch the The library as so far exca- and playing Trivial Pursuit with the top of its show. vated consists overwhelm- friends. She decided that there list.) For future UTS ingly of books of Epicurean must be some way to profit At this point, alumni who philosophy. When it was from my array of inconsequen- my wife and I are interested rediscovered in the 1980s, tial knowledge, so she signed decided to play our in appearing on Gigante campaigned for its me up for the Jeopardy! try- trump card and become Jeopardy!, here are a excavation, securing funds outs. We moved to Los Angeles non-residents. A little drastic, few tips. If you’re selected for a straight from the Ministry the next year, during the time to be sure, but you don’t get preliminary interview, remem- in Rome. Excavation began, when the show relied on local to meet Alex every day. So I ber that they’re looking for and a corner of the villa tryouts, so I trooped out to the accepted a visiting semester people with loud voices and a was laid bare for the first studio to answer a short quiz. teaching at Notre Dame Law little bit of personality. Watch time in 1900 years. But the At the end of the day, six of us School, and pleaded with the the show at home religiously money ran out, governments out of 54 were left. After an show’s contestant wranglers and keep score. Practice with interview, I was put on a list of changed, the excavation to bring me back. I returned a homemade clicker: it’s all potential contestants for the stopped and Gigante died. in early December, and was about who rings in first once A group of us, alarmed next year. Alas, I wasn’t picked the lights on either side of the picked for the third taping of by the deteriorating state that year, and so a year later game board come on. And the day, just before lunch. of the exposed villa, wrote I went through the process study the Great Lakes! again. This time, at least, the For the record, I am a fine Jew, an indignant letter to The initial tryout quiz was online even if I did get the question Paul Horwitz ’87 is an associ- Times (what else). To our (http://www.sonypictures.com/ about Reform Judaism wrong. ate professor at the University of surprise, it touched off an tv/shows/jeopardy/con (My students at Notre Dame Alabama School of Law international protest. The
the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 2007 Athletes of the Year
Congratulations to Maria Maria has 2 siblings at UTS Cusimano ’07 and Lyndon – Salvator, Class of 2008 and Shopsowitz ’07, who Madeline, Class of 2011. received the Ornella Barrett Lyndon had 4-year stints Award and the Ron Wakelin as a member of both the Award, respectively. Boys Hockey team and Boys Maria was a 4-year member Volleyball team and was a of the Girls Soccer team which 2-year member of the Rugby made three provincial champi- team, which had a very suc- onship appearances; a 4-year cessful season, winning all member of the Girls Basketball six of their league games team; a 4-year member of the without being scored upon. Girls Volleyball team which Unfortunately, they lost in the appeared twice in the provin- league finals. cials; and this past year, she Lyndon’s dad, Noah ’72 and was a member of the Wrestling second cousin, Neil ’73 are team. Quite an athlete, I think alumni. you will agree! item was picked up around versies. At the end, Charles and planting a kiss, whence Centennial Logo the globe by the media, and asked if I would be able to the screaming headline in one day the Prince of Wales meet him in Herculaneum in the local tabloid the next Design Contest rang up. Well, his Private two weeks’ time. morning ‘HO BACIATO Get your creative juices Secretary did to give me At Herculaneum the PRINCIPE CARLO!’. flowing for our Centennial! the directions to Highgrove, plan was to stage a debate Nothing about archaeology! In 2010, UTS will be cel- where His Royal Highness between proponents of vari- At the site, the ebrating its 100th year, and would be pleased to hear an ous options, but time was Superintendent of this momentous occasion account of the affair. limited. After the speeches, Archaeology, who is opposed needs a logo and slogan! Upon my arrival, I gifts and tour of the main to further excavation, We’re calling on all mem- was fed tea and Duchy of site, there were only ten monopolised the time, but bers of the UTS community, Cornwall organic biscuits. minutes for the Villa. HRH subsequently I wrote to including alumni, parents, In due course I was led to was determined to walk to the Prince and presented staff and students, to cre- the Prince’s study, and for an the site, though the crowds the case for proceeding, ate a design for the UTS hour I explained the history were five deep on either side of course with due regard Centennial. This is a great of the site and its excavations, of a narrow street. The walk to preservation. He kindly opportunity to showcase the story of the Villa and its went without incident except wrote to the relevant author- your talent and help UTS papyri, the current state of that one rapt teenager suc- ities urging excavation, celebrate a very important affairs and associated contro- ceeded in breaking ranks and raised the matter with milestone year. UNESCO (as Herculaneum The winning design is a World Heritage Site). will potentially appear on a I am very grateful for variety of items, from the this kind intervention. website and displays to mer- m o c
o. Regrettably, however, there t chandise. The logo must be o
ckph is still no action. Interested o submitted in both colour ist ; readers may wish to consult and black & white. ertin Gu www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk For more details, as well ierette for further information.
o: P as contest rules and regula- t o h P Bob Fowler ’72, tions, visit www.utschools.ca. Director, Dept. of Classics Detail of Herculaneum Excavations, Naples, Italy. and Ancient History Show your school spirit! Submit your idea today! University of Bristol
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Helping to Shape UTS As we move ahead, we need to bring our role into better focus.
or the past two years, your gifted students, the School now faces Annual Dinner; and our role in fund- UTSAA has thrived under the three challenges: raising, whether for the Annual Fund, F capable leadership of Tom the Capital Fund, the Bursary Fund (to To offer accessibility to all students Sanderson ’55. Tom has since transi- ensure accessibility to all who qualify), who qualify, with the implication tioned to become Past-President, and I or for a Building Campaign that will that bursaries will be made available have been asked to serve as President likely be needed soon. Your UTSAA to those students who are accepted for the next two years. And what an intends to identify those roles and areas to the school but whose families lack interesting two years it will be! of involvement where we can best the financial means to attend, My first comments will be to Tom, serve UTS, and we will work with the to thank him for To transition itself from a UTS Advancement Office and UTS Board to his effective and that relied upon the University of establish the communications and inte- tireless leadership Toronto for some forms of financial grated team that will be needed for the as President. Tom support, to become a financially-inde- years ahead. successfully devel- pendent school still affiliated with the Does all this sound interesting? oped and complet- University, and Times of change are often the most ed a variety of key interesting! Your UTSAA Board is look- To renovate, restore or replace a initiatives, includ- ing for feedback, support and involve- school building that has been allowed ing the creation of ment as we face these challenges. If to deteriorate further during the past an Ottawa Chapter you are interested in helping, or if you George decade of uncertainty. Crawford ’72 of the UTSAA, want your opinion to be heard, contact president, UTSAA rejuvenation of our Your UTSAA and the any Board Member or Year Rep system, UTS Board have been Don Borthwick in the and review of the financial account- working both together “Your UTSAA Alumni Office. ability of the UTSAA and of individual and in parallel to address intends to Communications events such as the Golf Tournament these three challenges. In identify...where are the life-blood of – all of which was timely and necessary, the process, the role and any organization. Your and all of which was done profession- mandate of your UTSAA we can best UTSAA is assessing its ally and thoroughly. Additionally, Tom has been brought into serve UTS...” current communica- gave much more than just his time and focus, and decisions will tions methods, and is experience: the 2006 UTS Baseball need to be made by all of us as events planning some changes to improve Team will long remember attending move forward. The first step will be to our ability to serve all Alumni. Our the Blue Jays game in a Skybox, hosted determine the core role of the UTSAA, UTSAA magazine is now called The by Tom after Tom’s winning bid in the possibly including our stewardship of Root, and our UTSAA Alumni Report Parents’ Association Silent Auction specific endowments or funds from will be a key contribution to each issue Fundraiser. Thank you Tom! alumni donations; our direct support of The Root. As you may be able to We have much work ahead of us to the school for student-led initiatives tell from this report, we intend to be over the next two years, and our actions or for hockey practice time and sweat- timely and forward-thinking in our will shape UTS for years to come. In ers and wrestling mats; our events that reports to you, so that you can all be addition to maintaining UTS’ com- bring Alumni together, such as the Golf aware of the topics of the day and the mitment to providing a rigorous and and Basketball Tournaments, Alumni/ issues that the Alumni and UTS are rewarding education to academically- School Hockey Challenge and the facing together. Another communica-
the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 tions idea we would like to imple- I did not also mention Peter Neilson. ment is a monthly e-bulletin, a short I am both pleased and grateful that monthly email highlighting upcoming Peter Neilson ’71 has agreed to events and UTS news that may be of serve as Vice-President for the next interest to the Alumni. We know that two years. Peter’s diligence, tenac- uncontrolled email to your Inbox can ity, thoughtful reflection, and perhaps be a nuisance; therefore to initiate an most of all his seemingly encyclopedic e-bulletin communications system we knowledge of UTS school history, will will first ask each subscriber for per- all be valuable assets as your Alumni mission to be included. One final note leadership team navigates the waters about communications: do you know ahead. Thank you Peter! who your Year Rep is? Your Year Rep And finally, to our newest Alumni, is trying to contact you, and to stay in the Class of 2007: what a fantastic touch with you, so if you haven’t heard Grad Prank! For those alumni who from your Year Rep then maybe they may not have seen it, the Class of 2007 can’t find you! Send them an email, somehow hung a larger-than-life class or let Don Borthwick in the Alumni photo of themselves across the front Office know how to find you. Your Year of UTS. Congratulations to 2007 for a Rep is particularly active around your prank well-done, and welcome to the graduation anniversary years when your UTSAA! Graduation Class is most likely to get together. Stay in touch! I began by writing about Tom Sanderson, and I would be remiss if
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nized nationally for their work pro- ducing a documentary on their trip to UTS is Thriving Zambia on the Gill Deacon Show; one Celebrating a year of accomplishments of our students took first place at the Hot Docs (documentary) competition. In Math, our national and interna- tional results were: aving just completed my first story. It doesn’t reveal, for instance, • 3 medallists in the American year at UTS, I am really proud the great lessons of the sports field, the Mathematics Contest H of the many accomplishments exuberance of the Culture Show, or the • 3 medallists in the Invitational of my colleagues, the Board, UTSAA, organizational triumph that was SOMA. American Mathematics Examination UTSPA and the newly formed UTS But it will give you a sense of what hap- • 4 UTS students invited to compete in Foundation, under the capable leader- pens, day after day, at UTS. the USA Math Olympiad ship of Bill Saunderson ’52. I am espe- In the areas of Languages, Debate • 2 Gold medals in the Canadian Open cially grateful to David Saffran for his and the Performing Arts, our students Math Competition careful guiding of our Strategic Planning excelled in: • 2 of 6 members of Team Canada for process. I believe • German Language: 2 students award- the International Math Olympiad were our plan, Building ed the international Sprachdiplom 2 from UTS the Future, which • Music: Guest Artist for the opening In Science, our results were also will be published concert of the Toronto Philharmonia excellent: by next Spring, will • Art: first place in the National • Locally, UTS students won 8 med- set a clear direction Bateman competition als in the Metro Toronto Science Fair for UTS. As one of • Writing: first place in the Inter- took silver in the York Science and its many support- national Commonwealth Society essay Engineering Fair. 16 of our students ers, I hope you will competition (14-16 years of age); first were accepted by the Shad Valley pro- find the direction place in the Better Earth Essay com- gram and will work at 10 universities Michaele Robertson inspiring. And the petition across Canada in research environ- Principal, UTS word, inspiring, • Debate and Brain Bee ments. brings me to the first, second and fifth • At the Uof T Provincial point of this article. place at the Uof T Brain Based on past Chemistry Camp, 4 UTS I thought you would enjoy read- Bee. In debating, 2 first performance, students were invited to ing a compilation of the successes of place wins at the National the National Training our students during this past year. Debating Championships feel optimistic Camp Sometimes we don’t trumpet loudly and 2 first place wins at about a bright • In Physics UTS stood enough the extraordinary results that the National Bilingual future for UTS. first in the Sir Isaac our students achieve or the heart they Debating Championship. Newton Competition exhibit in all kinds of competitions and • Classics Competition: this year, with 7 students placing in the 95th per- performances, even when they know UTS organized and ran the Classics centile or higher; 2 UTS students were they are not the strongest. But they Competition, winning it for the 12th invited to the National Training Camp certainly do garner more than their year in succession. 45 students partici- for the Olympiad share of recognitions, prizes, awards pated in the events and an additional • At the Uof T Biology Competition, and diplomas. To give you a taste of 31 students performed the musical A UTS was second overall. In the some of this year’s triumphs, I have list- Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Michael Smith Biological Science ed them by category below. This is not the Forum. Competition out of UBC, UTS took a full listing. It captures those awards • The National Champion of the first place and had two students tied for that were given at the regional, provin- CanWest Spelling Bee is a grade 8 stu- second place provincially. cial, national and international levels. dent at UTS UTS students also distinguished Such a list does not tell the full • 8 of our young women were recog- themselves on the playing field.
10 the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 UTS Foundation
Whether or not they were champions, the teams showed spirit, determination and courtesy. Among their successes Taking the Next Step were the following: • Four teams qualified for OFSAA: UTS Foundation is now open for business! Senior Boys’ Volleyball, Tennis (boys won the bronze), Senior Girls’ Soccer (4th place) and Badminton (silver) t’s been a milestone year for the UTSF’s goal is to provide a consis- • The F1/F2 Swimming Team (boys) University of Toronto Schools tent level of financial support for the won the Elementary Schools Banner I Foundation (UTSF), marked by the University of Toronto Schools, while for the second year. achievement of a number of significant growing our asset base. We intend to • Boys’ Rugby: an undefeated season. events. work with Principal Michaele Robertson • In Wrestling, one of our girls com- Thanks to the significant generosity to ensure that our efforts align with the peted in the National Championship. of our donors over the years, UTSF is mission and values of UTS. Additionally, we are proud of the starting off its initial financial position It has been my pleasure to work following: with an asset base of approximately $30 with our highly-dedicated Board of • UTS had 8 Millennium Scholars: 3 million. Directors, with the Foundation Steering Local, 4 Provincial and 1 National The formation of a Board of Committee, which included the above UTS students have received offers Directors, as steward of these funds, mentioned Directors plus Bob Lord ’58 of major scholarships from the follow- has been established. Directors are and David Rounthwaite’65, and with ing institutions: John Jakolev (parent), Monica Biringer Principal Robertson and her profes- • McMaster University: President’s ’78 and Paul Barnicke ’71. After an sional staff. I would like to acknowledge Scholarship independent selection process, in June that the Foundation exists today thanks • Mount Allison University: 2007, we appointed Letko Brosseau to the thousands of alumni, parents, stu- Confederation Scholarship as our investment manager and CIBC dents, faculty and staff who have given • UBC: President’s Scholarship Mellon as the custodian and trustee of so generously over the years. May this • UWO: Ivey Award of Excellence our funds. In consultation with our new generosity continue. lR • Waterloo: 4 Descartes Entrance investment manager, we have developed William Saunderson ’52, Chair, Scholarships our strategy and produced a Statement University of Toronto Schools And specifically from Uof T, we are of Investment Goals and Policies. Foundation proud of the following offers: • 2 UT National Biology Competition Scholarships • Arbor Scholarship May we feature your latest composition? • Uof T National Scholarship All genres of original works You’ve reached the end of the list. now being welcomed for Keep in mind our entire school popu- lation is about 640 and that our high The Annual Twig Tape CD! school (M3-S6) is just over 400 students. If it is true, and I believe it is, that Submission
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fa l l 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m aga z i n e : the root 11 Advancement Report
Getting Started! Advancing UTS for tomorrow’s students
s I write this message, stu- for excellence of students and faculty Office when I was visited by Carole dents and faculty are on their alike and I have been amazed by the Bernicchia-Freeman, who has spent A summer break and members talent that abounds in the School. As the 2006-2007 year on sabbatical to of the newly created Advancement a parent with a passion for advancing create a mentoring program called Office, including Don Borthwick education, the call to lead the advance- “Branching Out”. Carole popped in to ’54 (UTSAA Executive Director and ment efforts at UTS and raise funds in enlist the support of the Advancement Associate Director of Advancement) support of the School’s future is a mis- Office in this pilot project organized Caroline Kolch (Communications sion I embrace. with the participation of Luke Stark Assistant) and Donna Vassel My arrival to UTS coincided with ’02 and Jennifer Seuss ’94. We heartily (Advancement the school’s Final Assembly. As any agreed and are pleased to be involved Assistant) are of you who have experienced this in “Branching Out” which will enable working together occasion know only too well, the emo- UTS students to have the benefit of as we transition tionally charged ceremony contained mentoring by UTS alumni. the former Office countless moments of unified celebra- The next day, Kathleen Crook, of Development tion. I walked out of the auditorium parent of Sara Penturn ’07 and wife and Alumni equally impressed and enthused (and of James Penturn ’77 visited to say Affairs and the with sore hands from two hours of that she and her husband would like to Communication applause)! Days later, I attended the honour this year’s graduates by help- department retirement of English teacher, Mr. ing establish a Class of 2007 Bursary. Martha Drake to a cohesive Scott Baker. The tributes by former This initiative could not have come at Executive Director, UTS office of Advancement students and colleagues, a better time. One of advancement unit. The team all of which addressed the missions of the UTS – Don especially the lasting impact that ... the call Board of Directors is to – has been terrific in introducing me to Mr. Baker has made on to lead the increase financial acces- the UTS community and walking me their lives, left me feel- advancement sibility to the school. through UTS history and culture. Our ing sad that his depar- Kathleen is actively mission is simple, but has broad impli- ture coincided with my efforts at TU S enlisting support from cations. We support the strategic plan arrival. These two occa- and raise funds other S6 parents and, of UTS through an integrated program sions offered me a first- in November, we will of alumni relations, communications hand glimpse into the in support of the celebrate the inaugu- and fundraising. dedication and commit- School’s future ral Graduating Class Over the course of 17 years, work- ment of the students and is a mission I Bursary. ing in alumni affairs and advancement staff who call UTS their Former Principals at Victoria University in the University daytime home and left embrace. Al Fleming ’54, Don of Toronto, I have had many occasions me feeling truly inspired. Gutteridge and Stan to hear about the exceptional accom- Lest I leave you with the impres- Pearl immediately offered their sup- plishments of UTS students and gradu- sion that June was nothing but a series port to help us launch a planned giv- ates. However, hearing about UTS of goodbyes, I would like to share with ing program to recognize UTS alumni paled in comparison to the experience you stories of some of the people who who have made a bequest intention of joining the School in June of this greeted me in my first days. No sooner and encourage others to support UTS year. I am touched by the genuine zeal had I arrived in the UTS Advancement in this meaningful way. Finally, I have
12 the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 Annual Fund Report
Breaking Records Class of ’46 Bursary leads the charge!
been fortunate to meet with UTS alum- he 2006 Annual Fund was an ni from various decades; all of whom outstanding success, with a total have offered me valuable insight and T of $378,800 received – over advice. Such is a day in the life at UTS. $145,000 above the record level of giv- I’m delighted to be part of a communi- ing of $233,600 last year. Thank you! ty that cares so much about this school’s Contributions to the Andy mission and strives to be the best. Lockhart Bursary Fund, which was The next few years will be exciting created by the Class of 1946 in hon- and we invite you to participate. First our of their 60th Anniversary and – and please do mark this date in your coordinated through the Annual calendar – 2010 is the centennial year Fund, was the catalyst for this signifi- for UTS. Already, planning is underway. cant increase. For the third consecu- Please visit the UTS website at its new tive year, the Class of 1945 continued address www.utschools.ca or contact to make installments to their Bursary, the Advancement Office to share your which was also established on their ideas on how we should celebrate UTS. 60th Anniversary. Both funds are Although we are just now mapping endowments and will complement out our fundraising priorities, we are the annual bursary income from the committed to keeping bursaries at the 1994-97 Preserving the Opportunity top of our priority list, next to the capi- campaign. tal campaign which will supplement the The Class of 1976 celebrated existing Building Opportunities Fund. their 30th last October and gifted a While bursary donations will be used full bursary to a student in this school to preserve the educational opportunity year. A number of other class years – at UTS, the Building Fund will be ear- 1948, 1954 [Fleming Bursary], 1958, marked for the purpose of revitalizing 1971, 1978, 1981 [25th reunion] and 371 Bloor and securing a long term 1988 – each contributed over $5000 to home for UTS. this year’s campaign. Congratulations! At the very core of our advance- Two other classes, 1943 and 1944, ment activity is an intense desire to achieved donor participation of over alumni for specific allocations to the preserve a learning environment in 20%. Preserving the Opportunity bursary which students will continue to have a These gifts from alumni and oth- endowment fund, to a Named bursary transformative experience. I’m pleased ers – ‘Friends of UTS’, current and and to Umoyo, a special student proj- to join you on this mission and look former staff, current and past parents ect in Lusaka, Zambia, by the Class of forward to meeting many of you as we and matching gift organizations – rep- 1956 on their 50th anniversary. celebrate and support UTS together. lR resent a significant level of additional To all donors, your support of support to UTS, and principally, to its UTS is extremely beneficial to our student bursary program. students in helping many of them to Other Alumni-Related experience an excellent education in Donations the UTS tradition. lR Contributions were received from Don Borthwick ’54
fa l l 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m aga z i n e : the root 13 The Winning Tradition of our Classics Program per luke stark mmii et leon grek mmiv
n the last day of school in June, a curious cation. So it’s hardly surprising that UTS has sight would have greeted you if you’d ven- found a distinctly modern way of excelling at the O tured to Room 203, a classroom lined with study of “Themistocles, Thermopylae and the maps of the Roman empire, colourful posters adver- Peloponnesian Wars.” tising exhibits of antiquities in the great museums of Over the OSCC’s four days, more than five hun- Europe, and Plexiglas-encased models of, amongst dred students from public and independent schools others, ancient Delphi, a Roman military camp, and across Ontario take part in more than a hundred ath- the monumental complex of Nara, you would have letic, creative and academic events – everything from found students lining up to borrow historical atlases written contests testing knowledge of the Classics to of Greece, encyclopaedias of daily life in ancient chariot and swimming races, dramatic performances, Rome, and lengthy lists of Latin vocabulary. and a host of other pursuits. And every year, since Over the summer, the students will pore over 1995 [12 consecutive years], UTS has “won” the ...UTS has found these books: many will read each one Ontario Student Classics Conference multiple times. Some will begin the – has earned the most points of any a distinctly painstaking work of constructing scale school by garnering podium positions modern way models of the Acropolis or the Roman in everything from maquette-making to of excelling at Forum, while others will debate the the mini-marathon. the study of best angle at which to affix wheels to Twelve years is the longest win- a chariot. ning streak in the Conference’s history, “Themistocles, Is this, you might wonder, the and it has meant that three genera- Thermopylae side-effect of an increasingly patho- tions of UTS students have grown up and the logical pursuit of academic achieve- with a burning desire to be selected Peloponnesian ment? By no means – these students for the UTS “contingent” to the con- will spend a generous portion of ference. Since UTS started to attend Wars”. their vacation not on schoolwork, but the Conference in 1993, more than rather in preparation for an extra- 300 UTSers have marched beneath the curricular event that is still almost a Schools’ vexilla – or banners, for those year away: the 40th Ontario Student of you who’ve forgotten your Latin. Classics Conference (OSCC), which The remarkable thing about UTS’ will take place at Brock University in continued success at the Conference May 2008. is that it’s not based on bookishness Anyone who knows the school or creativity alone – nothing could cheers will realize that Classics stands be farther from the truth. It’s almost out at UTS. This prominence is a a given that UTS students rack up testament not to a lack of interest points and awards in Academic and in Bunsen burners or the conjuga- Creative competitions, but the school All dressed for “the Roman Ball”, tion of “avoir” and “etre”, but rather Creative Events goddess, Allison has also won the Athletic portion of to the unique and long-standing Friedman ’07, with the standard the Conference several times over the role of the Classics in a UTS edu- guarded by Michael Wong S5 past twelve years. Saturday afternoon’s
14 the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 highlight is the Chariot Race, the conference’s premier athletic event. Teams of relay runners pull a chariot around a circular course. The chariots, lavishly decorated with paintings of mythological scenes, must swiftly and safely carry a human chari- oteer – traditionally the smallest and lightest mem- ber of contingent. Like the Conference’s Fashion Shows and the School Skits, the Chariot Race is very much a spectator event. By contrast, the Conference’s most labour-intensive event goes on almost exclusively behind closed doors. The Archaeological Dig rep- licates in miniature the challenges and rewards of archaeological exploration. For months before the Conference, the Arch Dig team creates appropriate ABOVE: Arch Dig team members [L-R], Jake Brockman S5 and Ryan Bradley S6 hard at work, artefacts for an ancient site which they have been “on site” sifting for artifacts. BELOW: Sharing and showing the joy of victory after the assigned – then, throughout the Conference itself conference [L-R], Allison Friedman ’07, Andrew Campana ’07, Jeremy Zung S6, Sinye Tang S5, they ‘excavate’ another school’s site using proper Josh Budman S5, Ana Komparic S5, Rafael Krichevsky S6 and Jake Brockman S5. (and painstaking) archaeological techniques, and then scramble to prepare both an oral and writ- ten report on their efforts. For years, the Arch Dig was the missing gem in UTS’ crown – only in 2006, under the direction of Peter Georgas ’06 and Frank Grek ’06, did UTS at last bring home the Arch Dig trophy. Maybe it is the sheer diversity of the Conference – the chance to let a particular talent shine in con- stellation with fellow teammates who might have entirely different aptitudes – that has made Classics so popular with so many UTS students. And for a school that has an undeserved reputation for having ‘all brain and no brawn’, the versatility of UTS par- ticipants sometimes amazes even the students them- selves. Students from all stripes and backgrounds with any particular interest in the Classical world. are attracted to the Classics Conference, sometimes Much of the credit for UTS’ outstanding success ...it is the sheer with surprising results. Michael Georgas at the Conference and, more impor- diversity of the ’03 remembers being drawn to the tantly, for the enthusiasm which UTS Conference... Conference in FI, when he heard students show towards engaging Ben Lee ’98, an older member of with the Classics must go to the that has made the contingent; recite an excerpt Schools’ long-standing tradition Classics so popu- of Ancient Greek poetry of placing Classics and Ancient lar with so many before the entire student body. History at the centre of its lib- UTS students. Hearing the language of his eral arts curriculum. own Greek heritage brought to The UTS Classics program life in this way, inspired Mike’s plays a prominent role in UTS’ own highly successful involve- academic life. For more than ment in Classics. 30 years, Grade 7 students have Members of UTS’ team do not, been initiated into the study of the however, arrive at the school as ancient world and the Schools’ rig- ABOVE: Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, fully formed classicists conjugat- model created by Nicholas Moy ’06. This orous academic discipline through ing Latin verbs in their sleep; nor and the model pictured on the next Romance of Antiquity, a course indeed do they necessarily arrive page were graciously donated to UTS. which covers ancient civilizations
fa l l 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m aga z i n e : the root 15 LEFT: Model of the Roman Forum [Forum Romanum], created by Nicholas Moy over a period of many months, won the top prize at the Classics Conference XXXVI. The Forum was the centre of public life – commercial, judicial, religious and political – in the heart of ancient Rome.
impacts everything from popular culture to medical nomenclature. And for more tangible proof of Classics’ continued relevance, one needs look no farther than the students in the classroom, who are every bit as diverse as the school itself. In the halls of UTS at least, Latin is still alive. Ultimately, it is the energy and relevance of the Classics that makes the teaching of the UTS Latin and Classics programs such a vital task. It from Mesopotamia to Ancient Greece. From the is a tradition that is worth maintaining – not only beginning, all students have been required to take at because the Classics have always been a part of the least one year of Latin, and many students choose to school, but because they continue to be so well- pursue the language for up to three additional years. loved. Just ask the eager students. For them, the ...the study UTS’ Classics Program is remarkable in many Classical world represents a tremendous journey of the Classics ways. Few schools in the province still require all and a realm of boundless opportunities for the students to take at least some Latin, and most offer future. The twelve consecutive championships impacts a three-year – as opposed to UTS’ four-year – Latin attest to the zeal of UTS students! lR everything program. It is also rare in being entirely home- from popular grown. Res Romanae, the series of textbooks used from F2 until S5 were designed specifically for use culture to in the school by the much beloved Latin teacher medical Harry Maynard. [Editor’s note: Many older alumni nomenclature. will remember Living Latin textbook, authored by former teachers, Ken Prentice and Bernie Taylor]. Finally, UTS’ Classics program is distinguished by its deep roots: the first Headmaster, William Crawford, was a Classicist. While the second half of the twentieth century saw the disappearance of Latin from many Ontario high schools, UTS has never allowed the torch to go out. In recent years, some critics have questioned why Latin, a “dead” language and seeming vestige of an earlier educational era, should hold such pride of place. Such criticism seems to ignore the pivotal and continuing role that Latin and the Classics as a whole continue to play in society at large. As the political, legal and cultural founda- ABOVE: Ready for Race Day, Chariot Team [L-R], Kalvin Lung ’06 and tions of Western society, the study of the Classics Bobby Leung ’06, with our skilled charioteer, Abigail Ferstman M4.
16 the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 UTS Board Report
A Milestone in the Schools’ History The first year of transitioning to complete independence.
uly 1, 2007 marked the first future direction by way of a strategic ’54, who is now Associate Director of anniversary of UTS operat- planning process. Thanks to this dedi- Advancement, on a transition plan, as J ing as a truly independent cation, we met our goal and the UTS well as the Schools’ Centennial celebra- school. Many of the plans discussed Foundation and the Advancement tions in 2010. during the past two years are being Office are now up and operating. In January 2007, the composition implemented with some already inte- Bill Saunderson ’52, Chair of the of the Board changed. With the elimi- grated into the school’s operations. UTS Foundation Board, was instru- nation of the University seats, we have Michaele Robertson, in her first year mental in shaping the UTS Foundation, added one more alumni director posi- as Principal, faced the enormous chal- which now operates at arm’s length tion, held by former UTSAA President lenge of seeing from UTS and the UTS Board. Mr. Bernie McGarva ’72 and one more UTS transition Saunderson worked closely with parent director, Ms Cathy Mallove, into a fully inde- Foundation Directors Paul Barnicke who is joined by UTSPA President pendent entity, ’71, Monica Biringer ’78 and UTS Nasir Noormohamed (replacing Tom free of many of the Parent John Jakolev, who also serves Magyarody.) The Board will continue to services and much on the UTS Board, to develop the work on developing strategies to ensure of the support pre- Foundation’s investment and operat- UTS remains financially accessible to viously provided ing guidelines. The Foundation is now all deserving students,attracting the by the University organized to receive the assets currently best young minds in the region. of Toronto. entrusted with Uof T and to receive Having achieved our main objec- Bob Lord ’58 chair, UTS Some of the new donations, including gifts of securi- tives for this year, the Board is looking fundamental ties. Letko Brosseau, a forward to working with changes that have taken place this portfolio management UTS is destined Michaele Robertson and past year involve the conversion of the group was retained to the UTS administration schools’ operational systems, includ- manage the assets, which to continue to this coming year on the ing the Human Resources/Payroll include nearly $31Million make its mark as school’s strategic plan: Systems and the Donor and Financial in unrestricted, expend- Building the Future. One Information Systems, which are now able and endowed funds, a school unique can’t help feeling ener- being managed entirely in-house. to be transferred to the in Canada and gized by the progress Principal Robertson also made it a pri- UTS Foundation before recognized we’ve made as a com- ority to secure the school’s premises by the end of the year. Once munity, and the range installing a security system and institut- transferred, the funds will internationallly... of possibilities that lie ing lock-down procedures that are stan- be held by CIBC Mellon. ahead. dard in secondary schools. The UTS Advancement Office It is clear that UTS is destined to She also worked closely with the began its operations with the appoint- continue to make its mark as a school, Board to set up two new operating ment of Martha Drake as Executive unique in Canada and recognized inter- units: the UTS Foundation and the Director this past June. Mrs. Drake nationally for graduating some of the UTS Advancement Office with the goal spent nearly 17 years as Associate finest minds anywhere. lR of having both fully functional by the Director of Advancement at Victoria end of June. In addition, she assembled University in the University of Toronto. groups of alumni and parent volunteers Since taking office, Mrs. Drake has as well as staff to consider the Schools’ worked closely with Don Borthwick
fa l l 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m aga z i n e : the root 17 all of Canada celebrated as IN 1967, the nation passed into its 100th year, an event marked with particular distinc- UTS in Canada’s tion at UTS. In his Twig editorial, Jeffrey Simpson ’67 (Globe and Mail national columnist) remarked – with perhaps a teaspoon of hyperbole – that the centennial could be considered “the greatest single Centennial Year event in our history.” The emphatic nature of his Looking Back forty years: was it the changing of the guard? editorial, however, and likewise the excitement felt throughout the school at the time, was not mindful simply due to the passing of the tenth decade of Canada’s existence. For the students of UTS, and the rest of the young people of Canada, the centen- nial year served to highlight and emphasize the rad- ical changes their nation was undergoing. 1967 was, as noted by Simpson, “a time of momentous change both in our country and in our school.” For the youth of Canada, 1967 marked the apex of a period of generational friction and social and political disarray. UTS did indeed have its fair share of unrest, protest, disagreements and colliding opin- ions. However, 1967 was also a year of great success at the school. Across the board, in athletics, in aca- demics, in any arena where leadership and natural talent played a role, UTS students were continu- ing to win scholarships and prizes, and bolstering ABOVE: One of the highlights of the cross Canada trip of the Jeunes Voyageurs was their meeting with the school’s reputation. For the graduating class, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in Parliament. Teacher and group leader, Peter Tacon, is on the right. then as now, the final years played a special role – being the last time for students to exercise their leadership skills before entering the real world. Simpson went from Twig editor to Globe and Mail columnist, Geza Tetrallyay ’67 from UTS athlete to Olympic fencer, and Rob Beattie ’67 from Macbeth on the UTS stage to Stratford. So in Canada’s cen- tennial year, many students looked at the changes taking place and saw opportunities to step forward and play the role a UTS student can play in the world, armed with what Tetrallyay described in his Captain’s message as “the knowledge that we have ABOVE: The 1967 York League Champions led by Coach Don Fawcett ’51 and Captain John Collins ’67. had the best high school education possible.” These steps forward took many forms at the school. The ideal student at the time was very much the “renaissance man”; skilled in sports, talented in the arts, confident and well spoken, and of course wide ranging and outstanding in his academic pur- suits. The difficult task of maintaining the student’s interests in the range of courses was left to the staff, which attacked the challenge with dedication and interest still remembered forty years later. Among the many who benefited from the UTS staff’s special ABOVE: 1967 Ontario Senior Champions coached by Bill Naylor ’54, with outstanding performances by dedication was Gordon Legge ’67, who was severely Andy Keir [class of ’69] and Doug Ord ’69. visually-impaired and faced many difficulties as a
18 the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 handicapped student in the 1960s, when equality for to the comments of the Honourable Minister of disabled students was an issue of much less impor- Agriculture, Mr. Joe Green, who was the guest tance for governments and schools than it is now. speaker at the Old Boy’s banquet. His address Although he was never at the top of his class during covered such topics as the need for people to obey his time at UTS, Legge took top honours in the last their governments, the need for respect for author- year of the province-wide Grade 13 exam by having ity, the threat that protest and humor about poli- the exam translated into Braille and then dictating tics posed to Canada and the fundamentals of the his answers after typing them out on a Braille type- democratic system in general. Green’s speech seems writer. Twenty-six fellow students received Ontario to stand in the UTS yearbook as the antithesis to scholarships for their strong performance, an out- the youth movements of the day which many UTS standing feat for any school, and much more so for a students and recent alumni considered themselves school with a graduating class of just 67 students. attached to. ABOVE: Ian Morrison UTS not only had an active sports and athlet- cross Canada, young people were starting to ’67 was the first Gold ics program in 1967, but an unusually successful Amake radical changes to the common ways of Medal winner of the one. From the pools, UTS emerged dripping as thinking. Canada’s 100th year was celebrated by the Churchill Medal for the Ontario champions, outperforming even our prior nation in the form of Montreal’s Expo ’67 World’s Art of Communication, given by Harry R. year’s York league champion team. The track team, Fair, an event which was applauded around the Jackman. This award is holding regular practices for the first time in their world as a focal point for the excitement and spirit presented in the name existence, finished higher than ever before in the of change that was stirring in the West. of Winston Churchill York league championships: 7th out of 59 schools. At UTS too, 1967 was more than just a year of for ‘the ability to com- All in all, twelve UTS teams played in leagues and academic and athletic achievement. As an institu- municate ideas’. tournaments across Toronto and Ontario, garnering tion, the school was mirroring its home nation, in BELOW: Geza Tetrallyay, the school a reputation for UTS as an athletic school packing a terms of movement towards transformation. Many captain in 1967: “We punch much more powerful than its size. students were starting to protest the school’s con- have had the best he House System provided a chance for an tinued refusal to admit girls, despite the fact that education possible.” T even larger segment of the school’s popula- the plans to build an accompanying girl’s school tion to participate in sports; and for leadership and had long since been abandoned. Some students direction in perhaps a more prominent way than felt the school had become an archaic institution, it does today, since the house prefects, along with representing old ideals and unable to see the virtues the school captain, were the leaders of the student of new methods and ideas. The real changes to the council. Competitions were also more wide-ranging, school, however, may have been mostly unseen and as three pennants – literary, athletic, and academic unnoticed at the time: changes to students’ ways of – were awarded at the end of the year, which is now thinking, changes to the relationship between staff different today. and students. The centennial was given due thought and In many ways, this year and those immediately recognition in other ways at UTS. Among the following were laying the foundation of transforma- special events surrounding the centennial was an tion. For the 67 boys of ’67, these final years of the extra trip for the Jeunes Voyageurs (40-odd UTS decade seemed like volatile times, perhaps present- students who toured Canada to learn more about ing a daunting future for a high school graduate. the nation’s cultures and customs in each of the Other bigger changes were about to happen: summers of 1966 and 1967) to Ottawa, where they UTS was on its way to becoming a different school met both Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and the – eliminating the mandatory cadet program, leaving Leader of the Opposition, John Diefenbaker. The behind the formal dress of jacket and tie, and most trip was matched by numerous literary musings on importantly, opening the school to co-education for the significance of the centennial for UTS students. the first time. One such essay by Tim Brook ’69 added to UTS In Canada’s centennial year, the transforma- academic achievements for the year by winning tion of all these changes was beginning, and UTS the centennial essay-writing competition. Another, was continuing to add to its reputation as the finest ABOVE: Proposed by Jan Fedorowicz ’67, analyzed the tendency of high school in the country – an institution champi- new building for UTS conceived by F.C. Canadians to sell their nation short by underesti- oning excellence in education with the tradition of Stinson, Q.C., president mating Canada’s impact on the world. Brook’s and leadership. of the UTS Parents’ Fedorowicz’ articles provide a marked contrast Ian Beattie ’07 Association.
fa l l 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m aga z i n e : the root 19 A Tribute to Mr. Baker
hen I was asked to write a ing up hopelessly short? Attempting to “Mr. Baker fostered an speech for Mr. Baker on describe the profound effect that Mr. W behalf of his graduating Baker has had on me and my class- environment in which Additional English class, I was initially mates has rendered me, for once in my delighted at the opportunity to pay trib- life, speechless. But allow me to try. we both contradicted ute to the teacher who has been such I have had the privilege of having a significant part of my high school Mr. Baker as a teacher both in M4 and and expanded upon experience. It would not, I thought, be this year, and it has been – to sum it one another’s ideas...” difficult. I have nothing but wonderful up blandly – quite an experience. We things to say about Mr. Baker, who is once had a visitor sit in on our ‘Addish’ beloved by all who have ever had the class, who asked me afterwards, “Is pleasure of being in his class. Imagine your teacher always like that?” I believe my surprise, then, when I finally sat Mr. Baker had been gesticulating down at my computer and discovered wildly from the top of the desk, nearly that I was having the most excruciating toppling over once or twice. “Yes,” I trouble translating my sentiments onto replied, “just about always.” On one the page. The problem, I soon realized, memorable occasion, he led us at a trot is that trying to do Mr. Baker justice is through the hallways of the school and simply too daunting a task: how does around the block, shouting Tennyson’s one speak in honour of someone who is “Ulysses” at the top of our lungs – just such an eloquent speaker, without com- to make sure we knew it by heart. Mr.
20 the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 Baker is incapable of simply teach- becomes clear that it is true: he is able contribution, is that he has the unique ing literature: he conjures it up in the to articulate things in such a manner ability of making you feel as though room, and makes it a physical presence that you are sure you’ve felt the exact there is nothing more important than in a way that is utterly unforgettable. I same your entire life, but have never what you have to say. cannot recall the experience of reading had the words to express it. His lectures owever, Mr. Baker, having you Macbeth in M4 without remembering about literature and life would leave our as a teacher has been both a Mr. Baker, as Lady Macbeth, scrub- entire class all but crying out in over- H blessing and a curse. For bet- bing his hands in an imaginary pool of whelming agreement. I am thoroughly ter or for worse, there is now a little water while eerily murmuring, “All the convinced that Mr. Baker knows all the – or rather, big and booming – voice perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten secrets of the universe, and lets them in my head when I read, insisting that these little hands.” Similarly, I can- slip to us mere mortals at opportune I “Speak to that,” or “Give you more,” not separate Holden Caulfield, Uncle moments when they will make all the and answer “But why?” It’s both irritat- Pumblechook, King Lear, or Hedda difference. ing and enlightening. While previously Gabler from Mr. Baker’s impressions As a result, I don’t I would accept a text at of them, which brought the characters think that there has ever “...he has the face value, I now cannot to life and inspired our love for them. been a teacher more stem the flow of ques- In Mr. Baker’s class, one experiences ruthlessly pursued by unique ability tions that constantly arise a delight similar to that which one felt students than Mr. Baker. of making you as I read. Sometimes I when being read storybooks as a child. For example, I recently can answer them myself, ut it is not merely his engaging walked past a stretch of feel as though but most often I am lazy impersonations that held our sidewalk in the Annex there is nothing and wish that you could Bclass in rapture. On the first day where a certain student more important answer them for me. In of ‘Addish’ class, we began by discuss- once carved a heart- this manner, you have ing the relationship between art and enclosed “Mr. Baker than what you made us all into more life and by studying Northrop Frye’s – Forever and Ever” into have to say.” aware and contempla- The Educated Imagination. In this the cement. Another tive readers. But you work, Frye writes that “Literature is the student once confessed have also shaped us as science of human emotion – the con- to me that she wanted to writers and as thinkers, structs of the imagination tell us things grow old with Mr. Baker providing us with the about human life that we don’t get in in a sprawling estate language with which to any other way.” Perhaps this is the rea- in Bordeaux, where articulate our experi- son why our class conversations so often they would discuss ences. That sounds like strayed from the details of the work we literature over tea all something straight out were studying, delving into philosophy day and night. While of a Lifetime special, and the intricacies of human nature. these two cases are but it’s true. Just as in a We approached each work as charters rather extreme, they are cheesy TV movie, your of unknown territory, attempting to find indicative of the profound wisdom will come back to aspects of literature that rang true with reverence and affection us in dramatic voice-overs as our own experience: that immensely that Mr. Baker inspires in all of we move through university and satisfying “Yes!” moment when art and his students. He can often be found beyond. life become one and the same. Mr. around his office surrounded by two or I am going to conclude with a com- Baker fostered an environment in which more eager faces hours after class has plaint: you have set an impossible stan- we both contradicted and expanded ended, deep in an absorbing conversa- dard for our future English teachers. upon one another’s ideas, becoming tion that simply has to be seen to its Mr. Baker, on behalf of your graduating excited when someone made a particu- conclusion. I once seriously worried my class, I would like to wish you the best larly resounding point. No matter how mother when a half-hour seminar con- of luck with Proust, and all the other heatedly we debated amongst ourselves, sultation about The Picture of Dorian authors you will no doubt challenge however, very rarely did anyone refute Gray somehow turned into a sprawling yourself with in retirement. We will all Mr. Baker when he offered his two discussion lasting over two hours, and be thinking of you. cents – and it wasn’t just because he’s I simply could not tear myself away to Allison Friedman ’07 rather tall and intimidating. When Mr. call her. The beauty of a conversation [address at Scott Baker’s Baker says something, it immediately with Mr. Baker, aside from his brilliant retirement, June 25, 2007]
fa l l 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m aga z i n e : the root 21 Treasurer’s Report
Gift Giving Commitments at Record Levels
his report includes summaries relates to the Class of 1946 gifts of UTS Bursary Fund 42,800 taken from the 2006 audited $145,200 to the Lockhart Bursary Total $119,325 T financial statements: Balance Fund, in celebration of their 60th In addition, a significant portion Sheet, Statement of Operations and anniversary of graduation. of the 2006 donations have been com- Changes in Net Assets, and Schedules Alumni Affairs and Operating mitted for transfer to UTS. $184,200 of of Gifts to UTS and Gifts Committed Expenses in 2006 remained at compa- committed funds is anticipated to be to UTS. rable levels to 2005, with small increas- paid to UTS in 2007 to help fund bur- Once again our alumni have es in Printing and Postage ($34,047 saries and scholarships: given their very strong support to in 2006; $32,492 in 2005) and Annual Class of 1945 Bursary $24,200 the Alumni Fund costs ($6,354 in 2006; $4,298 in Class of 1946 Lockhart Bursary 145,200 Association and 2005). Audit expense was reduced from Class of 1952 Cossar Scholarship 300 UTS in 2006. $5,220 in 2005 to $3,800 in 2006. Class of 1953 Math Scholarship 500 Donations to the During 2006, the Alumni Class of 1954 Fleming Bursary 2,800 Annual Fund for Association disbursed gifts to UTS of Class of 1976 Bursary 11,200 the 12 months $119,325, which in the main repre- Total $184,200 ending December sented payment of donor commitments 31, 2006 were received in the prior years for bursaries The significant increase in dona- $353,300 com- and scholarships: tions resulted in an annual Surplus pared to $194,574 Class of 1945 Bursary $53,800 Bob of $143,148 which increased Net Cumming ’65 in 2005. The Class of 1954 Fleming Bursary 6,450 Assets from $91,737 at year-end 2005 Treasurer, UTSAA major portion Anthony Chan Memorial Fund 13,650 to $234,885 in 2006. Net Assets at of the increase Class of 1953 Math Scholarship 2,625 December 31, 2006 will be used to meet
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the commitments of $184,200 listed B. Ridley ’16 [UTSAA President Association for 2007. The audit opinion above, together with any other unpaid 1965] to fund athletic-related projects. on the 2006 financial statements is commitments from previous years. Marketable securities held in the Fund similar to previous years and continues The December 31, 2006 Balance had a market value of $403,047 (book to be in accordance with the audits of Sheet continued to reflect the healthy value of $183,146) at December 31, Canadian not-for-profit organizations financial strength of the Alumni 2006 (compared to market value of that rely substantially on donations and Association General Fund. Aside from $362,364 in 2005). No projects were other fundraising activities. lR the Ridley Fund, its major asset is cash funded in 2006. and term deposits of $259,962. The chartered accountants, Koster, The Ridley Fund was established Spinks & Koster LLP. has been re- in the 1980s from the Estate of John appointed as auditors to the Alumni
UTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Balance Sheet Statement of Operations For the year ended DECEMBER 31, 2006 (with comparative figures as at December 31, 2005) and Changes in Net Assets GENERAL FUND For the year ended DECEMBER 31, 2006 (with comparative figures as at December 31, 2005)
ASSETS 2006 2005 2006 2005 General Fund Receipts Cash and term deposits $ 259,962 $ 202,366 Donations $ 353,300 $ 194,574 Accounts receivable 7,068 883 interest Income 1,185 1,133 Merchandise inventory 5,409 3,558 net operating activities (8,653) (9,500) history books inventory 698 1,129 345,832 186,207 273,137 207,936 Disbursements (UTS related expenditures) John B. Ridley Fund Gifts to UTS 119,325 194,534 Cash 5,070 4,771 graduating class banquet 8,974 9,410 Cash held in brokerage account 847 3,171 scholarships and prizes 6,320 5,500 marketable securities 134,619 209,444 (market value: 2006: $ 403,047; 2005: $ 362,364) 183,146 171,366 Alumni Affairs 189,063 179,308 Printing and postage 34,047 32,492 $ 462,200 $ 387,244 annual fund 6,354 4,298 alumni net directory 3,035 3,044 Charitable donations and gifts 2,000 695 LIABILITIES AND net assets 45,436 40,529 General Fund Operating Expenses Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 38,252 $ 116,199 Administrative services 14,139 13,757 net Assets 234,885 91,737 audit 3,800 5,220 273,137 207,936 Bank service charges 4,690 3,054 John B. Ridley Fund 22,629 22,031 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 3,000 1,200 Excess (deficiency) of receipts over net Assets 186,063 178,108 disbursements for the year 143,148 (85,797) 189,063 179,308 Net assets, beginning of year 91,737 177,534 $ 462,200 $ 387,244 Net assets, end of year $ 234,885 $ 91,737
fa l l 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m aga z i n e : the root 23 Iter Psellianum UTS classics teacher authors world’s foremost scholarly work on Michael Psellos
aul Moore, a Classics teacher at UTS since one person could have written all these works. So 1987, has written a book published in 2005 by he suggested that there were three authors, all P the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at named Psellos, to account for this prolific output. the University of Toronto. Its title is: Iter Psellianum: He wondered if there were ‘out there’ many more manuscripts by these ‘three’ authors. It was one of
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cover the answer to the librarian’s query. In fact, o Bibliography. It consists of 742 pages and is part of a st z; I
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[or at one time extant – for example, in September o Go Mediaevalia, no. 26. arn o: J 1922, the Turks burned down the old Greek city of t o h Smyrna (now called Izmir) and the whole collec- P Michael Psellos lived during the 11th centu- tion of manuscripts in the local library perished], ry in Constan-tinople. He was a man of many parts: scattered in some 100 locations around the world, philosopher, rhetorician, historian, teacher, states- and in these manuscripts are more than 1100 works man, advisor to Byzantine emperors. He was also a attributed to Psellos. husband and father In the late 18th century, Edward Gibbon pub- BELOW: Byzantium Greek manuscript copied in the time [he wrote a very mov- lished his History of the Decline and Fall of the of Michael Psellos, now in the Vatican Library. ing encomium on his Roman Empire, a work which takes the reader from mother and another the time of the emperor Trajan [A.D. 97-117] to the on his beloved daugh- fall of Constantinople in May, 1453 to the Ottoman ter, Styliane, who had Turks led by Sultan Mehmet II. Reflecting 18th died of smallpox a century Enlightenment thinking, Gibbon apolo- few days before her gized to his readers when he embarked on the wedding day]. From Byzantine period of his history, a period in politics time to time, when and literature, he said, that was characterized by the things got too hot writings and doings of fanatical Christian monks. politically, he became As Gibbon said, “I have described the triumph of a monk and disap- barbarism and religion.” The old classical ideals peared into a nearby of Greece and Rome had disappeared from sight. monastery. Gibbon’s view prevailed in the world of scholarship, A 17th cen- especially that of the English speaking world, until tury Vatican librarian relatively recently. His knowledge of the vast corpus came across many of Psellan material was confined to a few remarks manuscripts in the by the above-mentioned Vatican librarian. It is only library containing now that scholars are beginning to appreciate the much material by Byzantines on their own terms, and Psellos is one of Psellos [four hundred the major writers in this period. years later the same Naturally, this research could not have manuscripts are still been done alone. Help was secured from many there in the library] scholars around the world, from places such as: – so much material Leningrad/St. Petersburg [where the scholar who that he thought no helped me, then a young graduate student, as an
24 the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 m o c o. t o ckph o st z; I ale z n o Go arn o: J t o h P
obscure palaeographer, fell below the radar screen [more than 500], and other texts difficult to classify, ABOVE: Hagia and so escaped Stalin’s purges in the late 1930s]; not all of which can be ascribed to him with cer- Sophia in Istanbul (Constantinople) is Istanbul [in the old Harem library in the Sultan’s tainty.” The research for the book established that, considered by many palace of Topkapi]; St. Catherine’s Greek Orthodox in actuality, 1176 works are, rightly or falsely, attrib- to be the most out- Monastery in the Sinai Desert – built in the 6th uted to him in manuscript form. Accompanying standing example of century by the emperor Justinian, this fortified the works and their manuscripts is a bibliography Byzantine architec- monastery escaped the attacks in the 12th century from 1497 to 2002, containing some 400 editions ture. Psellos would certainly have been led against the Crusaders by Saladin, apparently and translations of works attributed to Psellos and very familiar with this because the monks had built a mosque within the some 900 other relevant works. Interestingly, in building. walls of the monastery to serve the needs of the this bibliography of 1300 items, there is only one local bedouins, who were the servants of the mon- in Turkish. Modern Turks do not seem to feel that astery. The bedouins are still the servants of the Byzantium is part of their heritage. The earliest monastery and the mosque is still in use; Mt. Athos translation from Psellos’ Greek was in the 12th cen- in Greece; the Vatican Library [the scholar there tury into Georgian. The Georgian manuscript cur- – known in Vatican terminology as Scriptor Graecus rently is in Tiblisi, the capital of Soviet Georgia. The – occupies in direct succession the same posi- reviewer further notes that, “In many ways, Psellos tion as the above-mentioned 17th century Vatican managed to transcend the cultural boundaries of librarian]; Florence [the Bibliotheca Medicea his age, if only in his wide range of interests. His Laurenziana – designed by Michaelangelo]; Leipzig fame as a polymath must be taken both qualitatively [the Karl-Marx-Universität – it is no secret that and quantitatively and has drawn the attention of many of the faculty of this university were employ- a broad variety of specialists: philologists, philoso- ees of the Stasi, and so it is not improbable that phers, theologians, historians of all kinds, folklorists, I am now on file in the archives of the former among others ...., whose interests have extended Communist East Germany]; Paris; Oxford [the beyond the chronological [and other] limitations Bodleian Library]; Harvard; Yale; et cetera. of most Byzantinists.” All this research of a quarter As one reviewer of Iter Psellianum [in a jour- century, begun before the author came to UTS, can nal published in Vienna] put it, “Michael Psellos is be summed up by a reviewer [in a journal published perhaps the most often-quoted Byzantine author, in Munich] who wrote that, “Iter Psellianum is a yet he has not been thoroughly studied. His name major and rare work of scholarship of the kind that is attached to a vast corpus of treatises [on theol- places a certain field on a new level.” ogy, philosophy, hagiography, etc.], orations, letters Paul Moore, UTS Staff
fa l l 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m aga z i n e : the root 25 2006 Annual Fund Donors Bruce M. McCraw James M. Tory, Q.C. W.O. Chris Miller, Q.C. John A. Tory, Q.C. Charles G. Plaxton David G. Watson Donald M. Sanderson Peter Webb, Q.C. John A. Sarjeant David H. Wishart George W. Stock Donald C. Teskey l1947l Total: $1847 we thank you l1944l James C. Butler Total: $2200 William I. Copeland C. Derek S. Bate Michael A. Fair David L. Bate Richard S. Grout for your Michael Beer Tracy H. Lloyd Gordon S. Cameron John S. MacDougall Douglas R. Coutts Quintin J. Maltby George W. Edmonds, Q.C. Richard H. Sadleir Edward B. Fish generous G. Dean Gooderham l1948l Gordon R. Gwynne-Timothy Total: $5543 Peter J. Hare Philip L. Arrowsmith A. Donald Manchester John A. Bowden support. F. Griffith Pearson Meredith Coates Morton B. Pullan Robert E. Coke Peter H. Ridout, Q.C. Keith G. Dalglish Allan W. Sutherland Edmund T. Draper he students and staff of the University of Toronto Schools extend George A. Trusler Albert P. Fell their gratitude to those individuals and institutions that have Norman D. Fox l1945l generously supported our school over the past year. Your gifts William B. Hanley T Total: $58,400 Michael K. Ireland have enabled UTS to better meet our student bursary needs and fund [Class of 1945 Bursary] J. Fergus Kyle some special student activities, and importantly, to continue offering William R. Blundell Frederick F. Langford our students a rich and rewarding educational experience. Donald G. Bunt Clayton R. Peterson Robert B. Edmonds – Michaele Robertson, Principal Douglas R. Peterson Edward S. Gibson John G.C. Pinkerton Keith M. Gibson George H. Stowe David S. Graham John W. Thomson Alumni donors to UTSAA Annual Fund John P. Hamilton H. Douglas Wilkins for the period July ’06 to June ’07 Gerald L. Hill J. Desmond Horan l1949l John H. Macaulay Total: $3600 James A. O’Brian George F. Bain l1929–35l Douglas D. Maxwell James Ainslie John A. Rhind Walter E. Bell, Q.C. D. Robert Pugh Donald K. Avery Total: $615 William A. Sheppard, Q.C. Grant N. Boyd John M. Magwood ’29 Basil J. Weedon Gordon M. Barratt George S.P. Ferguson Kenneth C. Legge ’30 l1939l Howard A. Whitehead William A. Bodrug Richard W. Jeanes Benson T. Rogers ’30 John P. Wilkinson Richard M. Clee Total: $1400 Walter H. Kennedy W. Bruce Charles ’32 John B. Young James D. Fleck John W. P. Bryan Paul M. Laughton Ian L. Jennings ’33 Peter W. Hunter A. Harold Copeland John A. Morrison l1946l John D. Armstrong ’35 William G. Cross Robert E. Logan J. Blair Seaborn Total: $150,012 Robert F. Grieve ’35 Thomas J. Crouch John D. Mollenhauer George A. Sherritt [Andy Lockhart Bursary] Peter G. O’Brian ’35 Robert G. Dale Warren J. Morris William P. Allen Peter A. Hertzberg Richard D. Tafel l1936–37l l1942l Ralph M. Barford Donald C. Kerr Total: $1770 Total: $450 Bruce C. Bone l1950l James G. Boultbee ’36 l1940l J. Lorne Cameron Charles R. Catto Total: $4700 John E.A. McCamus George H. Cuthbertson Richard J. Boxer ’36 Total: $1438 Gilbert E. Alexander Kenneth D. McRae Geoffrey M.C. Dale ’36 John R. Baker Robert C. Dowsett Douglas J. Alton George R. Shaw Ralph L. Hennessy ’36 Joseph A. Clark Denis R. Evans E. Kendall Cork A. Cal Wilson Ian A.B. MacKenzie ’36 Robert Crompton John R. Evans Roger G. Crawford Daniel F. Blachford ’37 Ernest C. Goggio Carl T. Erickson Henry N.R. Jackman, Q.C. l1943l Thomas C. Brown ’37 Edward R. Hoover Fraser M. Fell, Q.C. William J. McClelland George F. Kelk ’37 William R. Livingston Total: $2943 H. Donald Guthrie, Q.C. William J. McIlroy Gordon A. Lorimer F. Geoffrey Adams William L. Heath R. John Moorfield l1938l Hertzel Rotenberg Bruce M. Campbell Lawrence B. Heath George P. Plaxton, Q. C. Total: $1650 James A. Snelgrove Alan W. Conn James D. Lang Ronald J. Richardson James H. Alexander Theodore Tafel Alexander T. Cringan Joseph B. McArthur John N. Shaw Robert P. Cameron H. Stewart Dand Donald B. Montgomery J. Frederick F. Weatherill John H. Clarry, Q.C. l1941l John J. Fox G. Peter A. Pollen W.T. Erskine Duncan Total: $1410 T. Lorne Innes John H. Shirriff John C. Laidlaw David Y. Anderson James A. Low P. Kingsley Smith
26 the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 l1951l D. Keith Millar David L. Ingram Charles G. Bragg l1971l John D. Murray William G. Leggett James S. Cornell Total: $4370 Desmond M. O’Rorke Robert E. Lord Collin M. Craig Total: $6645 David A. Barker Derek A. Bate J. Richard Parsons Ross E. McLean Peter H. Frost John Catto Michael F. Boland William R. Redrupp James R. Mills William R. Jones William J. Corcoran Paul E. Brace John S. Rodway Christopher (Kit) S. Moore Michael F. Kimber Roderick R. Davies Robert S. Coatsworth Charles H. Rust David P. Ouchterlony Robert D. Lightbody George A. Fierheller William A. Fallis Gordon R. Sellery Douglas G. Peter Ian M. Mason D. Ross Holden John S. Floras John L. Stanford Joseph A. Starr David W. Rogers John P. Kerr Richard C. Hill John H. Wait D. Nico Swaan Michael J. Ross J. Alexander Lowden Robert D. Hodgins Roger K. Watson Rein C. Vasara J. Joseph Vaughan T. Gordon McIntyre J. Peter Jarrett William R. Weldon Donald S. Mills, Q.C. James A. McIntyre l1955l Barry N. Wilson l1965l Peter H. Russell William O. Menzel Total: $4195 Total: $800 William W. Stinson Harold L. Atwood l1959l Derek P. Allen R.D. Roy Stewart Guy W. Upjohn David R. Brillinger Total: $1075 Robert A. Cumming l1972l William E. Wilson Harvey C. Brown Donald G. Bell Christopher D. Hicks Total: $1550 l1952l John R. Gardner Alexander A. Furness Robert W. Hustwitt W. Gary Goldthorpe W.L. Mackenzie King Jeffrey R. Stutz George V. Crawford Total: $2675 R. Allan Hart John H. Lynch Robert L. Fowler [Donald G. Cossar William T. Hunter Ian A. Shaw l1966l David S. Grant Scholarship] Martin Jerry James P. Stronach Total: $1550 Richard Kennedy J. Paul T. Clough Howard D. Kitchen Ian C. Sturdee R. T. Halderson Bernard McGarva Gerald A. Crawford Douglas B. Lowry Tibor A. Szandtner William A. MacKay Howard J. Scrimgeour James D. Floyd Robert K. Metcalf Robert J. Young David R. Sanderson Christopher D. Woodbury E.A. Austin Fricker Anthony Morrison A. Gordon Stollery l1973l Gordon G. Goodfellow H. Thomas Sanderson l1960l Brian W. Wistow Peter J. Harris Peter G. Saunderson Total: $1250 Total: $2410 Richard S. Howe Schuyler M. Sigel, Q.C. Howard B. Eckler l1967l Jeffrey C. Clayton Leslie G. Lawrence Ian M. Smith Robert P. Jacob Total: $1275 David W. Fallis R. Conrad Lister William H. Taylor Peter C.S. Nicoll Richard J. Boxer Wayne D. Gregory Jack F. McOuat R. Malcolm Nourse Michael R. Curtis James C. Haldenby Darrell B. Phillips l1956l Robert J. Tweedy D. Campbell Deacon William A. McIntyre William J. Saunderson Total: $2750 Richard N. Donaldson Steven L. Morris Paul B. Cavers l1961l Peter C. Donat Edward S. Sennett l1953l Frank E. Collins Total: $2807 W. Scott Morgan Jeffrey D. Sherman Total: $1535 Darcy T. Dingle John C. Coleman Michael J. Penman John M. Sweet [Math Scholarship] John L. Duerdoth David J. Holdsworth Jeffrey C. Simpson Walter L. Vogl John F. Austing Joseph F. Gill Richard S. Ingram William W. Wilkins John R. Carruthers Peter C. Godsoe John I. Laskin l1968l Robert B. Zimmerman Edward B. Cross R. E. I. Graham Peter B. MacKinnon Total: $600 Kenneth Culver Ryan R. Kidd Charles J. Magwood John R. Collins l1974l Martin D. Gammack Steve B. Lowden Paul N. Manley E. Nicolaas Holland Total: $2100 William P. Lett James C. McCartney, Q.C. James E. Shaw John B. Lanaway Lucian Brenner James C. Mainprize Arthur R. Scace Richard M. Lay Ian F. Crook Robert D. McCleary Peter D. Scott l1962l Murray E. Treloar Andrey V. Cybulsky David O. Wainwright John V. Snell Total: $1850 Terence R. Davison Hugh D. Wainwright Charles F. Snelling Leonard M. Dudley l1969l James H. Grout Douglas R. Wilson Gordon R. Elliot Total: $1100 Gregory H. Knittl l1957l David A. Galloway John M. Bohnen John C. Tompkins l1954l Total: $2350 Robert H. Kidd William J. Bowden Total: $7406 Roger J. Ball Donald A. Laing James S. Coatsworth l1975l [Fleming Bursary] Robert M. Culbert Donald A. McMaster John B. Deacon Total: $1720 David K. Bernhardt Robert A. Gardner David S. Milne Robert J. Herman Paul M. Anglin Ronald M. Bertram James D. Graham Michael A. Peterman John D. Wright Graeme C. Bate H. Donald Borthwick Bruce M. Henderson Bryce R. Taylor Brian D. Wynn Martin A. Chepesiuk Douglas G. Brewer David W. Kerr Wayne D. Thornbrough Kenneth J. McBey Gary F. Canlett Stephen A. Otto l1970l David M. Sherman James A. Cripps Peter R. Pearson l1963l Total: $1590 J. Stephen Tatrallyay Robert O. Crummey Alan B. Perkin Total: $1450 David A. Decker Bernard R. Thompson G. Alan Fleming John G. Sayers Jake J. Fowell Douglas N. Donald Robert K. Gibson Robert W. Waddell Nelson G. Hogg Raymond B. Kinoshita l1976l John M. Goodings Douglas Ward John R. Kelk Brian D. Koffman Total: $14,293 E. John Hambley W. Niels F. Ortved David Lang Mark C. Benfield Michael B. Hutchison l1958l Nicholas A. Smith Peter H. Norman Glen D. Campbell Christopher C. Johnston Total: $5225 David K. Roberts Peter M. Celliers R. Laird Joynt George M. Carrick l1964l David G. Stinson Avijit Chaudhuri James R. Lowden Peter J. George Total: $1659 Alistair K. Clute James I. MacDougall Bruce E. Houser J. David Beattie Myron I. Cybulsky
fa l l 2 0 0 7 | t h e u t s a l u m n i m aga z i n e : the root 27 Marko D. Duic Rick Marin Jacquelyn A. Sloane ’86 l1994l Michaele Robertson W.Craig Farlinger Ian C. McCuaig Ian Worland ’86 James Shenkman Scott K. Fenton N. Andrew Munn Total: $536 Dorothy M. Shepherd Aaron L. Chan Maurice V. Fleming Alison J. Noble l1987l Sanjeev Sunder Adam Chapnick Peter A. Froebel Christine D. Wilson Total: $1900 The Shuper Family Raymond C. Fung John H. Gould Kevin E. Davis Sun Life Financial Rachel Spitzer D. Jeffrey Graham l1981l Katherine A. Hammond The Globe & Mail Jennifer D. Suess Richard J. Harwood Total: $5220 Sascha Hastings Katharine R. Thompson Gerhardt K. Hauer Vaidila P. Banelis Richard C. Nathanson l1995–97l C. Ann Unger James D. Higginson-Rollins Sigita J. Bersenas-Balzekas Cari M. Whyne Zulfikarali Verjee Total: $1608 Victor Holysh Suzanne E. Campbell Thomas P. Wilk Wyeth Canada Inc. Daniel Horner ’95 Christopher B. Leyerle John R. Duffy Raphaela Neihausen ’95 R. J. Petrenko Bjorn-Eric Eklund l1988l Ilya Shapiro ’95 Gavin A. Pitchford Edward E. Etchells Total: $8771 lOther Donations to UTSl Derek Chiang ’95 Vincent J. Santamaura Lorna M. Finlay Michael D. Broadhurst Robert G. Darling ’57 Felicia Chiu ’96 Douglas J. Sarjeant Thomas A. Friedland Carmen L. Diges Davis-Rea Ltd. Jo Mason ’96 Jeffrey W. Singer Bruce M. Grant Eugene H. Ho Douglas A. Davis ’58 Amanda Ross-White ’96 Alexander E. Sochaniwskyj Amalia M. Jimenez Mark Opashinov Deutsche Bank Americas Michael Shenkman ’97 Gary S. Solway Robert R. Keedwell Mark S. Shuper Foundation Alan A. Sura Laura A. Money Vanessa R. Yolles l1998l Douglas I. Towers ’56 Jeffrey J. Nankivell Rondeau Baker D. Grant Vingoe Total: $736 Andre H. Schmid l1989l Peter Brieger Martin R. Weigelin Natalia C. Berry Eugene N. Siklos Total: $3253 Charles Burbank Douglas A. White Lauren Bialystok Ursula A. Holland Richard Carson Daniel P. Wright Laura Bogomolny l1982l Michael T. Lower Frank Collins Graham J. Yost Clarence Cheng Jonathan J. Poplack John W.D.Connolly Total: $2500 Neil Horner l1977l Angela S. Punnett John Davies Benjamin T. Chan Judy S. Kwok Total: $1950 Alycia J. Rossiter Darcy Dingle Peter K. Czegledy Brian Yung M. Steven Alizadeh Robert C. Dmytryshyn Gregory R. Shron David Flint Peter L. Buzzi Lisa C. Jeffrey Donovan H. Tom l1999–2003l Peter Godsoe Lawrence F. May R.E.Graham Barnet H. Kussner Total: $537 James R. Penturn l1990l David Keenleyside Jon Martin Albert K. Tang ’99 William P. Redelmeier Total: $1475 Richard Lewis Dena McCallum Michelle Chiang ’00 Tanya Y. Bartucz Stuart Logan Susan A. Tough Gordon R. Chiu ’00 l1978l Winsome S. Brown W.Gary Lovatt Mardi D. Witzel Philip Weiner ’01 Total: $5600 Christopher Burton Steve Lowden Liang Hong ’02 David C. Allan l1983l Jason Fung James McCartney, Q.C. James R. McGarva ’03 Deborah Berlyne Jessica R. Goldberg Donald Milne Total: $1350 Jeremy Opolsky ’03 Monica E. Biringer John A. Hass Sara H. Gray Kenneth Murdoch Irene J. Cybulsky Karen M. Mandel Ronald C. Kan John Porter David J. Frum Earl Stuart Heather Kirkby lOther Donationsltol J. Alexander Robertson Sherry A. Glied Andrew S. Tremayne the Annual Fund Arthur Scace Penelope A. Harbin l1991–92l John E. Baker Peter Scott Ken R. Kirsh l1984l Total: $4700 Jean A. Ballinger John Snell Laurie E. McLean Jeffrey K. Gans ’91 Total: $2300 Bayer Inc. Charles Snelling Donald A. Redelmeier Helen H. Lee ’91 Donald C. Ainslie Alma J. Brace Peter Stanley John S.P. Robson Karim F. Abdulla ’92 Marion W. Dove Canada Lands Company Ltd. William Trimble John A. Rose Anthony Berger ’92 Nicholas G. Evans Consuelo Castillo Harry White Timothy Sellers Ryan W. Mai ’92 Geoffrey R. Hall Michael P. Gendron C. Murray Woodside Ann Louise M. Vehovec Graham L. Mayeda ’92 Catherine E. Ivkoff General Electric Canada Inc. Peteris V. Viducis Stephen F. Reed ’92 David M. Kreindler H. Donald Gutteridge While every effort has been W. Mark Tucker ’92 Michael R. Martin James G. Hamilton made to ensure the accuracy l1979l Anonymous ’92 Suzanne N. Martin E.T.Hill and completeness of these Total: $800 Cameron A. Matthew Alan D. Latta listings, we apologize for any Peter A. Ewens l1993l Kosta Michalopoulos Balfour LeGresley errors or omissions that may Julie A. Gircys Total: $1730 David J. Walker William K. Lee have occurred. Jean C. Iu P. Alexandra Binnie W. Bruce MacLean Janet O’Reilly l1985–86l Kai Ming Adam Chan Manufacturers Life Danielle I. Goldfarb l1980l Total: $3936 Insurance Co. Carrie Ku ’85 Baldwin Hum Total: $2850 Frances M. Marin Carson T. Schutze ’85 Geoffrey R. Hung Andrew P. Alberti Tom B. May Adrian M. Yip ’85 Alexander B. Hutchinson Peter S. Bowen Mercer Management David L. Auster ’86 Jeffrey D. Jaskolka Sarah C. Bradshaw Consulting Tracy A. Betel ’86 Justin Lou Christine E. Dowson Stanley M. Pearl David C. Bourne ’86 Richard D. Roze Carolyn B. Ellis Donald and Nita Reed Eleanor K. Latta ’86 Scott A. Thompson David C. Evans Don W. Reynolds Paul D. Martin ’86 Pauline W. Wong Sheldon I. Green Vincent Ricchio Mark D. Phillips ’86 Veronica C. Yeung Bernard E. Gropper Cedric E. Ritchie
28 the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 uts Alumni News Notes on the interesting lives and outstanding achievements of our alumni.
The Rev. W.H.Frere Kennedy ’41 celebrat- conferences. Previously, during his many at the young age of 72 in a 60K walk for ed his 50th anniversary of ordination as years with the Governor General’s Horse breast cancer this September. an Anglican priest a year ago, and his 12th Guards, Peter was most recently Honorary anniversary as a monk this past April. He Colonel. Jim Nimmo ’55 finds his volunteer activi- resides in Ottawa. ties enjoyable and rewarding as a member Robert Shirriff ’49 is still practicing law of the Board of Governors and Senate full time with Fasken Martineau, the firm at the University of PEI and the Board of he joined as an articling student in 1956. Directors of the PEI Symphony Orchestra In addition to several directorships on –“two domains which occupied my life, mining company boards, he serves as a both professional and vocational: educa- Commissioner with the Ontario Securities tion and music.” Commission. Frank Collins ’56 and his wife, Eve, recently Merv Dickinson ’52 and his wife, Bella, returned from a nine-month voyage on spent time in Kenya earlier this year True Love, their 34-ft sailboat. Departing in teaching at Kenya Methodist University. September 2006, they sailed down the east While there, he helped establish the coast to Florida and across to the Bahamas, Management and Leadership Training and where they spent the winter and early Resource Centre in Meru, an outcome of spring. “It took about two months to reach the need for basic management and lead- south Florida and another two months on ership skills to address the poverty, health the way back, giving us nearly five months and education issues in the country. He visiting the many different islands in vari- Frere Kennedy relaxing in his ‘office’. has established a charitable trust – Kenya ous areas of the Bahamas, and racing our Leadership Development Trust – to raise True Love in the big Georgetown cruisers’ John Hamilton ’45 is a lay member of the start-up funds for the centre. He will be regatta with considerable success, winning Council of the Ontario Association of Land returning there soon to lend his talents to our division and placing second overall Surveyors, a self-governing organization help ‘train the trainers’. out of fifty yachts. Living on a boat in the that requires non-members of the profes- Bahamas was really a marvelous experi- sion to be councilors. In the spring, John Ross Trant ’52 has found time on his ence.” This was their second voyage to the and Sylvia spent a month in Belgium and hands now that he is phasing out his pipe islands, the last one being eight years ago. France. organ business and has joined the Board of Directors of the Archives Collections John Wilkinson ’45, former professor of Society in Picton. A building has been information studies [library science] at acquired to house an impressive collection Uof T, has set up a library in his retirement of nautical books, papers, art and artifacts, residence in London, ON, and has donated believed to be one of the finest in North his entire collection of 84 Agatha Christie America. He is fund raising for the building titles. and is working with George Cuthbertson ‘46, one of the founders of C&C boats Peter Hunter ’49 was appointed to the fame, on the campaign. honorary position of the 12th Colonel Commandant Royal Canadian Armoured David Bernhardt ’54 serves on the Victoria Corps in October 2005 for a 3-year term College Board of Regents and is their rep- in recognition of his long military service, resentative on Senate, as well as serving Frank and Eve next to the place they call home. beginning with the Royal Military College on the Alumni Affairs committee. A Vic after his UTS days. His duties involve being grad 5T8, he has established the David K. Murray Corlett ’57, and Vic 6T1, has estab- responsible for advising the army com- Bernhardt Scholarship to support lished, together with his wife, Katherine, mander on matters affecting the corps and psychology majors. Emm OTO, the Murray and Katherine a lot of travel for attendance at all major Corlett Award for International Study which ceremonies, unit celebrations and policy Don Wood ’54 reports that he participated provides a bursary to students studying
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abroad, a program which is the vision of Paul Gooch, President, Victoria College, and a former member of the UTS Interim Board.
Nico Swaan ’58 visited UTS in June for the first time in 15 years on a trip from his home in the Netherlands. His extensive tour of the building, conducted by Vice-Principal Rick Parsons, brought back many memories.
Thomas Jefferson ’64 is presently Visiting Professor, the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, In 1259, the Mongols came to Harran and destroyed the Richard Lay ’68 recalls his days at Yale and University, leaving only the astronomical tower. teaching operations and management to Guelph completing his engineering degree MBAs. Recently, he was Visiting Professor, of the first university in the world. A“ 13th and racing with their ski teams, before long Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. While Century lesson in history which is relevant ago becoming coach and technical direc- there, he visited Harran, once home to to today’s conflicts in the region.” tor for Southern Ontario for Cross Country Abraham (of the Bible) and the location Canada. Today, he takes great pride in his
1942 Archie Campbell 2007 The Honourable Mr. Justice Campbell, UTS ’60, was a judge’s judge with genuine compassion.
renowned and highly Archie’s defining quality was his genu- in 2007 in recognition of his distin- respected judge on the ine compassion for everyone, no mat- guished legal career. In his speech A Supreme Court of Ontario, ter their rank or status. at the 2007 Convocation of the Archie is fondly remembered for his Archie was best known for head- Admission to the Bar of Ontario, devotion, skill and compassion, as well ing the investigation into the Ontario Douglas C. Hunt, Q.C., noted that as his sense of legal history. He loved SARS outbreak and the police investi- Chief Justice Winkler had described being a judge, sitting on the Bench gation of Paul Bernardo. He provided Archie as “A lawyer’s lawyer, a judge’s until a few weeks before his death many well-articulated recommenda- judge and a character’s character.” this past April and for delivering three tions to improve health-care Roy McMurtry, Ontario’s Chief reserved judgments from the hospital facilities, the medical com- Justice and a friend for over just six days before his passing. munity and the government. 50 years, said, “We’ve lost one Having spent seven years at UTS His judicial experience ran the of our most able judges in the for grades 7 to 13, Archie served as gamut in civil and criminal law, country.... He had a gargantuan the popular Prefect of Lewis House, from Deputy Attorney General appetite for enjoying life in all a delegate to the Model U.N., and as of Ontario [1983-86] to director of its dimensions.” a member of the TWIG staff, Public Parkdale Community Legal Services He loved to canoe in Algonquin Affairs Club and the Literary Society. [1977-78] on a one-year sabbatical. Park and recite “The Cremation of At Trinity College, Uof T, he studied He lectured at Uof T Law School, Dan McGee” and “The Shooting of history and modern languages, and Queen’s Faculty of Law and at UWO Dan McGrew” by the campfire. worked at Frontier College in the sum- and served as Honourary President He is survived by his wife Julie, mers teaching English and literacy in of the Osgoode Law School Alumni two children, James who is on staff at logging and hydro camps in Northern Association [1995-2001]. UTS, and Sarah, his sister, Jennifer, Ontario. A graduate of Osgoode Law Posthumously, he received the stepchildren and grandchildren, and School, he received his LLB [1967] Doctor of Laws degree awarded by his former wife, Judy. and LLM [1973]. Throughout his life, the Law Society of Upper Canada Don Borthwick ’54
30 the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 uts Alumni NewsAlumni News 17-year-old daughter competing in the NotesCanadian Championships on the interesting in Quebec and, lives and outstanding achievements of our alumni. along with her 15-year-old brother, skiing on their high school team at OFSAA. charles Magwood
Stephen Gauer ‘70 won the Western UTS ’31 almnus was an ace fighter pilot 1913 Magazine fiction prize for “Jumper”, a short who abhorred the glorifying of war 2007 story published last year by Prairie Fire, a literary magazine based in Winnipeg. t the age of 26, Charles was observer training in England, but a It was written in 2003 for a fiction work- told that he was too old to shortage of pilots provided him with shop course at the University of British A become a wartime fighter opportunity to get into the cock- Columbia, as part of the MFA program in pilot, only to become a WWII ace pit of a Spitfire. In April 1943, his Creative Writing. This past June at Toronto General Hospital, he donated a kidney to and a winner of the Distinguished downing of three enemy aircraft in his granddaughter Amelia, who suffers Flying Cross [DFC]. A talented and a fierce battle over France won him from a rare form of vasculitis. Amelia had fearless flier, he never told his chil- the DFC. Later, he rose to the rank a deceased donor transplant back in 1998, dren about destroying enemy aircraft of Wing Commander and continued but that kidney failed earlier this year. as a RCAF Spitfire pilot. to lead missions. Unfortunately, a Charles grew up on few months later a serious Dovercourt Road, the son sinus problem grounded of a surgeon father and a him permanently and his well-known pianist mother. combat days were over. He At UTS [grades 11 to 13], flew over 200 missions and he starred in basketball, remarkably, never took a wrestling and track and single hit. field. His record in the 220-yard dash His business career included Stephen Gauer ’70 and his granddaughter Amelia. stood for 24 years until bested by Canada Life, Robert Simpson depart- Jamieson Bryan ’71 has been promoted Chuck Magwood ’61, his nephew. ment store, a catalogue buyer with to Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase He enjoyed playing sonatas on the Simpson-Sears, retiring in 1974, and Bank, located in Hong Kong, with oversight piano, a talent he inherited no doubt finally running a furniture-design responsibility covering Operations and from his mother. His brother, John business until the early 1980s. Technology Specialists who process all of attended UTS ’29. While his wartime heroics were the Asia Pacific Cash andT rade transactions within the Treasury Services global line of After receiving his BCOMM meticulously chronicled in his daily business. His family [wife Genia and two degree from Uof T, he joined Canada diary, he never told his children children, Elliott 17 and Celina 15] welcome Life, but with the outbreak of the about his exploits. any UTS grads working in Hong Kong war, he enlisted in the air force as a He is survived by his wife of 62 or the region to look them up. They also 26-year-old. Initially, he was deemed years, Marion, and children, John, have a home in Jakarta, Indonesia, where too old to fly and was assigned to Stephen and Mary. Genia has run the well-established Jakarta Montessori School and Teacher Training Center for the past 22 years. Chinese legal system. During the 2007-08 preneur.blogspot.com. He suggests that academic year, he’ll be in New York as a UTS bloggers tell us what they are blog- Bernie McGarva ’72 has added services as Visiting Professor at New York University ging about and where they can be found. a mediator and arbitrator to his legal coun- Law School and living in Greenwich Village. sel practice that specializes in commercial This fall, his daughter will be starting at Stephanie Kimmerer ’78 is now a RE/MAX litigation and infrastructure law. Yale Law School. agent in Milton, ON.
Donald Clarke ‘73[4Y] moved in January Rick Spence ’73[5Y] has begun writing a Michael Krondl ’78 has written a new book, 2005 to Washington, D.C., after many years weekly column on entrepreneurship for the The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the at the University of Washington School Financial Post that is in addition to his col- Three Great Cities of Spice, to be published of Law in Seattle, to join the faculty of umns in PROFIT, MoneySense, and Alberta by Random House this October under the the George Washington University Law Venture magazines. He also writes a blog Ballantine imprint. The book is a popular School, where his field of research is the called Canadian Entrepreneur at canentre- history of the fashion for spice in pre-mod-
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ern Europe with a special focus on the three Divorce Coach and hosts her own award- Kim Lee Kho ’81 will be having an art ports – Venice, Lisbon and Amsterdam winning podcast, The Divorce 101 Show. exhibition from Sunday September 23 – that delivered the eastern aromatics to through Saturday October 6, at the Toronto cognoscenti across the globe. For more Sheldon Green ’80 has been appointed School of Art Gallery, 410 Adelaide St. W., information see www.spicehistory.net. Head of the Department of Mechanical (near Spadina), 3rd Floor (call 416-504- Engineering, UBC. He says, “I’m excited 7910 for hours). Face[t]s of Valerie is an Carolyn Ellis ’80 has authored two books about the challenge but respectful of the in-depth exploration of a single portrait this year! The 7 Pitfalls of Single Parenting: complexities of the task.” subject, using multiple images, media and What to Avoid to Help Your Children Thrive interpretations to investigate emotional after Divorce has just been released and Eric Helleiner ’81, professor and CIGI content and expression, relationships, and received the prestigious Publisher’s Chair in International Governance in the the fuzzy distinction between artist and Choice award. She co-authored Power Dept. of Political Science, University of subject in portraiture. Reception: Saturday, and Soul with Alexandria Brown – a col- Waterloo, won the 2007 Donner prize for September 29, 1 to 4 p.m. lection of inspirational tales by 42 dif- the ‘best book on Canadian public policy’. ferent entrepreneurs. She also founded The 352-page book, Towards North America Lisa Jeffrey ’82, a math professor at Uof T ThriveAfterDivorce.com which provides Monetary Union? The Politics and History of since 1998, has just been named a Fellow strategies, resources and tips to separated Canada’s Exchange Rate Regime focuses on of the Royal Society of Canada, the highest and divorced individuals, became the Canadian monetary policy in the 20th C. academic accolade available to scientists first Canadian to be certified as a Spiritual and scholars in Canada, and will be induct-
1922 fred cole stinson 2007 UTS ’40 alumnus was a person devoted to social justice and public service
red was only 34 when he ew, Frederick J. ’77 are also alumni. books and memorabilia of the British was first elected to the His public service career started wartime PM, which he, along with F Diefenbaker government in as a trustee for the North York others, eventually gifted to Trinity 1956, but five years and two elec- School Board at the tender age of College. tions later, he found himself retired 29. Following his federal govern- During WWII, he served in the as a politician, following the loss of ment defeat, he tried twice to regain Royal Canadian Navy, [as did his dad his York Centre seat to the Pearson his seat without success. He was the in WWI] doing convoy duty in the Liberals, in part caused by the voter first Canadian MP to visit China, met north Atlantic on the HMCS Dunver. fallout from the cancellation of the the national Chinese leader, Chian He left as a lieutenant and entered Avro Arrow debacle. Kai-shek in Taiwan and was part of Osgoode Law School. Afterward Fred spent six years at UTS the Canadian delegation to the UN he articled in Fred Gardiner’s firm before studying modern history at in Sept. 1960 when Mr. Krushchev – ‘Big Daddy’, the chairman of Trinity College, Uof T [1944]. At banged his shoe on the desk to inter- Metropolitan Toronto – who helped UTS, he was a Greek and Latin rupt British PM Harold MacMillan. mentor him in his first attempts at scholarship winner and editor of The He served in a leadership posi- public office. He was an avid sailor, Twig, and later during the time his tion in a number of volunteer orga- member of the RCYC and strong two sons, George ’68 and David ’70, nizations, most notably as co-founder supporter of the Toronto Brigatine were at ‘the Schools’, he served as of Canadian Overseas Volunteers program for young people. president of the Parents’ Association which evolved into CUSO [Canadian He is survived by his wife, Anne, [1966-67]. In his president’s report in University Services Overseas]. One and his children, Kathy and David. the Twig, he commented on the need of his hobbies involved the organi- for a major building renovation and zation of the Churchill Society for Excerpted from articles on the Globe even included a sketch [see page 19]. the Advancement of Parliamentary and Mail, CUSO and Churchill His brother, David A. ’43 and neph- Democracy, a library collection of Society websites.
32 the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 uts Alumni NewsAlumni News ed on November 17th in Edmonton. She food magazines. Presently, she is excited Solomon Douglas ’92 toured the US and Notesis regarded onas one the of the interesting world’s leading livesabout makingand heroutstanding first wine – a cabernet achievements Canada this past ofsummer our with alumni. his ten- up-and-coming mathematicians, and the blend. Painting and knitting consume the piece orchestra, the Solomon Douglas citation for the award read [in part], “made rest of her time. She extends a welcome to Swingtet. For his upcoming schedule: fundamental contributions to symplectic visit for anyone making it to San Francisco. solomondouglas.com. geometry, module spaces and mathemati- cal physics...the interdisciplinary nature of Jason Oke ’91 and his wife, Meredith, just Jason Shron ’93 and his wife, Sidura her work has an enormous value to both celebrated in July the first birthday of their Ludwig, welcomed daughter, Dalya, on mathematical and theoretical physics.” daughter, Millicent. He is Vice-President, May 1st, a sister for son, Boaz. Strategic Planning, Leo Burnett Worldwide James Markson ’85 is now Commercial and writes and edits a marketing blog. Jennifer Park ’94 married Richard Hayward Counsel for Research In Motion in Mississauga.
Anthony Lee ’86 is tackling the Canadian presence in the international market by Peter geoffrey st. providing consultation services for Chinese 1917 and Japanese art. He is presently lecturing 2007 on Asian culture and teaching Japanese george O’Brian taiko drumming in TDSB schools. O.B.E., D.F.C. [Bar], a born leader with integrity, grace and courage
Michelle Alexander ’89 returned to her job eter had a very distinguished in the Battle of Britain; received the as the Director of Policy for the Investment Association of Canada five months after military career as a member of Distinguished Flying Cross [DFC] on having twins. She and her husband now P the Royal Air Force in World two occasions; after being shot down have four children under seven which she War II and served in various capaci- in the English Channel was rescued by says, “makes life crazy most of the time!” ties until 1959. the Free French Torpedo boats as a After finishing three years German E-Boat closed in; and served Asheesh Advani ’90 is now CEO of Virgin [Grades 11 to 13] at UTS in 1935, on the Joint Planning Staff at the War Group’s financial services in the U.S., based he naturally enrolled in the Royal Cabinet Rooms in Whitehall. After the in Boston, a result of the acquisition of his Air Force College in England, being war, Peter served in various European company, CircleLending, by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. He lives with his the son of a RCAF Air Commodore countries until 1959, was appointed wife and three-year-old twins in Boston. and a UTS graduate [Geoffrey to the Order of the British Stewart, a student in the Empire [1954] and was aide- Victor Erdos ’90 and his wife, Sari, wel- school’s first year 1910], and de-camp to the Queen in 1957. comed twins, Teddy and Taylor, born one graduated with the Sword of Returning to civilian life, minute apart in early July. Honour as top cadet in 1937. he worked in human resource AT UTS, Peter was captain and management at Urwick, Currie, Kate Jackson ’90 is now Assistant Professor wing back [flanker] on the senior W.H.Smith and Southam Press, in the Biology Dept. at Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA. Her book, Mean and Lowly football team and played forward where he was a vice-president at his Things, about her fieldwork collecting on the senior hockey team. In the retirement in 1982. snakes in the northern Congo, is being TWIG, Pete’s contribution to the Peter is survived by his wife of 64 published by the Harvard University Press team was summarized as follows: “the years, Edie, two sons, John and Peter, in March 2008. hardest worker on the team…a fast and brothers, James [attended UTS skater and tireless back checker… from 1933 to 1935] and Liam. He Naomi [Ulpian] Levinson ’90 gave birth to possessed of a world of courage” – a will be remembered by his friends a girl, Kayla, on June 26th, joining 3 broth- description that adroitly summed up for his immense integrity, grace and ers, Reuven 11, Eli 9 and Ahron 7. Her proud father is Yitz. his future wartime exploits. humility, loyalty and courage and his He went on to have a very dis- unfailing humour. Kate Nowell-Smith ’90 husband Gary tinguished military career: a Wing Excerpts from the Globe and Mail and children, Cosmo and Sofia, reside in Commander at the age of 26; fought and Crescent School Websites Healdsburg, California, where she writes for
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last February and honeymooned in New and the Students for Development Award Zealand. Both are engineers at Celestica. from the Association of Colleges and Keys Universities of Canada, after being nomi- Raphaela Neihausen ’95 is pleased to nated by McGill University’s Arts Internship announce that Miss GULAG (the documen- Office. She loved Cairo, looked forward to tary film she has been producing for the returning to Montreal, and missed Toronto Gallery past two years) had its North American in the midst of all her travels. premiere at Silverdocs (Washington, DC) on June 14th, and was shown as part of the Adrienne Wong ’98 graduated from UWO Seattle International Film Festival on June in May and began residency in Ear, Nose, 15-16. This is her first film and somewhat Throat/Head & Neck Surgery at Uof T in July. Upcoming show of a grassroots effort.T he film website is: www.missgulag.com. Nick Hume-Brown ’00 helped produce “Person to Person” a show that won “Best of the Fringe” in Mike Sawa ’95 just completed his neurol- Toronto this past summer. An exhibition of paintings by ogy residency at U. Alberta this past June and is now at Duke University for a one- Janice Wong ’04 will complete a joint 4- James MacDougall ’54 year clinical fellowship in EMG and neuro- year BS/MS degree in Molecular Biophysics Opening: Thursday, September 13th: muscular medicine. and Biochemistry at Yale in Spring 2008. 5-7 p.m. Artist will be present. She was inducted in Phi Beta Kappa in Closing: Saturday, November 10th. Gary Lau ’96, a specialist registrar in anaes- the Fall 2006 for attaining the top 1% of thesia, was married to Jenny Mao on July academic records in her class. This past 15th at Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, UK. summer, she researched at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Germany on a Hilary Doda ’97, who is a costume design- Yale summer traveling fellowship. er and wardrobe technician in Halifax, and her husband, Richard Morris, are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, Jennifer, on June 25th. In Memoriam Megan Wong ’97 was married to Dennis Yau Condolences are extended to this past August. In attendance were Melissa the families of these alumni Guiyab, Michelle Wong, Simon Rodrigue, Chris Ong, Cyrus Irani [all UTS ’97], Gabriel who passed away recently. Future Exhibitions Chang ’96 and Wen-Yen Chan ’95. Charles McLaughlin Magwood ’31 July 9, 2007 Kasper Podgorski ’04 Lauren Bialystok ’98, finishing her PhD David Campbell Barber ’32 March 11, 2007 in philosophy at Uof T, is engaged to be John Herbert Fee ’35 January 22, 2007 Jacquelyn Siklos ’86 married in August 2008 to a TDSB English teacher, Misha Abarbanel, in Toronto. Peter Geoffrey St. George O’Brian ’35 April 15, 2007 Kim Lee Kho ’81 James Henry Kerfoot ’40 January 2, 2007 Sybil Thompson ’98 is entering third (and William Ross Livingston ’40 August 5, 2007 Baillie Card ’05 final) year Law at McGill University this Margaret Krawecka ’96 September. She was chosen to participate Fred Cole Stinson, Q.C. ’40 June 17, 2007 in the Faculty’s Human Rights Internship John Gaylord Hadwen ’41 August, 2007 Program this summer, and worked in Cairo, It’s not too early to begin Egypt for Africa and Middle East Refugee Phillip Edward Derry Baker ’44 July 30, 2005 Assistance, an Egyptian NGO that provides thinking about exhibiting at The Ven. John Humphrey McMulkin ’44 May 8, 2007 our Special 100th Anniversary free legal aid, psychological counseling and social service referrals to refugees and William Paul Schutte ’45 May 17, 2007 Showing in Fall 2010! asylum seekers in Egypt. She was fortunate J. Robert Mackenzie ’47 enough to win two awards that made it Archie Gray Campbell ’60 April 17, 2007 The Keys Gallery is located in Room 107A at UTS. possible to participate in the internship If you would like to exhibit, contact Ann Unger, program: the Lindsey Anne Cameron J. Alan Brown ’62 July 17, 2005 retired staff, (416) 932-1963 or e-mail Award [UTS ’91] from the Faculty of Law, [email protected] for further information. 34 the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 34 the root : the uts alumni magazine | fall 2007 Alumni Golf Tournament 2007
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nother very successful tournament was held last June, when close to 40 golfers outwitted the rain A and completed 18 holes. Congratulations to: • Low Gross Winner of the Hargraft Trophy: Norm Fox ’48 2 • Low Net Winner of the UTS Old Boys’ Past President’s Trophy: Al Morson ’53 • President’s Trophy (40-50 yr. since graduation): Peter Frost ’63 • Legends’ Trophy (Over 50 yr. since graduation): Don Borthwick ’54 • Most honest golfer (Don Kerr ’39 Award): Derek Bate ’44 and Bob Kidd ’62 • Dave Jolley Trophy: Class of 1953: Ken Culver, Martin Gammack, Al Morson, Bruce Wilson, Don Borthwick • Closest to the hole: Al Morson ’53, Jim Lowden ’54, Tim Sellers ’78, Bill Francis ’48, Rick Parsons, UTS staff – nearly an ace. 3 • Longest drive: Peter Frost ’63 and Rick Parsons – “both hit it so far, we ran out of tape trying to measure the winner, so called it a tie.” Next year’s tournament will be held on THURSDAY, June 19 at the same club. Class years are encouraged to make up a foursome and challenge the perennial winners – Class of 1953 – for the Dave Jolley Trophy for low gross team score. Thanks to Peter Frost ’63 and Nick Smith ’63 for again organizing the event.
1. Repeat winners of the David Jolley trophy: Class of 1953 [L to R] Al Morson, Ken Culver, Martin Gammack, Bruce Wilson and Don Borthwick ’54 [interloper]. 4 2. A perennial tournament entrant: former student, former staff, former vice- principal and former UTSAA Executive Director, Derek Bate ’44 – with his son Derek ’71. 3. Low net winner, Al Morson ’53, with tournament organizer, Peter Frost ’63. 4. Thrilled champion, former staff, Norm Fox ’48, with former principal, StanP earl, and fellow classmates, Bill Francis ’48 and class rep John Bowden ’48. m o c o. t o ckph o st ; I kreinacke lker o v o: t o h P 35 Looking Back
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Before The TWIG there was The Annals The Annals, UTS’ first ‘yearbook’ was published in 1916 and covered the 1914-16 years. One other issue, 1918-20, was published before the Twig was launched as a monthly in 1920. UTS Hockey Team: National Champs! The 1919 UTS Hockey team won the first ever Memorial Cup. Their coach was Frank Selke Sr. who went on to be general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens.