t\i The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada Vol. 7 No. 42 April 27, 1972

Alvin Toffler To Receive One Of Nine Honorary Degrees At 210th Convocation Alvin Toffler, internationally known as Convocation schedule is as follows: following which he advanced to General a "social futurist" for his best-selling Sales Manager for Canada. In 1949 he book "Future Shock" will be among the TUES., MAY 30: Students from the became Vice-President of World Trade nine receiving honorary degrees confer- Faculty of Arts, Huron College, School Corporation and General Manager for red by The University of Western Ontario of Business Administration and Faculty Europe with headquarters in Paris. Mr. at its 210th Annual Spring Convocation of Music will receive their degrees. Mr. Brent was appointed Vice-President ceremonies, May 30 to June 2. Willis will become a Doctor of Laws. and General Manager of IBM World Mr. Robarts will give the address. Trade Corporation with headquarters Other honorary Doctor of Laws degree in New York in 1954. Early in 1962 recipients will be: WED., MAY 31: Dr. Reva Gerstein, he was appointed President and Chair- Professor Vernon T. Mould and Mr. man of the Board of IBM Canada. Mr. John E. Brent, Chairman of the Alvin Toffler will receive Doctor of Board of IBM Canada Limited and Vice- Laws degrees and students of the Fa- Mr. Brent, a native of Brantford, On- President and Director, IBM World culty of Social Science will graduate. tario, holds several other prominent Trade Corporation, New York; Dr. Gerstein will give the address. positions, some of which include: Vice- President and Director of The Univer- Dr. A. Davidson Dunton, President and THURS., JUNE 1: Faculty of Science, sity of Western Ontario Foundations; Vice-Chancellor of Carleton University, Brescia College, King's College, Faculty Vice-President and Director of The Ottawa; of Engineering Science and Althouse Toronto Symphony; Director of In- College of Education students will re- ternational Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Max Ferguson, celebrated Canadian ceive their degrees. Also, Dr. Karel F. Canadian Council, Science Research As- radio personality; Wiesner and Mr. Max Ferguson will re- sociates (Canada Ltd.), Dominion In- ceive honorary degrees. Mr. Ferguson surance Corporation, and the Toronto- Dr. Reva Gerstein, Psychologist, Founder will give the address. Dominion Bank. He is also a member and President of the C.M. Hincks Treat- of numerous boards and is Chairman ment Centre; FRI., JUNE 2: On the final day of of the Advisory Committee of Western's Convocation, the Faculty of Graduate School of Business Administration. He Mr. Vernon T. Mould of Upper Canada Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty received his B.A. in Business Adminis- College; of Law, Faculty of Dentistry and Fa- tration from Western in 1931. culty of Nursing students will graduate. * * * * Mr. Ross B. Willis, former Vice-Presi- Honorary degrees will be conferred dent of Western and currently Vice- upon Mr. Justice Bora Laskin, Mr. John Dr. Davidson Dunton -- President of President of Allpak Products Limited, E. Brent and Dr. Davidson Dunton. Carleton University, Ottawa, will retire London. Judge Laskin will give the address. on June 30 and become Director of the Institute of Canadian Studies at Carle- The Honorable Mr. Justice Bora Laskin, Convocation will begin at 3:00 p.m. ton. A native of Montreal, Dr. Dunton Q.C., Supreme Court of Canada Judge, each of the four days in Alumni Hall. received his education at Lower Canada will be honored with a Doctor of Civil Invited guests and spectators should College in Montreal, University of Gre- Laws (D.C.L.) and an Honorary Doc- plan to be in their seats 15 to 20 min- noble, France, McGill University, Mon- tor of Science degree will be conferred utes before the ceremony begins. treal, Cambridge University in England, upon Dr. Karel F. Wiesner, Resident and the University of Munich, Germany. Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of New -Brunswick. Dr. Dunton began his career as a reporter Following are brief biographical sketches with the Montreal Star in 1935, becoming The Honourable John P. Robarts, P.C., of the honorary degree recipients: Associate Editor two years later. He former Premier, Province of Ontario, joined the Montreal Standard as Editor will be installed as Chancellor of the Mr. John E. Brent -- A graduate of The in 1938 where he remained until 1943 University on the first of the four days University of Western Ontario is Chair- when he became Assistant General Mana- of Convocation. Mr. Robarts will give man of the Board of IBM Canada Limi- ger, Wartime Information Board, Go- the Convocation address on that day. ted and Vice-President and Director of vernment of Canada until 1945. Fol- IBM World Trade Corporation, New lowing this he then became Chairman of Approximately 3,100 graduate and York. He joined the company in 1931 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, undergraduate degrees will be awarded as a student salesman in Toronto. His a position he retained until 1958 when during the Tuesday to Friday cere- first important promotion was to the he resigned to become President of monies in Alumni Hall. post of Branch Manager in Toronto, Carleton University. continued page l) Law School. During this time he be- he was appointed a Visiting Professor at Spring Convocation came a leading authority on constitu- Cornell University where he conducted continued from page 1 tional law. He gave up teaching to be- research into future value systems. Mr. come a judge of the Ontario Court of Toffler has also been a Visiting Scholar Appeal. Five years later, at the age of at the Russell Sage Foundation. Mr. Max Ferguson -- The creator of "Raw- 57, Justice Laskin set a precedent by hide" and hundreds of other fictitious being appointed the youngest Canadian characters, is a renowned Canadian radio Supreme Court Justice. He has been des- personality. A graduate of The University cribed as a "towering academic schoLar". Professor Karel F. Wiesner -- A native of of Western Ontario, Mr. Ferguson began Judge Laskin is Chairman of the Board Prague, Czechoslovakia, is one of Canada's to develop his showmanship with mimi- of Governors of the Ontario Institute for leading organic chemists. He received his cry and impersonations during noon hour Studies in Education, and has served on education at Charles University in Prague, broadcasts over a public address system the Board of Governors of York Univer- graduating in 1945 with a Doctorate in at Western. He began his radio career sity and Carleton University. He is cur- Physical Chemistry. In 1946 he worked with CFPL Radio and soon joined the rently Chancellor of Lakehead University. in Zurich, Switzerland at the Federal In- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in stitute of Technology. In 1948 he joined Halifax, where much to his distaste, he * * * * * the University of New Brunswick as an was assigned to a program of western Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Two music. In an effort to disguise his voice Mr. Vernon T. Mould -- Graduated with years later he became an Associate Pro- he adopted a raspy western drawl and so an Honors Associate Ontario College of fessor and from 1951-62 held the posi- the "Rawhide" character was created. Arts degree in 1948. His career began at tion of Professor of Organic Chemistry. Rawhide was such a success, Mr. Fergu- Upper Canada College where he remained He is currently Resident Professor of son was transferred to Toronto and the and is currently Head of the Art Depart- Chemistry at the University. His contri- program broadcast on the national net- ment. Western is honoring Mr. Mould butions to the field of organic chemistry work. In 1962, a new program, The Max for his unique and outstanding contribu- have contributed greatly to the growth Ferguson Show, which included satirical tion to the restoration of Sainte-Marie of the University's reputation. sketches on news stories, began. In 1970, Among the Hurons. Mr. Mould was ap- he dropped the shows, but remained with pointed Chairman of the Sainte-Marie In 1963, Professor Wiesner was awarded CBC radio network. His book, "And Museum Planning Committee working the Palladium Medal of the Chemical Now ... Here's Max" won the Stephen with The University of Western Ontario Institute of Canada. He is a Fellow of Leacock Medal for Humor in 1968 and in conjunction with the Ontario Govern- the Royal Society of Canada, the British in the same year he received the Windsor ment in 1965. At the same time he be- Chemistry Society, and the Swiss Chem- Men's Press Club Quill award. came a member of Western's President's istry Society. In 1969 he was elected Advisory Committee on Sainte-Marie. to the Royal Society of London. Pro- Born in Durham, England, Mr. Ferguson From 1968-70 he served as Chairman of fessor Wiesner is noted for his work in spent most of his early years in London, the entire project. He has been a mem- the area of synthesis and structure de- Ontario. ber of the Huronia Historical Parks, . termination of natural products as well as Publications Committee, Artifacts Com- his studies of fast reactions by polarography. mittee and Development Council. Mr. Mould spent five years re-creating, in Dr. Reva Gerstein -- A Psychologist, ob- miniature, the world as it existed from tained the degrees of M.A. and Ph.D. pre-Columbian times to the demise of Mr. Ross B. Willis -- A native of London, from the University of Toronto. Follow- Sainte-Marie in 1649. He co-authored a attended The University of Western On- ing graduation she taught psychology and filmscript on Sainte-Marie which re- sociology at the University of Toronto. tario where he received a B.A. in 1931 ceived the highest award for a Canadian and an M.A. in Business Administration in Dr. Gerstein is the Founder and President Travel film in 1968. of the C.M. Hincks Treatment Centre. 1933. He also carried out graduate work She has been a member of the Hall Dennis at The London School of Economics, Mr. Mould has designed, illustrated and The University of London in 1933-34. Committee, a Past President (National) co-authored over 30 books. of the Canadian Council on Children and Following eight years in the Securities Youth and is an Honorary Life Member * * * * * Department of The London Life Insur- of the Ontario Psychiatric Association. ance Company, Mr. Willis returned to Dr. Gerstein was the first academic mem- Mr. Alvin Toffler -- Was born in New Western as an Assistant Professor in the ber of the Committee on University Af- York City and graduated in 1949 from then Department of Business Adminis- fairs on which she still serves and has re- New York University. Described as a tration. He advanced to Acting Head cently completed her work as Chairman "social futurist", Mr. Toffler's best-selling of the Department before becoming of Research of the Task Force on the book "Future Shock" has sold nearly Comptroller and Secretary to the Board Ontario Council on Health. 4 million copies and has been published in at least 14 languages in over 40 coun- of Governors in 1946. In 1962 he be- came Vice-President and from 1968 Dr. Gerstein is an Honorary Fellow of tries. The book has just won Le Prix du until 1970 was Vice-President, Admi- Founders College, York University, where Meilleur Livre Etranger in France. Other nistration and Finance. He then joined she is currently a tutorial lecturer on books he has written include "The Cul- "Living and Learning in a Free Society". ture Consumers" and "Schoolhouse in Allpak Products Limited as Vice-Presi- She is a member of the Vanier Institute the City". A former editor of Fortune dent. Mr. Willis has held several spe- for the Family and the Commission on and a Washington correspondent, Mr. cial appointments which include: As- Post-Secondary Education in Ontario. Toffler has contributed to scholarly pub- sistant Director, Management Services lications as well as popular periodicals. Division, Wartime Prices and Trade Board; spebial consulting assignments Sociology of the Future, the first course in industry and for the Canadian Go- The Honorable Mr. Justice Bora Laskin -- of its kind, was introduced by Mr. Tof- vernment; President, Canadian Associa- Was born in Fort William, Ontario. Being fler in 1966 at the New School for Social tion of University Business Officers; keenly interested in law from a very early Research in New York. He has acted as Chairman, President's Research Com- age, he attended the University of Toron- a consultant to the Institute for the Fu- mittee, Committee of Presidents of the to and received an M.A. in 1935, and an ture, Bell Canada, the American Tele- Provincially-Assisted Universities; and LL.B. (Bachelor of Law) in 1936. He phone and Telegraph Company, the Acting Chairman, Board of Directors, attended Harvard University Law School Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and numer- Elliot Lake Centre for Continuing Edu- in 1937 where he received an LL.M. ous other leading corporations and or- cation. He has also been a member of (Master of Law) and in the same year, ganizations. He has also collaborated many committees dealing with post- was called to the Bar of Ontario. with Professor Benjamin Singer of Wes- secondary education, one being the tern's Sociology Department in the Joint Subcommittee on Operating Mr. Laskin elected to teach and from developrhent of the Sociology of Coping. Grants Formula which designed the 1940-65, was a professor of law at the Mr. Toffler visited Western recently as formula for the distribution of operat- University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall the Gillette Lecturer for 1972. In 1969, ing grants to Ontario Universities. • Mount Allison To Confer • Honorary Degree On UWO; WESTERN EVENTS Professor Of Philosophy Professor A.H. Johnson, Department of Philosophy, has been selected to re- ceive one of four honorary degrees at Mount Allison University's Spring Con:. ACADEMIC vocation, May 8. Dr. Johnson, a native Visiting Professor in Pathological Che- of British Columbia, graduated from mistry - Dr. Cicily Chapman-Andresen, Mount Allison, New Brunswick, with a Carlsberg Laboratories, Copenhagen, THURSDAY, APRIL 27 B.A. degree in 1931. He obtained his Denmark, "Endocytosis in Fresh Water M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Amoeba", 3:00 p.m., room 147, Health Department of Geology - Dr. George Toronto and did thesis research at the Sciences bldg. Kukla, Lamont-Doherty Geological University of Chicago and Harvard. Observatory, "Paleomagnetic Correla- • tions of Quaternary Sediments", In 1937 Dr. Johnson became an in- 3:00 p.m., room 116, Biology-Geo- CULTURAL structor at Western in the then Depart- logy bldg. ment of Philosophy and Psychology. THURSDAY, APRIL 27 He was named a professor in 1947 and FRIDAY, APRIL 28 from 1948-64 was head of the Depart- London Secondary Schools - "Drama ment of Philosophy. Department of Geology - Dr. George Festival", 7:30 p.m., Talbot Theatre, Kukla, Lamont-Doherty Geological admission 50 cents advance sale, $1.00 During his career, Dr. Johnson has writ- Observatory, "Quaternary Deep Sea at the door, Apr. 27-29. ten three books, edited four others and Record Versus Land Sections", has written numerous articles for philo- 10:00 a.m., room 116, Biology-Geo- sophical journals. He is a Fellow of the logy bldg. FRIDAY, APRIL 28 Royal Society of Canada, and has been a member of the Humanities Research Physics Special Colloquium - Dr. Raul Duo-Recital - Kumiko Tsutsumi, violin, Council of Canada and President of the • A. Baragiola, Centro Atomico Bari- Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello, 8:30 p.m., Re- Canadian Philosophical Association. loche, Rio Negro, Argentina, "Charge cital Hall, Faculty of Music bldg. Changing Collisions on Metal Vapours", 3:30 p.m., room 137, Physics bldg. SATURDAY, APRIL 29 Professor V. Wood Receives Canada Council Grant TUESDAY, MAY 2 India-Canada Association - movie, "Johny mera naam", 7:45 p.m., Middlesex Thea- Professor Vivian Wood, Faculty of Nurs- Physics Special Colloquium - Dr. Raul tre. Members $1.50, non-members $2. ing, has been awarded a grant from The A. Baragiola, Centro Atomico Bari- Canada Council to participate in the Fifth International Round Table for the loche, Rio Negro, Argentina, "Atomic SUNDAY, APRIL 30 Interactions with Gases and Solids", Advancement of Counselling, Paris, France, July 1-8, 1972. current research activities at CAB, Association Francaise de London - Festi- Argentina, 3:30 p.m., room 137, Phy- val of Films by John Paul Belmondo, sics bldg. Professor Wood will present a paper en- "Tendre Voyou", 7:30 p.m., "Tribulation titled "Student Nurses' Problems, Coun- • D'un Chinois en Chine", 9:30 p.m., Mid- FRIDAY, MAY 5 selling, Teacher Evaluation". Her paper dlesex Theatre. Admission $1.00 per is based on case research into student film at the door. Applied Mathematics Colloquium - Dr. nurse problems in Diploma Schools of M.R. Roach, UWO, "Possible Effects Nursing. The research was funded by For further information regarding Cul- the Richard Ivey Foundation. of Blood Flow on the Arterial Wall", tural Events, contact the CUTA Office, 10:30 a.m., room 3097, Engineering Graduate Studies Portable, 679-3020. and Mathematical Sciences bldg. Ph.D. Lectures And Orals

Business Administration Ph.D. Oral Examination of Mr. Frederick Siller will be held on Thurs., May 4, at 2:00 p.m., room 260A, School of Busi- ness Administration. The title of his thesis is "Newspaper Reading: A Study Caribbean Businessmen in Selective Effects". Tour Business School • Physiology Ph.D. Public Lecture will be Prominent businessmen from the Carib- discussed the operation of the School, presented by Mr. J.J. Miller on Fri., May 5, bean and across Canada were visitors to the use of the computer as a manage- at 11:00 a.m., room 147, Medical Sciences the UWO School of Business Administra- ment tool, various teaching methods and bldg. His oral examination will be held on tion Apr. 24. In London for a joint meet- projected developments of the School. the same day at 2:00 p.m., room 105 in ing of the Chamber of Commerce of Cana- Included in a general tour of the School the same bldg. The title of his thesis is da and the Caribbean, the businessmen was the observation of a class in session "Medulatory influences of the septum on were invited to tour Western's Business so that the guests could be exposed to the hypothalamus: An electro-physiolo- School by UWO Board of Governors the operational teaching techniques uti- gical and behavioral study". Chairman Captain Joseph Jeffery, who lized at Western. is also Chairman of the Canadian section Business Administration Ph.D. Oral of the joint Chamber of Commerce group. Western's role in the establishment of Examination of Mr. Stanley Laiken management training in the West Indies will be held on Fri., May 12, 9:30 a.m., Professor J.J. Wettlaufer, Dean of the was explained by Professor Thompson. room 261, School of Business Adminis- School of Business Administration, Pro- The Caribbean businessmen were impres- tration. The title of his thesis is "An fessor W.A. Thompson, Associate Dean, sed with the operation of the School and analysis of financial performance and Professor J.C. Lemmon, Professor F. expressed the need for such training in the level of external growth through Zabransky and Professor L.W. Marples their countries. merger". • • Staff Positions Open At Western

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Professor Florian Smieja, Department of Professor J.M. Parker, Department of Assistant Accountant - Office of Comp- Spanish and Italian, gave a paper entitled Pharmacology, has been appointed troller - Special "The Writer in Exile as Custodian of Folk- Chairman of4he Ontario Government Funds lore", at Queens College of the City Uni- Drug Quality and Therapeutics Com- versity of New York, Apr. 20. mittee. This is an advisory body to the Research Assistant - Information Analy- Department of Health, responsible for sis & Systems Dr. David G. Gardner and Dr. J. Philip advising on the suitability of pharmaceu- tical products for inclusion in the PAR- Sapp, Division of Oral Pathology, attend- Technician - Paediatrics (Temporary) ed the annual meeting of the American COST Index. Academy of Oral Pathology in Colorado Secretary I - Physical Plant (Perma- Springs, Apr. 12-15, where they pre- Or. Philip Downs, who will be acting nent Part-time) sented two papers entitled "Clinical, chairman of the Music History Depart- Radiographic and Histologic Findings ment next year, delivered the final lec- Further information on the above posi- • in Regional Odontodysplasia", and "An ture in the series on world literature at tions is available from The Personnel De- Electron Microscopic and Histochemical Waterloo Lutheran University on Apr. 4. partment, Stevenson Hall. Study of the Calcifications in Regional Dr. Downs' paper, "The Musician as Odontodysplasia". Hero: Mahler" drew parallels between various nineteenth century hero figures. Dr. J. Wm. McGowan, Chairman, De- Classifieds partment of Physics, gave a talk, "De- FOR SALE: velopment of positron spectroscopy -- 1971 tent trailer, excellent condition, related to gases and solids" at the Isti- $450-- 472-3018. tuto di Fisica, at the University of Bari, Survey Being Conducted in Italy, on Apr. 17. On Apr. 19 he On Research Concerning -- 17 foot Peterborough, moulded mahogany, visited the University of Namur, Bel- windshield, fitted tarp, T-nee trailer, 35 h.p., International Regulation $650-- 471-8237. gium, and spoke on the "Use of posi- tron scattering to examine the proper- A survey is being conducted at Western -- Used single metal beds, $5.00 -- 679-2340. ties of solids". to identify faculty members whose re- • search interests encompass matters of -- Used washers and dryers -- 679-3693. Dr. J.E. Zajic, Assistant Dean, Graduate international regulation. The aim of the FOR RENT: Affairs, Faculty of Engineering Science, survey is to foster contact between per- -- 4 bedroom furnished home, close to Univer- presented a paper entitled "Biological sons studying, and participating in, any sity, Aug. '72 -Sept. '73-- 471-8237. Treatment of Industrial Waste", at the activities that are subject to international Environment Conference organized by management or control. In particular, it -- 2 bedroom upper duplex, close to Victoria the Sarnia Section of the Canadian So- is hoped to encourage work on the effects Park -- 433-1172. ciety for Chemical Engineering in Sar- of such regulatory regimes on Canada. -- 1 bedroom unfurnished apartment, near nia, Apr. 19. University, May 31 -- 433-8535. The survey is funded by the Department Professor Earle F. Zeigler, Dean-elect, of External Affairs and is being adminis- WANTED: Interim Faculty of Physical Education, tered by the Institute of International --Small furnished apartment, close to Uni- Relations at the University of British versity, July - Aug. 15, 679-3542, 472-4045 has been elected Chairman, Ontario after 6:00 p.m. Council of Directors of University Columbia. Similar efforts are under way Schools of Physical Education (11 uni- on other Canadian campuses, and in cer- -- 2 used girl's bicycles-- 679-2544, 472-0650. versities represented) for the 1972-73 in government departments. academic year. He has also been elected Vice-Chairman of the new Philosophy Members of faculty whose teaching spe- • of Sport and Physical Activity Commit- cializations or publications suggest a UNIVERSITY MEETINGS tee of the Canadian Association for concern with problems of international Health, Physical Education, and Re- regulation are being contacted directly. Faculty of Science Council will meet creation, Inc. Others interested in such questions, but on Thurs., Apr. 27, at 3:30 p.m., room whose teaching and research are in fields 1059, Engineering and Mathematical less obviously related to matters of pub- Sciences bldg. Mr. R.M. "Dutch" Decker, Department lic policy, are asked to contact Profes- of Athletics, attended the Annual Meet- sor Graham Murray, Department of University Senate will meet on Fri., ing in New York City of the International Political Science, telephone 2643. Since Apr. 28, at 2:30 p.m., room 112, School Association of Approved Basketball Offi- the bulk of international regulation is of Business Administration. cials. He was elected to the Executive concerned with private and non-political Committee to represent Canada. transactions, it is hoped that the survey Graduate Christian Fellowship will con- can identify those persons in faculties tinue to meet throughout summer, every Dr. David G. Gardner, Chairman, Divi- such as medicine and engineering who Mon., from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., room sion of Oral Pathology has been elected are in any way engaged in such regula- 2058, Middlesex College. All faculty and President of the Canadian Academy of tory work. graduate students are invited. Oral Pathology.