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Steve Crombie The UBC Alumni Chronicle is published 3 Alumni News 4 Kaue hoc times annually by the UBC Alumni Dale Fuller Jim Stich’s Column 4 Assouorion, 625 I Cecil Green Park Road, Chnr Perry David Strangway’s Column 6 Vancouver, B.C., V6T IZI. It is distributed Sue warn Faculty News free to all graduates of UBC.Member, 12 Carla Weaver Council for the Advancement andSuppon Book s 20 Don Wells ofEducotion Class Acts 22 MiscellaneousPhotos 29 Printed in Canada by Mitchell Press ISSN 0824-1279 Bold Leadership Revives UBC Branches President’s Branch he University of British Columbia has a high profile in BC. UBC alumni living anywhere out- Tour Continues Newspapers across the province regularly publish news items side the Lower Mainland are in- David Strangway will visit BC T generated by UBC research, and it’s a rare issue of the Vancouver vited to contact our office if they branches in the spring, including Sun or Province that does not carry a story quoting a UBC authority on are interested in meeting other Nanaimo Mar. 14,Victoria Mar. 15, some matter of national or international importance. UBC is the foremost alumni in their area. Kamloops Feb. 23 and Kelowna source of new technology, new research and Feb.22. Invitations will be sent to new ideas in British Columbia. Recent Events alumni in those areas. The university gets bad press as well. Milan, Italy, Sept. 16. The Asso- UBC, seen by some as a large, impersonal ciation was part of an “All Cana- Upcoming organization, is often blamed for things over dian Universities” evening spon- We will hold a reception at BC which it has little control.Also. events on or sored by the Canadian Consulate. House in London on July I, 1994, around the campus are open to public We received reports that our dis- and an event the next day at the scrutiny (as they should be), and the play was “by far the grandest and Henley Regatta. Watch for details university is often criticized for the decisions most elaborate.” Over 250 grads in the Spring Chronicle. it makes.‘%,” of course, doesn’t make the from 25 universities attended.As Homecoming decisions: individuals do. And the individual one grad said,”lt’s about time most often criticized for controversial Canada made some noise abroad.” The Homecoming committee’s decisions is David Strangway. Denver, Sept. 20. Grads attended goal was to create a family week- This criticism is wholly undeserved. David Strangway’s contribution to a reception with Dr. Strangway at end, and it seems to have worked. UBC and, directly, to thedevelopment of British Columbia, has been quite the Brown Palace HoteLThanks to With hot air balloon rides, a mini impressive. Joanne Loh BASc(MechEng)’82 World Cup soccer tournament for When Dr. Strangway came to UBC in 1985, the university was at a for helping with the arrangements. children, the Chemistry Magic crossroads.Years of fiscal restraint had resulted in a run-down campus and Williams Lake, Oct. I. Bill Show, Earthquake simulator, a a dispirited faculty.There were two choices for the new president: down- Sundhu BA’80 MC’d a reception closely fought Blue and Gold Foot- size and downgrade the university to reflect its diminishing status, or and introduced Dr. Strangway to ball Game, and the Beefeaters create a new visionfor growth. Strangway went for a new vision. alumni, many of whom had at- Marching Band, there was some- He szw that UBC had vast potential to become a first-rate university. tended our breakfast there 2 years thing for everyone. At the same time, he saw that the British Columbia economy was ago.Thanks to Bill for helping with The highlight of Homecoming dependent on UBC’s ability to produce the peopleand the ideas necessary the arrangements. was the Arts ’20 Relay.The awards for growth and prosperity. His vision, which he spelled out in his “Second New York. Oct. 14. Branch rep ceremony was held in a huge tent to None” document, was to make UBC “a world renowned institution of Linda Fong BASc(CivEng)’93. on the Sub Plaza where pancake higher education and research.” His vision is becoming reality. new in NewYork, and Glen Elliott, breakfast chefs flipped flapjacks. The World of Opportunity Campaign, which winds up this year, has ex-staffer now taking grad studies Race winners all went home with raised over $260 million for buildings, chairs, fellowships, scholarships and at Columbia, hosted an evening mini replicas of the Cairn for tro- bursaries.This massive infusion of funding, over and above operating funds, with Dr. Strangway and alumni at phies.The most demanding of all will rebuild much of UBCf crumbling infrastructure, establish new areas of the Plaza Hotel. Special guest was sporting events, the World’s Big- study, and open the university to new opportunities for growthin the Norman Hildes-Heim (Honor- gest Croquet Tournament, fol- future. ary Alumnus Award 1986). who lowed the Arts’20 Relay. Whatever criticisms might be launchedagainst the university, the later hosted a dinner for Dr. Other events included a speak- reality is that David Strangway has breathed new life into UBC, and has Strangway. ers series at IRC, reunions, divi- paved the way for its development in the 2I st Century. Canberra, Australia, Nov. I. sion events and a reception for en- The Alumni Association has long admired the workof Dr. Strangway Canberra grads and Dr. Strangway trance scholarships recipients. SUB and his wife.Alice Strangway. Mrs. Strangway has provided a solid founda- were guests at a reception hosted celebrated its 25th anniversary tion of support for universityand Association activities, and has played an by the Canadian High Commis- with many events including an active role in thesuccess of the campaign. In recognition of their contribu- sioner, L. Michael Berry, at his offi- Octoberfest managed by the EUS tions, we have named David and Alice Strangway Honorary Members of cial residence. Gardiner Wilson and birthday cake for all. the Alumni Association. BA’66, Deputy High Commis- Byron Hender BCom’68 re- We are honoured to have them join our number, and are fortunate to sioner, coordinated the reception ceived the Great Trekker Award have colleagues with such dedication to our university. on our behalf.Thanks to Mr. Berry this year. In attendance was who kindly extended the invita- Evelyn Lett BA’ 17, who was pre- Jim Stich, President, UBC Alumni Association tions to his home. sented with the same award by By- NEWS

ron in 1965. Nestor Korchinsky economists, Professor Dick received the Blythe Eagles Volun- Lipsey BA’5 I of SFU spoke to teer award at the Great Trek Re- about 80 members of the division membered Lunch. on the North AmericanFree Trade Agreement. Divisions Professor Lipsey outlined rea- Barbara Crompton, BEd’72, has been ap- Kappa Sigma: On October6. sons why he believes that Canada, pointed Chair of the UBC Board of Governors, Kappa Sigma pledged 28 new mem- the US and Mexico would benefit replacing the retiring Ken Bagshaw. bers. the largest pledge class on from NAFTA. Crompton was recommended to the Board of campus for the fourth straight Medicine: On September 23, 55 Governors by the Alumni Association, and was year. golfers teed off in the 8th Annual first appointed in September, 1990. She estab- The division will host a Found- Medical Student Alumni Tourna- lished The Fitness Group in 1978 and is preside]nt ers’ Day lunch at the end of Janu- ment at the University Golf of BC’s Health Systems Group, a company that ary, 1994. and all alumni are in- Course. manages exercise, stress and nutrition programs vited. Guest of honour will be Prizes went to JohnMaynard; for corporate clients. Brother Brian O’Dwyer. Mike Marshall BSc’72, MD’82; She was on thetaskforce committee to createa Grads are also invited to meet- John Zohrab. Peter Hayton, David provincial registration and training program for ings, held every Wednesday at 7 Wickham BSc’79. MD’82 and Stu fitness instructors, and served as the Canadian pm. If Kappa Sigma has lost track Madill. representative on an international organization of you, call the Association offices. The 9th annual tournament is for fitness professionals. Human Kinetics:The division scheduled for September 22, I994 Michael Partridge has had his term on the held its annual PE and Rec.Alumni at the University Golf Course. In- Board extended. Hehas been active in Alumni Endowment Scholarship Award terested? Call Brad Fritz BSc’72, Association affairs for years, serving as president in1982-’83. He recognition ceremony at the MD’75; Les Janz MD’58 or won the Blythe Eagles Service Award,and was co-chair of the David undergrad society’s wine and Bernie DeJong MD’57 or the Lam Management Research Endowment Fund. cheese reception at Cecil Green manager of the Medical Student & Park on October 7. Alumni Centre at 879-8496. Chris Loat BPE’88, MPE’9I and The 1994 Medical Ball will be Harvard Business School Robert Schultz BPE’6 I installed held on February 12, I994 in the MBA Program a division display case in the War Harbourview Room of theVancou- Memorial Gym. It highlights activi- ver Trade and Convention Centre. ties, events and individuals of the For information, call 822-33 13. Association and the division, and Rehabilitation Sciences:The Harvard Business School encourages applications will feature a different grad every September 30 event included a from Canadians with undergraduate degrees in all academic disciplinesand a career interest in general month, starting with thefirst guest lecturer, introduction of the management. graduating class (’49) and Rick mentorship program, food and so- Hansen BPE’86. LLD(Hon)’87. cializing. Priorities this year are the Fellowships and financial aid are available, including Partial funding came from the mentorship program and getting funds from Canadian donors earmarked for Canadian President’s Allocations Committee. more alumni involved in school ac- students. Agriculture: Dean Jim Richards tivities.We also hope to help the Please contact the School toreceive a catalogue and hosted a lunch at Cecil Green Park school raise money for the grad application, and to inquire about dates and times of to honour international scholars. student awards program. To get Open House receptions being held in selected major International graduate students, involved or topass on news, Canadian cities. Education Abroad students and in- please contact Sue Kozak BA’86, Please direct all inquiries to: MBA Admissions Office ternational alumni joined members BSc(0T)’S I (872-0245) or Noni Harvard Business School of the faculty and university reps, Metcalf BPE’86, BSc(OT)’92 (736- Soldiers Field over lunch. 0600). Boston, MA 02163 USA Tel. (617)495-6127 People came from 32 countries Alpha Delta Pi:Alpha Delta Pi Fax (6 17)496-9272 in Latin America, Europe,Africa, will sponsor Career Night in In ;~ccodamcewith Harvard Unwenlty plicy, Hiward Busme\\ Schwl not Asia and the Middle East. March 1994 and possibly a black- diwrirninate againstmy pmnon the h~w~Ir~cc. color. \ex. wxud orienwtlon. religion. age,national orethnlc ongln. p~l~t~cillhcliel\, veteran \tatu\. or hmdlcap In Professors Emeriti: OnSeptem- admiwon LO. access to, mtrnent In. or employment in ikprogram and actlvltle\. ber 22, one of Canada’s leading continued page 6 NEWS

Brains, Not Buildings Make a University tie reception next Spring.Thanks School of Nursing and is part of here has been a good deal of attention paid to the construction to all the lost alumnae who con- the School’s 75th Anniversary cel- boom currently underway at UBC. In every corner of the campus, tacted the Association! If you’re ebrations. T it seems, a new building is being built, or an addition is being made not on the mailing list, please If you have changed your name to an existing one. It is an exciting time at UBC. phone presidentAnn or address or know of colleagues Some of this activity is the result of the McCutcheon BA’9I at (604) 669- who have done so. please send up- World of OpportunityCampaign, which will 3725 or write her at# 1005- I I I I dates to: Ann-Shirley Goodell wind up this year after raising more than $260 Barclay Street, Vancouver, BC. V6E BSN’60, 3254 Archibald Way, Whis- million for the university. Some is the result of I G9. Get involved! tler, BC,V9N 183. self-financing projects such as faculty apart- The Vancouver Alumnae Pharmacy: Pharmacy’s AGM was ments and student residences, and some is the Panhellenic Association:VAPA held on October I8 at La Notte result of ongoing provincial capital funding. oversees the collegiate Panhellenic restaurant. It was a great success But the big story isn’t about bricks and mor- at UBC and meets monthly to re- and everyone had a good time. tar.The campaign is about what UBC does view operations and get updates Engineering:The division revived best - promoting academic and intellectual on activities. If you have lost con- “Old Red New Red” at Cecil excellence - and its real success will be re- tact with your sorority, please Green Park on September 30. Lots flected in what goes on inside those new buildings. contact Anne McCutcheon at of students and alumni turned out, The campaign has allowed us to putin place endowment funding for 57 VAPA. See above for Ann’s address and even a few faculty made an ap- new academic chairs, 53 new scholarships, bursaries and fellowships, and I5 and telephone number. pearance. In keeping with the fin- new professorships in a widerange of fields including health, the environ- Music: On October 2nd, members est oral traditions, stories of old ment, law, ethics, business, science, engineering and the arts. of the class of ’73 hosted a get- exams and famous engineering What this means in real terms is that we will now beable to focus even together in the music building. stunts were swapped. Several more of our energy on first-class teaching and internationally acclaimed re- Rena Sharon and Lauren Wagner alumnae were also on hand to pro- search. Here are just a few examples. presented repertoire from an vide guidance and motivation to Our new Occupational Hygiene graduate program (the first of its kind in upcoming tour, and a student the women undergrads.The divi- western Canada) and three new faculty chairs that serve the program have chamber group performed a sion would like to thank the Presi- been established. Graduates will take up positions in government, industry Mozart flute quartet. Louise dent’s Allocations Committee for and the community to monitor and investigate environment-related health Bradley BMus’73 created a class funding assistance. hazards in the workplace. list of 1973 which was hung on the Social WorkThe division held its The Centre for Applied Ethics explores moral issues in business, the pro- 4th floor of the music building. first AGM in theJack Bell Building, fessions, health care, science and technology. Its focus is multidisciplinary Music grads should watch The the new home of the School of So- and, with new chairs in applied ethics, biomedical ethics and business ethics, Chronicle for notice of nextyear’s cial Work. Alumni, faculty and stu- will forge new relationships among faculties and departments. Homecoming event.This year’s dents enjoyed a presentation by The Institute ofAsian Research helps us focus our energies on our links event was partially funded by a Bridget Moran, author and retired with the Pacific Rim.The Institute includes centres for Chinese, Japanese, grant from the President’s Alloca- social worker. Korean, South Asian and Southeast Asian research. UBC is recognized as a tion Committee. The division has launched the North American leader in Asianresearch, and these new centres, all funded Nursing:Alumni held their annual “Friends of the School” project. by the campaign, will move us to the highest level of academic achievement Homecoming brunch at Cecil The Friends are building a reading as Canada’s intellectual gateway to the Pacific. Green Park on September 26. collection and assist students with Of course, the proofof UBC’s abilities in the academic arena must be Nora Whyte MSN’88 spoke on access to the UBC Library. shown in our research output.The recent announcement of Michael Smith nursing’s role in health care reform Board members met with the as I993 Nobel Prize co-winner in Chemistry supplies this proof: our abilities in BC. accreditation team that visited the are world class. The annual potluck dinner was school and will sponsor an awards When you come to UBCand see the campus-in-progress, or when you held on October 21. Following din- evening during the “Poverty:Wom- hear of new projects in the wings, remember that thereal work goes on in- ner, Jacquelyn Campbell BA’85, en’s Perspectives” conference at side the buildings.After all the dust has settled and the tractors and cement the I993 Marion Woodward lec- UBC. Future plans include trucks move away, it is the quiet, considered, intellectual work by excellent turer, spoke on family violence: fundraising and a history of social faculty and students supported by first-rate staff that makes a university. “Sanctions & Sanctuary, Culture work education at UBC. Interested I offer my sincere thanks to those alumni who supported the campaign, and Wife Beating.” alumni may contact Marty Lund and welcome your support in the future. The next Annual Dinner willbe BSW’8 I, MSW’85 at 299-2278. held on May 12, 1994.This event Geography: On October I over David Strangway, President, University of British Columbia will be co-sponsored by the UBC 200 geographers returned to UBC

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to celebrate Homecoming. Stu- Carson pointed out that theirswas dents met potential alumni men- the only UBC graduating class to tors.The mentorship program be- have a paperback yearbook, the gan last spring and boasts over result of war-time cutbacks. Class ninety-five pairs of alumni and stu- valedictorian John Halstead de- dents. scribed how, like many others, he Some of the highlights from the enlisted the day after graduation. It annual Homecoming barbecue and was a wonderful and unforgettable open house were a student dem- reunion. onstration of computer-aided geo- '53 Law:The class was delighted graphical information systems to have Dean Emeritus George %,You provided meeting rooms for almost4,000 people (CIS) and a photo exhibit of the Curtis and Professor Emeritus Cultural Geography Studies Fred Carruthers join them on Sep- and accommodation for over2,000 for two weeks and did it Abroad program. tember 18th at the Arbutus Club. in a friendly and efficientmanner9 Dr. Gordon A. McBean - International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Afterwards at the AGM, new of- The talk (regulated by an impro- ficers were elected, and Nelson vised talking stick) and various %You performed beyond the call of duty andwere able Riis BEd'67. MA'70, MP for other substances flowed until the to foresee potential problems beforethey happened9 Kamloops, received the Distin- small hours. Dr. Daniel F. Gardiner- UBC Program for Executive Development guished Geographer Award. After '53 Applied Science:A crowd of %.a mark of excellence to supplythe needs of a Riis earned his MA fromUBC he 99 Engineers came together on conference and receiveno complaints!- went on to establish the first geog- September 18th and did what engi- Mary Lou Bfshoff - Anglican Renewal Mlnlstries Conference raphy department in BC's interior neers do.After a tour of campus at Cariboo College in Kamloops. they gathered for a dinner with Events to come for this division Dean Axel Meisen.A display of include a career night in February. photos captured their antics on Look for your Geogramme News- campus 40 years ago. Dimi letter. Couroubakalis and his wife trav- elled from Greece for this reunion. Reunions '63 Applied Science: Members Class of '33:Thirty-seven mem- of this lively crowd travelled from bers gathered for a lunch at Cecil as far away as California, Ottawa Green Park, then took a bus tour and Toronto for an evening of ca- Let us help you plan of the campus. Later, a reception maraderie and a few outrageous the best conference you'\-e ever at'tended was held at the home of Dr. & lies. Former professors John /Accommodation in highrise towers with spectacular Mrs. Strangway.Thanks to Gordon Anderson, Noel Nathan and Roy ocean and mountain views Stead, Bob Osborne,Vic Rogers Hooley were there, too. Thanks to /Set on 1.000 wooded acres only 15 minutes from and Bill Gibson. Harry White, Wilbur Walrond. Art Vancouver city centre Class of '43: Grads enjoyed a Rennison and John Montgomery. / t>lexiblemeeting areas for groups from 10 to 3,000 banquet, campus bus tour and '68 Civil Engineering: Lloyd /Complete audio-visual services and satellite lunch in September. MC John Thate and John Morse engineered communications available /Catering for events lrom barbecues to dinner danccs /Comprehensive conference organization and systems support

The Association is calling for nominations for the followingawards: Alumni Award of Distinction Honorary Alumnus Award Outstanding Young Alumnus Blythe Eagles Volunteer Award Faculty Citation Nomination deadline is January 3 I, 1993. For more information, orto receive a nomination form, please call our office at (604) 822-33 13. NEWS

Several former faculty members grown entertainment from class were also there:Arthur Erickson. members. Golf and tennis domi- Abe Rogatnick, Robin Clarke, nated the day.Two class members Chuck Tiers and Henry Elder. Bill travelled from New England, and Parneta BArch'7O brought the roof others arrived from California and down with his impromptu rendi- Ontario. tion of a Russian folk song. '83 Commerce:The class gath- '68 Medicine:About 40 alumni ered on October I at Cecil Green returned to campus on October Park.An exhibit of photos taken 15th to hear presentations and during their time on campus was a stag on Friday night of Home- Donaldson. James Taylor and Mar- tour the anatomy building. Lunch mounted and preserved by a class coming and drew an enthusiastic tin Gifford.The class also raised at the Faculty Club preceded a member who claims to have no response. Spouses and partners money for a Faculty of Law re- weekend trip to Whistler.Thanks thoughts of future blackmail. Sev- joined the reunion the following search project. to Barry 1rish.A straw poll re- eral class members travelled from evening at Forster's restaurant. '68 Architecture: As you might vealed that everyone still enjoys Calgary for this reunion.Thanks to '68 Law: How many classes can expect in a program that encour- the practice of medicine and feels Leo Smythe. claim a provincial premier and a ages individual expression, many a high level of job satisfaction. treasurer of the Law Society as complete the BArch at their own '68 Commerce:This group en- The Third Age members? The crowd that gath- pace.The call went out for a group joyed a great evening at Cecil Community of ered on October 2nd at the BC of graduates from 1965- I974 to Green Park on November I3.The Learners & Scholars Club contained several judges as come back for a 25 year (more-or- I968 Ledger (Commerce year- well.Thanks to Stephen Gill, less) reunion.And come they did- book) was reprinted and distrib- Are you retired or nearly so and George Hungerford,Alan 54 in all, plus spouses and guests. uted for the occasion. Thanks to would like to experience the joy of Roger Clarke, Jack Neil, Robert university, but in a relaxed and Pellatt,Tony Turco and Bill Tymkiw. noncompetitive atmosphere? The '73/'74 Pharmacy:This reunion Third Age Community, sponsored YAC is back! The name has been slightly changed from the late '70s began with a reception for class by Continuing Studies at UBC, may (to protect the not-so-innocent) and those letters now stand for Young members and former faculty at be for you. Alumni Connections. Most importantly, the fun is back. Cecil Green Park.A family picnic The Third Age Communityis Recent YAC outings included a Canadians game, the Shrum Bowl, was followed by a buffet dinner open to retired or 55 and up peo- the Arts 20 Relay and lending a hand during Homecoming '93. Coming and dance ("a fantastic evening") at ple who would like to do just that. Y up is an evening at Frederic Wood Theatre on January 19 with a recep- the Renaissance Harbourside Ho- Study/discussion seminars are tion at 6:30 pm at Cecil Green Park. We're also thinking about a New tel.Thanks to Judy Soon,Victor KO held one morning a week at Cecil Year's Eve party, a ski weekend and a visit to a dude ranch. and their hard-working committee. Green Park, with an outline and If you want to be kept informed about upcoming events, want '83 MBA: This class gathered on a reading list provided by a faculty more information about YAC or have ideas to share, send us the cou- lovely Fall evening and enjoyed a member. Participants take turns pon below and return to the Alumnioffices.YAC wants YOU as a mem- spectacular sunset from Cecil researching and reporting on top- ber. Green Park. Class member and ics, and lively discussions ensue. r------m-- 1 MC Mike Black, who moonlights Topics for the spring term, which I Yes, I'm interested in YAC! I with Theatre Sports, lampooned starts on January 18, are The Mid- I I class members. Grads travelled dle East-Past, Present & Future; 1 0 Add me to the YAC mailing list. I from as far away as Ontario tobe Canada's Regions; and The Resur- I 0 I want more information about YAC. Please phone me. I present and they were joined by facing of Greek and Roman I 0 I have some ideas to share. Please phone me. I several former faculty members. Themes in Modern Literature.An- Thanks to Cathie (Ross) Sabiston, nual membership is $330, reduced I Name: I Mary (Hunter) Blachut and Don by one-half for spring term and tax I ' Degree: Year: Murdock. deductible. I Address: I '83 Medicine:This class travelled Call Continuing Studies at 222- I I to Whistler for their reunion. 5272 or come ona Tuesday or I Postal Code I Grads enjoyed "Friday Night Wednesday morning at 9:OO a.m. Pho ne: (h) I Phone: (0) I Weepers," breakfast, colloquia and and sit in. - L""""""""IJ a lavish buffet that featured home- NEWS

Making Memories

TheAlumni Association’s travel program takes alumni to the far corners of the globe in comfort and style. This Spring, why not take a trip “down under” to Australia and New Zealand to see how the otherhalf (of the world)lives? Or how about a trip along the Marco Polo Passage, which features a cruise of the South China Sea aboard a ship named, appropriately, after this great Venetian traveller whois credited, among other things, with introducing pasta to Italy. The majority of the trips we offer are developedspecifically for the alumni market. They are chosen in response to requests from past travellers and on the uniquenessof the trip or destination.You can take oneof our tripswith confidence, knowing that you will experience something different. We organize our travel program with companies that specialize in alumni travel. Our trips are highly educational, always unique Alumni discover the Church ofthe Transfiguration on the tiny islond ofKizhi and of the very highest quality. located in Lake Ongega, Russia. This is one ofthe stops on INTRAV’s journey of Our next Travel Information Eveningwill be held Tuesday, the Czars. The tour is planned forjune 2 I -July 4, 1994 February 8, 1994 at Cecil Green Park. An INTRAV rep will be here to tease you with travel slides from Russia to Italy, Be ready to rush “Ho-Ho-Ho” Santa Was a UBC Grad home to pack your bags. Call (604) 822-9629 for info. The following travel opportunities are being offered through Bringjoy to your alumniloved ones on Christmas morning this the Alumni Association. For more information on these trips, year. Surprise them with fine UBC alumni products. please phone Margot Dear at (604) 822-9629. Keep away those winter chills by snuggling into a 100% cotton fleece sweatshirt complete with UBC Alumni logo. Watch their eyes light up when they see theswell alumni watch you’ve bought them! This gemis triple stamped and gold plated, with a Birk’s two year warranty. They’ll make that count down to ’94 with ease while wearing this sophisticated time piece. Set off a holiday tune with the,jolly,jingle of yourkeys dangling from an elegant alumni pewter keychain. See our insideback cover for pictures and an order form. Hurry!! Gifts will arrive for the holidaysif you order now!

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UBC; All MNI CHKONI(:I.k, W1YI.t.K lY9:3 9 Michael Smith, Nobel Laureate Biochemistry professor Michael Smith’s offke was full of balloons, cards, streamers and champagne bottles whenwe went to photo- graph him for our cover. Con- Jonathan Krueger BA’9 I,MA’92, stars that same night, figuring they gratulations where pouringin recently returned from six months in at least would be the same, only to rrom all over the world. Benin as a member of Canado World find that the Big Dipper was upside He doesn’t seem completely Youth’s Work Partner Program. down. Perfect. comfortable with all the atten- tion: he is, after all, one who pre- February 28, I993 March 24, 1993 fers the quiet intensityof a sci- It’s true what they say. No Kabib has told me that the ‘good ence lab to almost anything else. amount of preparation can really looks’ of the new health clinic are But his work in the biotech- involves reprogramming genes to prepare you for yourfirst night in somewhat deceiving. Not only nology lab is revolutionizing the create different proteins. The an African village-especially when should the clinic have been built in study of protein molecules, and techniques he developed are be- it’s going to be your village for the Tchatchou (24 km north) because is, according to the Nobel com- ing used to fight cancer cells, to next six months.We spent the first there is already a hospital close to mittee, “hastening the rapid,de- develop better crops, and to en- two weeks in the cities to break us Tchaourou. but the aid organization velopment of genetic engineer- gineer synthetic blood products. in to theheat, humidity, and pov- that built and paid for it in I990 ing.” Smith says he may buy a new erty, but this... probably didn’t foresee having to He came to UBC in 1966 and sailboat with part of his prize Our village,Tchaourou, is about pull out support in I993 due to worked with Gobind Khorana, money ($.5 million). In the 54 km from thenearest city (Para- budget cutbacks.The expensive, who himself went on towin the meantime, he plans to clean out kou) by paved road, the only one in high-tech solar-powered batteries Nobel prize. Smith’s discovery his office. the country, built three years ago by they installed to run therefrigera- China.There are 5,000 people in tors tokeep the vaccines cold- Family and Events included a research up- this area, so I suppose it’s more of a which no doubtseemed like a good Nutritional Science date, with reports on current re- town than a village although with no idea at the time-now need mainte- search, and a tour of the school’s electricity or running water it seems nance and replacement.The The School of Family and Nutri- building. smaller somehow. Beninois are stuck with this prob- tional Sciences celebrated its 50th The school began in 1943 with I’ve been in Tchaourou for three lem but haven’t the money or the in October with a dinner at the 2 faculty and 60 students. Labs busy days. 1’11 be working in the know-how toreplace the dozen or Faculty Club. Nine members of were held at King Ed until army pharmacy at the clinic for my pri- so batteries.The only thing left of the first grad class (’46) attended, huts became available. There are mary project and living with the the ‘development organization’ is as did members of the IO, 25 and now 14 full and 5 part-time faculty, doctor, Kabib.There are two other the newsletter that comes each 40 year classes. Former directors 44 grad students and nearly 400 members of our grouphere, though month.They do their best, and will Winifred Bracher and Dan Perl- undergrads and offers degrees in I haven’t seen them since the first probably find a way to keep it going, man were there, along with form- Dietetics, Family Science, Home night. My first taste of culture shock but it makes me furious to think of er secretary Margaret MacKinnon. Ec and Human Nutrition. happened that night. and it’s almost all the fridges in Canada dedicated comical now that I think about it. to keeping beer cold while in Three Canadians huddling together Tchaourou we spend two hours a in the compound of thevillage chief, day rearranging the vaccines so chil- For the Alumni Association Board of Directors our mouths gaping at everything dren won’t die of some preventable around us while we tried to eat the disease. Ballots for next year‘s Board electionwill be in our next issue. The senior treas- VP, traditional food-traditionally.The On a lighter note, I spent last urerand three members-at-large will be elected. women pounding yams, the small night watching Rarnbo, of all things, The senior VP servesone year, then becomes president fora one year term. Hembers- cooking fires burning everywhere, at our local video c1ub.A young en- at-large serve for two years. the goats marching through, and the trepreneur has set up his TYVCR Any UBC grad is eligible. If you areinterested, send us your name, address. degree children staring back at us. It defi- and generator under the stars and and year witha short statementabout why you wish to serve, and a black and white nitely was not Robson street. charges the equivalent of a quarter jhoto. Include the names and signatures of 5 UBC grads. For more information, phone us at Culture shock for me is being in to see action movies (which he :604) 13. 822-33 an environment completely devoid rents in the city) every night of the The deadline for nominations is 4:OO pm.’Thursday. February IO. 1994. $end nomina. of things I understand-a complete week. I suppose explosions and car tions to: TheChief Electoral Officer, 6251 Cecil Green Park Road.Vancouver, BC.VLT 111. i loss of context.We looked to the crashes are the only things that can

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JonathanKrueger (r) with looking forward to returning to mother of invention clearly spent anotherCanadian volunteer, Canada, but at the same time I don’t some time in Benin.Anyway, This Marie-JosieBoujie,in want to go. I’m apprehensive about Sidelordon was written about Ghana Tchaourou. Kruegeris wearing a returning to my lifestyle and culture, of the 1960s but for me itreads like GrandBou-bou, atraditional after all I’ve seen and experienced Benin, 1993: Afican garment, to celebrate a here, and I’m not sure what kind of “The street was a tangle of peo- visit from Benin’s president. effect it will have on me tosee all ple.Women in mammy-cloths of that money and extravagance again. every colour, women straight as I’ve become so at ease with every- royal palms, balanced effortlessly thing here-such a contrastto the the wide brass headpans.A girl working out really well.The first week in Tchaourou! breadseller carried on her head a students enjoy it and I know I was finishing Margaret screened box full of loaves and the principal of the high school Laurence’s This Sidelordan in a taxi cakes. Coast men strolled in African is excited because there has going back to Tchaourou from cloth, the bright folds draped casu- never been a student newspa- Parakou when we stopped fortwo ally around them. Muslims from the per in northern Benin. Right farmers and their cow.The taxi al- north walked tall and haughty in the now they’re still writing drafts, ready had its usual complement of loose white trousers and embroi- but the goal is to publish 300 seven adults and two babies, when dered robes of their kind. Hausa copies and sell :hem at a quar- we headed off into thebush and traders carried bundles tied up in compete with thenoise of the gen- ter each so next year there will be a spent thirty minutes roping up this white and black rough wool mats. erator. I wonder what will happen budget and know-how toproduce cow. Four men finally had it ready And everywhere there were chil- when it rains... the second edition once I’m long for transportand hoisted it into the dren, goats, and chickens.Vivid, It’s funny how all the things that gone. It will make my year if I re- trunk and closed the lid! Whoever noisy, chaotic ...” seemed so strange at the beginning ceive a copy of edition number two first said that necessity is the I’m going to miss Tchaourou. are now just part of everyday life. I of “Le Reveil” some rainy day in No- feel sorry for the tourists who vember. never get to experience being It seems that most of our group greeted by name or playing tag with has had the malaria that hit me last Since The Chronicle is put to- photo accompanying the article a group of children when walking in month. So much for modern drugs. gether by humans, it is to be ex- on spinal cord researchwere a village. I’ve even gotten used to I just hope it doesn’t come back it pected thatwe will make the hopelessly mixed up. Here they the goats. really was brutal. Did I mention that odd goof.We had our share last are again, in the right order,we I saw an Expo 86 T-shirt at the mar- issue. Here are just few: a hope. May 9, 1993 ket yesterday?We wonder what The person who supplied Standing (I-r): Michael Rott, Is it time for the mid-project happens to all that donated clothing, Boris Yeltsin with his Engineer’s Ania Wkniewska, John Steeves, meeting already? I suppose the last but unfortunately by the time itgets jacket was Barbara Evans, As- Tom Zwimpfer, Barbara three months willfly by even faster here someone is making money sell- sistant to President Strangway. Rtrausch, Chris McBride, than the first three did.The phar- ing it to those who were supposed She was the one who braved David Pataky and Hans macy has been a great work project, to receive it free. I have to make a possible rebuke and the surly Keirstead. Sitting(I-r): Joshua a real window on theissues and note of this: Terminator was showing stares of large bodyguards to Eades, Karen (;oh and Gillian problems that face the people and to a full-house at the video club last bedeck Boris. Sorry, Barbara, Muir. health workers in West Africa. night! we’ll never doit again. Where else could I see a case of In our adfor the leprosy or deal with women who jury 19, 1993 Vancouver Opera’s bring sick babies to theclinic but My last week in Tchaourou. I’m production of La who can’t pay for the medications not looking forward to the good- Traviata, we ne- Kabib prescribed (it’s a “if you don’t byes-Kabib, Bio, Pierre-Paul, glected to note the pay, you don’t play” system). There Kirikim-how can I explain to them ad’s illustrator. Itwas are times when I wish my white skin what this last six months has meant Adam Rogers of wasn’t so obvious, although for the to me? Andif the goodbyes are as REPART most part it eievates my status lengthy as the greetings 1’11 need all And, the names of whether I like it or not. week to make my rounds in the vil- the lab team in our My secondary project is also lage. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t In the recent federal election, voters LAW turfed Tories, lauded Liberals, knocked NDPers. raised Reformers and bol- stered the Bloc. How come?The an- Beginning this year, intake of first-year students has been reduced by 25%. An ambitious project to microfilm the swer to that and many more questions This means that I80 students will be admitted into the LLB program instead BC Sessional Papers from I87 I to dealing with election dynamics will be of 240.At the same time, the graduate program has been expanded.The 1982 is underway in the UBC Library, answered in a book to be published by school will enrol at any one time up to 45 LLM students and up to IO PhD thanks to a grant of $30.000 from Earl a team of political scientists led by students.The LLM program, already one of our strengths, will be enhanced D. Dodson BA54, PEng. Richard Johnston, BA Hons’70. by new approaches to the courses for Master’s students.The PhD program in These papers include the princi- Johnston is one of several profes- law is the first of its kind in Canada, and is a key element in the strengthening pal publications of the BC govern- sors in UBC’s political science depart- and further development of graduate legal education in thefaculty. ment, including reports of all minis- ment frequently sought out by the me- According to the Report of the Committee onEnrolment and Re- tries, bureaux and major offices, finan- dia on national and provincial politics, sources,“ ... both undergraduate students and graduate students will benefit cial reports and estimates, submissions but he refused interdiews during the from the enhanced educational experiences ... (of) this proposal.As well, the and returns.They are often very de- campaign. His own polling and compu- proposal will enhance research and scholarship at the university.The commit- tailed, running to hundreds of pages, ter graphics told him when the Con- tee does believe that better educated lawyers and enhanced research and with maps, photos and sketches. Even servative slide began and the Reform’s scholarly work will contributeto the social good.” the most recent issues, 1952- 1982, surge peaked, but he did not want his This change will bring thestudent-faculty ratio closer to that at other contain rarities, because the volumes findings to influence the results.“We law schools. Course offerings will be increased by the availability of faculty were never issued to the public as a didn’t want to become part of the who would otherwisebe teaching first-year courses and multiple sections of set, only to ministry offices and the story,” he said. upper-year courses.The reduction in enrolment will not affect the numbers Legislative Library. But his work is already having an of students admitted in theFirst Nations or the discretionary categories. The papers are essential to all impact on the political process. His libraries interested in social and eco- team, which includes academics from nomic history, but the originals are Quebec, has published a book on the scarce. Surviving copies suffer from I988 federal election, Letting the Peo- Graduate Studies advanced deterioration and will soon ple Decide, which has become required be unuseable. reading for political journalists and Green College opened its doors to about 100 graduate students on Sep- By filming the papers, the Library party organizers throughout the coun- tember 1. They represent a broad spectrum of academic disciplines, pro- will preserve and make accessible I IO try and has also been acclaimed by grams and backgrounds. While the student rooms are completed, construc- years of important, high-profile and Johnston’s fellow academics. Funded tion continues on other partsof the College, including the the Principal’s endangered documents “just in time.” by the Social Science Research Coun- residence and administrative quarters and therenovation of Graham Filming should be concluded early cil of Canada and supported by the House (where the diningroom and social facilities will be housed). next year. Social Science Federation of Canada, Green College has alreadymade its mark by bringing together schol- Microfilming is one response to the book recently won a national ars from around the campus andby winning the Men’s Residence Division the crisis libraries around the world award for the best work published in in the Arts ’20 Relay and the Women’s Pilcher Division “Day of the Long are now facing.Almost the entire English in its field. Boat” races. Non-resident member Michael Smith was honoured at dinner printed record of the past century is While he was not revealing his on October 26 after the announcement of his 1993 Nobel Prize. disintegrating.Without drastic meas- results during the election, voters Fund-raising is proceeding for a second college at UBC, St. John’s ures, most of these books may be were exposed to many others. Does College. St. John’sUniversity was a prestigious school in Shanghai for completely lost or unusable within the he think this a good or bad thing? His about 70 years until it was closed in 1952. St. John’s CollegeUBC will be next twenty to thirtyyears. studies show th3t polls are influential, one of several projects world-wide aimed at perpetuating the nameof that Paper made during the past I50 but other factors also come into play. university. St. John’s alumni areactively raising funds for theseprojects. years is acidic and unstable. Even early The role of what he calls intervenors, Phase I will raise $5 million for an endowmentfor international issues of The Chronicle from the 1930s political personages who come up graduate students at $15,000 per year for up to three years, support for and 1940s were found to be seriously with controversial, timely statements visiting scholars and a small component for coordination and enhancement brittle. The Chronicle was one title in- can change dramatically voter re- of the experience of St. John’sScholars. cluded in another preservation micro- sponse. Moreover, he notes that there If Phase I is successful, a Phase I1 campaign will be launched toallow filming project in the library last year. were fewer polls this time than in the construction and operation of St. John’s CollegeUBC. This graduate col- De-acidification processes to last election. His fieldwork also shows lege would be similar in size to Green College, but the emphasiswill be on save the original volumes are slow and that published polls and media cover- international rather thaninterdisciplinary studies. expensive. Reformatting brittle books age missed when some shifts oc- St. John’s alumni have set up four scholarships to he funded in 1993- onto high-quality, stable, preservation curred.Voter preference, he says, “can 94 for international students. These are being matchedby renaming four microfilm is a less expensive alterna- change overnight,” significantly altering graduate fellowships to studentsin international studies. A reception was tive.The Library is cooperating with party strategies and ultimately election held at Dr. Strangway‘s house on September 7 to honour thefirst eight St. major academic and national libraries results. John’s Scholars and the alumni engagedin the fund-raising efforts. world-wide to film as much as we can.

I2 UBC Pur MNI CHRONICLE,WINTER 1993 members with particular expertiw Crawford, Physically .4ctive Recrea- in international development. tion as a Health Promotion Strat- Forestry Kick Barichello and Casey Van egy for Low Income Women, i\ he- The Faculty of Forestry held its second annual Forestry Careers Evening on Kooten are working on a project ing funded by the BC Health Re- October 28. Nearly 200 people participated.We developed the program to let that examines the role of eco- search Foundation. The project undergrads meet with professionals and learn about different career paths. nomic instruments and institu- arose from a need for greater ac- Alumni participated in the event this year, which included socializing, pizza and tions for sustainable development. cess to leisure and sport senices by two hours of presentations and discussions. In the presentations, professionals The3e are only a few exam- low income women in the Kam- from all areas of forestry, forest products and conservation gave students in- ples of programs that indicate the loops area. Tht.process involve5 sight into their careers and key factors for future success.This year's present- faculty's commitment to inte- analysis, needs a,,essment, a com- ers included: Russell Clinton BSF'67; Hugh Sutcliffe BSF'77; Doug grated, ecosystem approaches to munity devebpnlent process to Bennett BSF'79; Reid Carter BSc'79, MSc'83; Cindy Pearce, past director of effect "sustainable development" identify and implement program the BC Forestry Continuing Studies Network; and Dan Jepsen and David through an eco-agriculturewhich alternatives and ongoing evalua- Wright from the Association of BC Professional Foresters. emphasiLes environmental 5tew- tions of the delivery p~-ocess.The A critical-and fun-part of the evening was the socializing between stu- aim ofthe project is to involve low ardship and thequality .. of life. dents and alumni.We would like to thank all alumni who were able to offer income women in a PI-ocess that their time, including Stirling Angus BSF'82; Rod Beaumont will encourage ,elf sufficiency, so- BSF'74, MF'78; Derek Challenger BSF'9 I ; Owen Huma cial support and opportunitiesfor Croy BSF'87; Chris Davies BSF'64; Frank Eichel enhancing health. In addition, BSF'79 Jerome Girard BSF'8S; Greg Gosr community health, social service BSF'90; Stuart Grundison BSF'85; Greg Kineti and leisure service providers will Hallaway BSF'80; Bill Henderson BSF'67; Bruce become more sensitive to the needs Mclntyre BSF'77; Dale Mcllwrick BSF'83; Wesley The Leisure and Sport Manage- of these women and alternative Mussio BSF'86. LLB90 Gary Sutherland BSF'70 and ment program is one offour policy and senice delivery strate- A Rob Zwick BASc(MechEng)'BO, MASc(ForEng)'84. undergrad programs in the School gies. Frisby and Crawfol-d are con- The third annual Careers Evening will be held next of Human Kinetics. The program is ducting a workshop at the Fbverty 0ctober.Any alumni interested in being involved should call Donna Goss, 822- built around three elements: an un- Feminist Perspect?r~es Conferencespon- 3547. derstanding of diverse client sored by the Centre for Research in gl-oups; the delivery of leisure and Women's Studies and Gender Kela- human activities on Great Blue sport products and services; and tions and the School of Social Work Herons, cormorants and the com- the social context in which leisure at UBC, November 18-20. AGRICULTURALmon barn owl are being evaluated and sport takes place. Students will by Kim Cheng and Leslie Hart. participate in a full-term field work SCIENCES The Department of Soil Sci- and field research placement in ence deals with the management their 4th year, to apply what they Sustainable agricultural practices of the land. A numberof studies have learned in the program and with concern for existing re- are dedicated to finding solutions assist leisure and sport agencies in Dean McNeill of the Faculty of sources, economic infrastructures to local soil problems. Art Bomke, applied research projects. Inter- Pharmaceutical Sciences recently and social well-being are at the Lawrence Lowe and Mike Novak ested students should apply to the received a delegation of pharma- heart of the faculty's programs. are working with farmers in Delta Socio-Managerial Research pro- cists and executives from Shoppers Some examples: to develop innovative cover crop- gram at the graduatelevel. Drug Mart, who presented a Pest control is of major con- ping techniques to maintain soil Faculty who teach in these cheque for $45,000. This wis the cern in the Department of Plant organic matter, provide programs are involved in a number final payment towards a total dona- Science. Judy Myers is research- overwinter soil protection, im- of innovative research projects. tion of $225,000 from the Shoppers ing the controlof pests by natural prove soil physical properties and Funded projects currently Drug Mart parent company, insect enemies. Murray Isman is conserve nitrogen. As well, they underway include: active lifestyles Imasco. developing insecticides from the are determining management messages in national consumer This large donation, coupled Indian neem tree andtall oil, a practices necessary to reclaim de- brand advertising; Canadian with funds from DuPont and by-product of kraft pulp produc- graded mineral soils in the re- broadcasting policy and the market matching funds from theprovincial tion from local softwoods. Over- gion. strategy of The Sports Network government, will be used as an en- all, the department emphasizes In Landscape Architecture, (TSN); the occupational cultureof dowment to partially fund two new an integrated pest management the focus is on managing the ur- Canadian sports journalists; volun- professorships in clinical pharmacy. approach. ban and rural landscape as eco- teer perspectives on the These will be the Shoppers Drug Animal scientists are con- systems. For instance, Patrick socialization of people with mental Mart Professorship in Clinical cerned with wildlife as well as with Mooney is involved in a major handicaps; sportin urban settings; Pharmacy and the David H. management of domestic animals landscape reclamation and devel- strategic planning in senior citizen MacDonald Professorship in Clini- and fish. David Shackleton is con- opment project in Iona Regional centres; and the career patterns of cal Pharmacy, the latter named in ducting habitat research involving Park for wildlife enhancement leisure service professionals. honour of the recently retired grizzly bears, wolves, elk, wild and human recreation. Another project, being con- president of Shoppers Drug Mart goat and sheep. Theimpact of Agricultural Economics has ducted by Wendy Frisby and Susan west. THE

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pril Bosshard was intriguing. At working on their films. “Itwas so much fun. the Canadian feature film Harmony Cats. 23, she has just graduated It triggered something in me,” Bosshard More recently Bosshard assisted producer from UBC’s film and thea- said. In what she describes as a great leapof Peter O’Brian on the Canadian feature,The tre department and is faith, she decided to do what shereally en- Yellow Dog. nowA assisting a well-known Vancouver pro- joyed instead of going the sensible route. While she is happy to apprentice with ducer on a feature film. “Follow your bliss. That’s what my Mom well-known Canadian producers for the mo- Just Like You, her student film, taught me,” she said. “The screened at the Montreal film festival, also should-do’s just makeyou won best drama in the student categoryof miserable.” the Yorkton student film festival. Bosshard So not only is she is knowledgeable, focused and articulate- young, talented and ambi- in fact she has the poiseof someone twice tious, Bosshard also has her age, even over the telephone. courage. I could learn How did she get so far so quickly, a lit- something from her. tle voice inside me asked? After switching her We met in person and my jealousy van- major to film, she worked ished, or at leastmostly dissolved. Shewas on various student filmsas late and outof breath-she had just man- props master, in the cos- aged to escape from work. Itwas a radiant, tume department and ed- warm, Saturday afternoon in late September iting. She wrote scripts but I could see the dark shadows under her and directed herown eyes. My little voice pointed out that per- script in fourth year. haps Bosshard is successful because she She also volunteered works damn hard. on films outside university. As we chatted over cappuccino, I asked Her first paid position was how she became interested in film making. wardrobe supervisor on an Her plan when she started university educational video about was to go into international relations. That deaf children and sexual sounded safe and secure. The travel aspect abuse. She began as avol- strongly appealed. unteer but did such a good A decision to take two film courses for job the producers found fun in second year changed her life. She hit the money to pay her. it off with other film students and began She continued work- ing and cultivating indus- try contacts, eventually as- BY MARDIWAREHAM sisting Alan Morinis on

14 UBC ALI’MNI CHRONICLE,WINTER 1993 ment, the ten-year planis to be writing and partment. Hall has worked as an editor and producing her own dramatic scripts. She producer for more than 35 years, including would like to see Canadians producing films several years at the CBC. that are entertaining but also thought pro- UBC student films have become less Focus voking, “not the Arnold Schwartzennegger artsy and more commercial over the years, action movies.” he says. ON B.C.’S ‘‘I think Canada has the real potential Recent scripts have recognizable stories for bridging the gap between Europe and and plot structures, with characters and FILMINDUSTRY the U.S. I think we have both sensibilities in themes that are commonplace. This trend our culture.” She is not so sure about directing, hese days, Vancouver residents which she found to he “interesting and en- don’t bat an eye at the sight of joyable and stressful and awful and ... every- mobile dressing rooms liningcity thing.” Tstreets. Only really big Hollywood stars like Perhaps the stress is part of the chal- Richard Cere and Sharon Stone attract lenge, I ventured. Bosshard admitted that at crowds of curious onlookers. times the editing room at theUBC film The nonchalance means that BC’s film school became the crying room. “You are and television industry has definitely ar- stripped naked. You’re forced to face your rived. worst fears.” April Bosshard and film prof: Ray Hall. Opposite: In 1992, sixty-one feature films, TV “For me it’s about being accepted. Bosshard wrapped up in her work. movies andTV series were shot here. The What if people hate what I’m doing? You industry spent $211 million, out of budgets have put a lotof yourself into your film.” towards the mainstream was not encouraged totalling $368 million. And this year’s fig- “You have to pick yourself up and carry or discouraged by staff, says Hall. “It just ures are likely to he much higher. on.” happened. It’s obviously what the students Five thousand people are now directly Bosshard praised UBC’s program for are interested in.” employed in BC’s film industry, according concentrating on 16mm film production. Often students get professional workin to the British Columbia Film Commission. She made films in both her third and fourth the film industry and the department strug- BC is home to 268 film and video com- year at UBC. gles to he flexible in allowing the interrup- panies, 40 talent agencies and 15 shooting “The university environment lets you tion in studies. stages. This includes the largest special ef- focus on production and learning how to Hall explains, “We’re victims of our fects stage in North America, Bridge Stu- work together.” UBC’s program also in- own success. We train them, they get work, dios in Burnaby. cludes film theory and film history. and thenwe say they’re going to fail if they BC is among the top four production The climaxof the program is POV, the don’t complete the academic work.” centres in North America, behindLos Ange- year-end student film exhibition and awards “If I were a student,I’d say, ‘Redesign les and New York. Toronto has traditionally ceremony, with audiences of about450 peo- the program.”’ placed third but some say Vancouver has ple. Bosshard recalled, “Up until then eve- Hall would like to see the two-year pro- now usurped that position. (Thisis hotly ryone in film is totally stressed out. They’re gram expanded to three years. The first disputed by Torontonians, of course.) not eating enoughor sleeping enough and year would concentrate on technicalskills Most BC productions are financedby they’re spending all those hours underfluo- such as lighting, camera work and the tech- American networks and studios, who simply rescent lights. Then everyone makesit in, nical jargonof the industry. use BC’s picturesque locations and high just under thewire.” The second year would focus on script calibre crews. It’s not unusual to see a Van- “Seeing my film on the big screen with writing, with additional courses in exhibi- couver backdrop disguised as a street in an audience and with people laughing in tion, distribution, film criticism, casting and New York or Los Angeles. Canadian produc- the right spots, I got all tingly. It makes all production design. tions such as theNeon Rider TV series and the hard work worth it.” The third year would be entirely de- CBC’s Northwood are the exception. “It’s one of those feelings that doesn’t voted to production. But watch for The Lotus Eaters, a fea- come along very often. And then the party An internship program toallow stu- ture film written and produced in BC, afterwards is great!” dents to work in the industry while still in filmed on Galiano. Other features include To learn more about UBC’s film stu- school has been suggested. Hall agrees Cadillac Girls, The Burning Season and dents I talked to associate professor Ray internships are extremely valuable but isn’t Digger, which opened the 1993Vancouver Hall, a 12-year veteran of UBC’s film de- continued on page 16 International Film Festival in October.

UBC ALUMNI CHRONICLE,WINTER 1993 I5 BC’s contznued from page 15 Fourth-year student Rob McDonagh U sure how he would fit then1 into the school’s agrees that student films are more sophisti- FILM already jam-packed program. cated every year, with students paying close Internships aside, UBC graduates seem attention to the look of their films and the PROGRAM to have no trouble finding work in the local sound quality, among other things. UBCf Department: ofTheatre and industry. “Before, it was ‘Let’s go out and make a

Film offerings, facts; and figures: “They have the right frame of mind,” film and have some fun.’ Now it’s, ‘Let’s =+> BA with a major in film says IATSE Local 891 president George make a damn good film,”’ says McDonagh. Chapman. (IATSE is the union for film Competition is a factor in the UBC +> Diploma for those who already technicians.) “They aren’t under the illusion program, just as it is in the real world.Al- have a BA. they’re going to come out of school and in- though every student taking a production +> Masters programs in film prod- stantly win an Oscar. It takes hard work.” course writes a short script, only five are ac- uction and film history/theory. “You’rejudged very quickly by the in- tually produced. Staff and students vote on =+> Employs 5 full-time faculty dustry, and film production companies are which scripts they want to see realised. teaching Ibmm film produc- very quick to discard people if they can’t cut Sounds serious, I thought, upon hear- tion, video production and film it. UBC students can cut it.” ing this. But McDonagh put it into perspec- historyltheory. One sessional Chapman also praises UBC students fo1 tive. “It does get really serious and frustrat- lecturer and two film techni- their co-operative attitude. “It’s refreshing. ing and expensive, and you get no sleep. cians complete the roster. The emphasis is on good film making. But I always say, ‘Remember, it’s only a +> About I5 students are enrolled There are no prima donnas.” film.”’ in the BA and diploma pro- A regular viewer at the UBC annual grams, with I5 in the masters student screenings, he has noticed a great programs. improvenlent in quality over the last 10 Mardi Wareham is a Vancouver freelance writer +> 350 students who are not film years. who also works in thefilm industry. majors take production or r theory courses. THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA +> Students finance their own productions. Even with free PRIZES FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING access to equipment and facili- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS IN THE FACULTY OF ARTS ties, students spend between $1.500 and $2,000 per year on Once again the university is recognizing excellence in teaching through the awarding of prizes to production expenses. faculty members.TheFaculty ofArts will selectfive (5) winners of the prizes for excellenceteach- in

=2 Film equipment includes 5 pro- ing for 1994. fessional I6mm cameras Alumni are encouragedto bring their suggestions for teaching prize winnersto the attention of the head of the department, the director the school or the chair of the program in which the instruc- (Arriflex and Eclair), 4 Nagra of tor is teaching. sound recorders and 4 Eligibility: Eligibility is open to faculty who have three or moreyears of teaching at UBC.The three Steenbeck editing machines. years include 1993-94. The variety of tripods, lighting CriterixThe awards will recognize distinguished teaching atall levels,introductory,advanced,graduate packages, dolly platforms, courses, graduate supervision and any combination of levels. walkie talkies and other para- Nomination Process: Members offaculty, students, or alumni may suggest candidates to the head phernalia allows four student of the department, the director of the school, or the chair of the program in which the nominee crews to shoot at thesame teaches.These suggestions should be in writing and signed by one or more students, alumni, or time. faculty, andthey should include a very brief statementof thebasis for the nomination.Youmay write a letter of nomination or pick up a form from the ofice of the Dean of Arts inBuchanan Building, +> Video equipment includes Su- Room B 130. perVHS, 8mm and Hi 8 cam- Dead1ines:The deadline for submission of nominations to departments, schools or programs is 2 I eras and editing suites. January 1994. +> Plans are underway for a com- Winners will be announced in the Spring, and they will be identified as well during Spring Convoca- ~ tion in bined film/V studio that film tion May. I students will share with jour- For further information about these awards contact your departmentor call Associate Dean ofArts, ~ nalism students in the planned Dr. Sherrill Grace at 822-9121. Creative Arts Building. itselfapart, ethnicconflicts pose a major threat to world peace and stability. In addition, the conference broke new ground by bringing together academics, M~ti-ethnicity: policy makers and community workers in- volved with multicultural issues on a day-to- day basis. Their alliancewas fragile, though, with anger and frustration often bubbling The St~~~lefor beneath the smooth niceties of academic dis- cussions. With the sun shining, Vancouver and the UBC campus did us proud, not only because of spectacular ocean and mountainvistas, Inclusion but because of the city’s multicultural com- plexion. As Uegama told me, we Canadians late August, I was to wander amidst a horde have good reason to feel pleased with our- The Centre for Continuing of about 100 conferees from all over the selves when it comes to multiculturalism, Studies’ conference brought globe. I would sit in over-heated or too-chilly despite Quebec’s recurring threats, andugly classrooms taking notes, listening, straining demonstrations of misunderstanding such as men and women from to interpret buzz-words and decipher jargon. Oka. “Theworld is very interested in what I would eavesdrop on coffee-break chats and Canada has tried to do,” he said. around theworld to talk meal-time conversations, all the while striv- Indeed, oneof the first conferees I spoke about how ethnic groups ing to make senseof what I heard and saw. with confirmed this. Arthur Helweg, from the The experiencewas exhausting but re- University of Western Michigan, told meho~v can learn to live together. warding, as I slowly began to unravel the tan- impressed he and his colleagues had been by gled skeins that link adult education, Canada’s attempt to meld disparatevoices Sometimes the struggle is multiculturalism and conflict resolution. during our fractious constitutional debates. just too much. One of my most valuable sources of in- His comment startled me outof my cynicism formation was Walter Uegama, Associate and lit a tiny flame of patriot fervour inmy Vice-president and Directorof Continuing soul. Studies and oneof the conference’skey or- nots of natives, talking desulto- ganizers. onferees heard dozensof papers, on rily and sipping from cupsof a Uegama, aided by Rodolfo Stavenhagen topics as diverse as adult education mysterious black brew, had gath- of the Colegio deMexico in Mexico City and in Belgium, Hungarian voluntary ered at the meeting-placeby the Otto Feinstein of the Centre forPeace of associations, ethnic relations in Trini- timeK I arrived clutching my tape recorder Conflict Studies, Wayne State University, dad,C refugee children in elementary schools, and notebook. Michigan, spent three years circling the seniors in England, Gypsies, and Canada’s It had been an uneventful journeyof less globe, arranging for presentationsby nota- multicultural health policy. than an hour frommy home in Vancouver’s bles in the field. Among them:Silva A paper on anti-Turk sentiment in Ger- Fairview neighbourhood to this pleasant, Meznaric of the University of Zagreb, in the many, given by Lydia Potts of Oldenburg leafy community at the ocean’s edge.But, former Yugoslavia; Jagdish Gundara of the University, sparked a wide-ranging discussion like an anthropologist investigating the enig- University of London, England;Valery that touched on language rights in Hungary, matic customsof an obscure tribe, I was Tishkov of the Institutefor Anthropology NAFTA, quotas and affirmative action, un- about to immersemyself in a set of com- and Ethnology in Moscow; and Lana Dattoo employment, and illegal immigrants in Cali- pletely foreign routines and rituals. of the University of the West Indies in Trini- fornia, and posited notionsof “inclusionary” My mission: to attend and report on an dad. and “exclusionary” racism. academic conference, The Vancouver Inter- Although ethnic studies increasingly Not all papers were delivered by acadern- national Symposium on Ethnicity: Conflict boast a high profile in academia, Uegama ics. George CushingherryJr., a Michigan and Cooperation, organizedby UBC’s Cen- and his colleagues could not have predicted county commissioner and Detroit mayoralty tre for Continuing Studies. For four days in exactly how timely their conference would be candidate, spoke about civic literacy and po- when it finally got underway. As Germans litical strategy, and Lawrence Landry, an ac- by Elizabeth Godley harass and murder Turks. and Bosnia tears tivist with the Rainbow Coalition in Washing- ton, D.C., teamed up with criminologist “In another discussion Quebecois? Denis Hunter of Wayne State University to In her contribution to the plenary, E. put forward ideas about dispute resolution group, practical conflict Cerroni-Long, of Eastern Michigan Univer- training for police officers. sity, reminded listeners that the tribe, a cul- Just as intriguing as the formal papers resolution skills were almost turally homogeneous group, is “an ideal were the impromptu discussions that erupted put to the test, when a model for life on this planet.” whenever panellists and presenters weren’t “The major mistake we’ve made in the front and centre. In one such exchange, a clutch of conferees West is to collapse the ideaof the nation with non-academic conferee bitterly attacked elec- the idea of the state,” said Cerroni-Long, tronic communications - e-mail, faxes, and challenged two Indo- asking conferees to consider thepossibility of’ the like - as inhuman and undemocratic, ‘Ii-inidadian presenters having states without nations. while others defended themas useful tools. “It’s the same model thatwas applied to Meanwhile, a puzzled Belgian academic and about the absence of‘Af1-o- the separation between church and state,” his wife whispered anxious questions to me. she said, urginga similar separation between \+‘hat in the world was e-mail, they won- X-inidadians at the culture and state,with “a variety of cultures dered, and didevery Canadian home house conference. ,, united by one government,”a concept all too a computer? familiar to Canadians. In another discussion group, practical Valery Tishkov of Moscow’s Institute for conflict resolution skills were almost put to The other, meanwhile, tugs us toward Anthropology and Ethnology perhaps unwit- the test, when a clutch of conferees chal- regionalism and ethnic identity, and we can tingly, played devil’s advocate when he ques- lenged two Indo-Trinidadian presenters see its repercussions only too clearly inRus- tioned the purpose of ethnicity and cultural about the absence of Afro-Trinidadians at the sia and the formerYugoslavia, said diversity in today’s world. His remarksalso conference. Stavenhagen, a German-bornJew who lives revealed the excitement the notion of market Like the call of a jungle bird, one theme and works in Latin America. forces - old-hat to us- raises in post-com- recurred throughout the proceedings: several At the centre of these competing tenden- munist Russia. participants repeatedly spoke out against cies, he said, lies “the changing natureof the “You can’t make a state withouta cultural what they perceived as ivory-tower attitudes, nation-state, [which] has not been able to system,” Tishkov said, and proposeda mar- racism and cultural elitism on the partof deal adequately either with globalization or keting framework, based on “preferencesin some conference superstars. with local issues like ethnic conflict.” production of products andservices,” to re- As a solution, Stavenhagen proposed the place what we traditionally think of as cul- ollowing the first plenary session - concept of ethno-development: inward-look- ture. and countering oneman’s assertion ing, not expert-driven, self-reliant, needs- that this was the best academic panel oriented rather than growth-oriented, and omewhat provocatively, he went on to he’d heard in40 years of conferences participatory. say thatjust because one group domi- -F a Black woman rose to demand “more Ethno-development - “pluralistic,” en- nates others doesn’t necessarily imply realistic” discussion about refugees. In her vironmentally responsible, and “based on the discrimination. “If you want to be view, they were fleeing from wars instigated concept of human individuality and collec- heardS and participate, you must make the by the Western powers, who then turned tive dignity and identity”- might remedy choice to use the language of the dominant around and refused them entry. the world’s current ills, he suggested. culture.” In tense nlonlents such as this, Rodolfo But others on the plenary panelwere not However, Tishkov concluded by saying: Stavenhagen played a crucial role, tying up convinced. Jagdish Gundaraof the Univer- “You can’t proclaim the state as the property loose threads or clarifying issues with intelli- sity of London, England, wonderedif such of one group.” gence, patience, humour and tact. an inward-looking philosophywas not hark- After the introductory plenary, I and the At the lirst plenary session, he outlined ing back to a golden age “that perhaps never other conferees headed for the coffee urns, the issues that would inform almost every existed,” and asked if ethno-development peering at our programs and agonizingover discussion during the next four days. was strong enough to challenge the Euro- which of three simultaneous discussion Two contradictory tendencies are waging centrism that has disempowered people for groups to attend. war in the world today, he told the assembly. centuries. Three days later, after a galafarewell din- One, in the guise of arrangements such as And, Gundara asked, might ethno-devel- ner and reception at the Graduate Student NAFTA and the European Common Market, opment not deny “the larger proposalsof Centre, we were still wondering if we’d made urges us toward globalization, toward the modernity” in its rush to recognize groups the right choices.I castigated myself for “universalization of norms and attitudes.” such as Afro-Americans, the Welsh and the missing all the papers on adult education, and tried to imagine what the Universityof when Wood wondered whether shewas wast- “Thanks for talkingto me Windsor’s Walter Temelini might have said ing time - and taxpayers’ money. But rel- on the topicof “Civilization and Civic Society evance flashed occasionally, like a quetzal’s about UBC and many thanks -Teaching the Classics.” plumage in the rain-forest canopy. for your generous gift.” For me, a reluctant anthropologist “Once in a while, a paper gave me an Five nights a week, forty-eight weeks a year, a dozen or so UBC students in base- amongst the denizensof academia, the con- insight into what I am trying to do,which is ball caps and sweatshirts head to Mary ference - at times frustrating, at timesillu- to mobilize a Canadian cultural institution to Bollert Hall, after a day of classes, to minating - opened up a stimulating world become relevant to its community,” she con- reach out to alumni by phone. They hope to chat with you, update your ad- of ideas I hadn’t known existed. Ethnicity fided over lunch oneday. dress, let you know what is happening wasn’t on the curriculum when I was at uni- Shirley MacLeod agreed. This British- on campus and finish the conversation versity. And after all, whowould ever connect trained nurse, now a University of Victoria by saying “thanks for talking to me about UBC and many thanks for your gener- adult education and multiculturalism, with- grad student, said she had attended 25 con- ous gift.” out guidance? ferences in the past 18 months. “Such a For the student callers, it’s an opportu- I can’t speak for all the non-academic cross-section of ideas,” she mused.‘‘It’s a nity to earn much needed money right conferees. But Wilma Wood, director of the spectacular way of learning.” here on campus, without wasting pre- cious study time travelling to work.They Vancouver Museum, summed up her experi- Elizabeth is a Vancouver artist andfreelance feel they are not phoning strangers, but ence thisway. Yes, there were boring bits, writer rather those who have walked the same paths, sat in the same desks, livedin the same residences. The scene is repeated at campusesacross the country as present New Growth for and past students connect in supportof their alma maters. Although UBC alumni arestill canvassed Continuing Studies by mail,the telepledge program has proved to be a cost effective way to raise money, with a much higher participa- Continuing education has been around UBC, at in one tion rate than mail. In addition,it is the form or another, for over70 years. This is the department major source of address updates for all alumni mail and the Chronicle. that has, historically, been the main supplierof non-degree As part of the World of Opportunity oriented courses in BC. But times have changed: regional Campaign, the telepledge program has colleges, high schoolsand community centres arenow raised $458,978 for the President’s Op- offering affordable, local and diverse programs to the portunity Fund,providing scholarships, bursariesand special initiatives, and public. The Centre for Continuing Studies, underAssociate $327,418 forFaculty Endowment Funds. Vice President Walter Uegama, has seen the changing times and changed alongwith them. Currently, students are callingto ask for Continuing Studies is a new designation that gathers Extra-Sessional (part-time studies), your support in raising $300,000towards UBC Access (distance education) and the Centre for Continuing Education (general non- the new Walter C. KoernerLibrary, which opens in 1995. Itwill incorporate credit courses) together into one administrative grouping. Combined, these programs Sedgewick Library to integrate graduate generate over $20 million annually, and involve over 85,000 students in 1,800 courses. and undergraduate library research into Walter Uegama is a continuing education enthusiast, and he’s excited about thenew one building and is the first phase of what will become the new Main Library department. “Universities have tofit their programs to meet the needs of the community,” on campus. he says. “We haveto beresponsive.” Please take a moment to speak As result, CS programs are strikinga balance between traditional fare and diploma with the student who calls and programs (environmental studies, the museum program), career development, especially as give them your support! it relates to the futureof work and the natureour changing economy, applied technology programs and anextensive program of ESL offerings. That CSis an important partof UBC’s future is seen in the appointmentof Uegama as an associate VP: until now, the headof CS hasalways been a director. Growthand innova- tion have always been the hallmark of continuing education UBC, at and Uegama sees CS moving into five main market areas: training in the campus community; general public programs in the arts and humanities; credential programs; corporate training; and interna- tional programs with the English Language Institute, cross-cultural training and alliances with universities around the world. Under Walter Uegama, CSwill continue togrow and diversify. FORYOURREADING PLEASURE co-worker at Woolworth’s whose “arms were per- guage is sleek and surprising.Who else could write fectly smooth due to her habit of torching offany about asters growing “in a snort of colour”? BY ZOELANDALE fuzz with a cone of burning paper.” One of his strengths is the particularity of his Alice wants to escape to something higher vision, especially as it relates to the natural world. It My Name is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling than the gross, non-literate world her mother inhab- means that vegetation does not grow ina tangle of (Groundwood, paper, $7.95) won this year’s BC its. Her choice of James Chant as a lover, a D.H. unknown foliage, it is separated with precision and Book Prize for children’s literature. It is an autobio- Lawrence scholar, permits the author a wicked hu- named with delight. Consider a stanza 1ike:“White graphical novel I approached with trepidation. Over mour. James tells Alice,“I had only intermittent tarantula, the star magnolia blossornslCrawl under the the years I have heard Indian authors lambaste flashes of consciousness until I woke up and found black boulders/Ofthe March night” whites on the subject of native residential schools, myself in graduate school.” James is, of course, a These are poems of transformation. Sound and I was not sure if I wanted more guilt heaped louse, and a well-dissected one by the end of the plays a large part in them, oftenby way of an itali- upon me. Sterling, however, handles this material book. I appreciated every barb. cized facing page. beautifully.Written in the format of a child’s diary, Our children came we find out whatit means to be uprooted from Alaska Highway Two-stepby Caroline With the hiss ofhot come& your family, have your name changed and be forbid- Woodward (Polestar, paper, $14.95) contains the Fallen into our atmosphere den your own language. most loving portrayal of a slobbering canine since Out oftheir cool Interstellar All right, by page forty I had tears in my eyes. the Albert Payson Terhune series of books about Prospecting. But, and this is the lovely part, Sterling has a com- collies I grew up with. Sadie Brown protects her It is a large task McWhirter has set himself, to passionate touch.The same Sister The0 who is “al- owner, Mercy Brown, from garter snakes at the capture a province on paper. He’s succeeded. Just as ways yelling orders and bawling us out” helps compost bin and is generally good company. Even I, Antonio Machado. considered in Spain to be the Seepeeaa’s older sister, who is having trouble with a who do not dote ondogs, like her. finest poet since the 17th century, evokes heat and supervisor who won’t give her time to study for ex- Woodward has an easy natural style. I love her images of cypress, McWhirter has in his own cool ams. SisterThe0 secretly gives her “a flashlight so writing. It’s clean, warm and sceptical in the right fashion brought to life British Columbia’s “Walloping she could study under her blankets at night”We places.The problem I had with this book is at I75 anaconda/Ofa broken choker,“ and “the little vomited also hear about life on Joyaska ranch where pages, it’s too shortto integrate the two focuses the lisp/OfClams/Trodden onat low tide.” Some of the Seepeetza grows up, and if family members come author has set for herself. One is Aunt Ginger’s dia- sound pieces work better than others (I could hear out a shade rose-tinted, the warmth and details the ries, the other thevisions of impending disasters McWhirter muttering intohis beard), but judged on writer provides are memorable.The smells and Mercy records for the Canadian Bureau of Premoni- an international scale, this is a major book by an im- sounds of the ranch are ail there. tions.All the jacket hype about “mysteries” confused portant poet One small criticism is that the ending just tails me. I thought I was reading a sort of psychic murder off. It’s forgivable.This book is filled with mystery. Voyages:At Sea With Strangers by Joan huckleberries, the delicious smell of home-made Well, no.What we get is the story of Mercy’s Skogan, MFA90, (HarperCollins, $2I .95, hard bread, and kids eating mint toothpaste because travels up theAlaska Highway, with the tensionwell- cover) introduces readers to the extraordinary they’re hungry. It has substance. handled and rachetted up by the intensity and pro- world of deep-sea fishing vessels. It’s creative docu- gression of Mercy’s visions. mentary at its best, detailed observation of a closed The Illumination ofAlice Malloryby Maureen Would you believe that I couldn’t figure out environment that is drawn with aching clarity. Four- Moore (HarperCollins, paper, $12.95) is a clever what happened at the end?Even after several teen pieces weave back and forth between offshore book.The first sentence made me like it“North rereadings I am not sure.What was it that Mercy spots such as the Bowie Seamount where the Cana- Vancouver was utterly loathsome and desolate, and the Bureau did to avert catastrophe? Nothing I dian vessel Lanolanine fishes for black cod, to the Alice Mallory decided, especially lower Lonsdale could see. Polish and Russian worlds of theforeign trawlers where she lived.” Moore has a splendid.glittering Sometimes a book gets away from an author. where Skogan worked as a Canadian fisheries ob- style of writing, whichcan get excessive at times but This is Woodward’s first novel and I have the feeling server.“I am afraid,” she writes,“because I am al- is usually under control. She has an acidly amusing the structure escaped from her. It won’t, however, ways the stranger on the way with unlikeable characters.Alice’s mother, stop me from buying her next book.Woodward is a ship no matter howmany Beryl, is a quintessential creep, sluttish, neglectful of writer to watch. times I go to sea.” her children, manipulating and lazy. I kept wanting to The people, the boats, the disbelieve in this awful woman, yet she crackles with A Staircase ForAll Souls by George McWhirter stink and fish scales drifting energy. Every time Beryl opens her mouth, the (Oolichan. paper, unpriced) is subtitled “The British from her hair, are utterly reader pays attentiomwhat dire thing will Beryl do Columbia Suite,A Wooded Masque for Readers and real. Skogan writes lucid or say next? Listeners.” This book, complete with trademark prose.“The ship is fishing The late fifties/early sixties are presented McWhirter ambiguities, contains some fine poetry. hake off the west coat of seamlessly. Bit players leap off the page, like Alice’s This stuff is Grand Cru, not everyday wine.The lan- Vancouver Island and we can sometimes see Amphitrite Point light at the How many of us would want a brain surgeon oper- hole, anyhow?Blame the mouth of Barkley Sound off the bow, but we are in ating on us who had lost confidence in the power of architectAnd this book is another, harder country.The faces of the officers hislher scalpel? the place to find the name and crew are often turned away from me.” Although the psychic isolation is biting, the real lover and an- Dry Land Tourist andother stones by Dianne tagonist is ultimately the sea.“Don’t do as we have Maguire, MFA88, (Sister Vision Press, unpriced. pa- done. Don’t work at sea forever. Sea is narcotic,” per), is a book by a white Jamaican now living in one of the Poles who befriends her says. Canada.The publisher bills itself as a “Black Women My one tiny complaint about this bookis that I and Women of ColourPress.” After all the fuss in wanted more. More stories, more information recent years about who is and isn’t entitled to tell known (or dreamed about) about the author, whose personal history remains stories, it is encouraging to see that Maguire’s right the thrill of sinking an impossible put^ or seen their tantalizingly in the background.The detached tone to write fiction about herbackground is supported. tee-shot lift off like a 747. of the prose makes it knife-sharp. Voyages At Sea Could it be because she The book, a revision and update of the I980 With Strangers is a beautiful book. It leads you writes about poorwhites edition, includes a history of golf course design, with into a locked cabin of the heart where the narrator and blacks cooperating? photographs. from the development ofSt Andrews struggles alone. The people are the best to the new championships courses of today. and re- part aboutthis book Aunt views the work ofthe designer greats from Tom Killing Time, poems by Seymour Mayne. MA66, Mattie and Emma, who Morris through Robert TrentJones, Desmond PhD’72. (Mosaic Press, $12.95, paper), has on its takes a potion to abort the Muirhead, Pete Dye and George Fazio to the new cover a black and white rendition of an angel staying fourth child she would have crop of ‘low-profile’ architectsof the early ’90s. Abraham from killing his son Isaac.The theme of liked but cannot feed, and There is no other book like itwith its listing sacrifice,“Joseph’s/alphabet of dreams,” humanity their families and neigh- of more than 16,000 courses from around the doing its best to make sense of God, of knowledge boursThis is a nice book, world and biographical data on the masters of golf and how it is communicated, surface and glint all sympathetically done.The stories themselves are on course design, it’s a must for anyone hooked by the through the book.Mayne has a deceptively simple the thin side. I had problems with a number of the intricacies and beauties of the most frustratinggame way with words.At first reading, the poems seem endings, which just broke off, leaving me flipping in the world. Chris Petty so direct it is easy to underestimate their power. “If pages to see if I was missing something. Perhaps we do not telkhestory/in part of the troublelies in the condensed style of the haste/= we flee/it unfolds/ stories. In “Green Bush” the writer says of Gillian us--/one way,/the other that she “enjoyed his attention and tried not to way/we wander/to the cli- show her delight” So, let the reader feel that It’s as Museum of Anthropology mdof Sinai/and then try/to though Maguire is afraid of saying too much, and so turn away...” doesn’t let the reader into the storyfar enough.We Mayne, who has published bump along the surface. A Labour of love: thirty-five books, The dialogue gives the flavour of speech with- The Making of the . chapbooks and broadsides, out being hard to fol1ow.A number of the stories in Museum of Anthropology like many poets, has a love/ Dryland Tourist are linked. For me, the title story 1947-1976 hate relationship with is the most moving: a woman returns to Kingston by Audrey Hawthorn words. On one hand, nothing else will do.“Give us a and finds it no longer home. /sign, /the pad particle of a word /the telltale/ From her unique perspective as breath between/ consonants...” On the other, he The Architects of Golf, Geoffrey S. Cornish, founder and first curator, Audrey fears words for theirperceived inadequacy; they are BSA35, and Ronald E. Whitten, HarperCollins, Hawthorn documents the individuals legs which disintegrate under us even as we walk. $67.50, 648 pages. and events which shaped this unique “The iceberg tongue hides a deeper shadow, the So you’re getting set to tee off on that nice teaching and public museum. heart frozen right downto the depths, to the roots little par three 15th. It’s a pretty hole but thegreen, $ 10.65 plus shipping& handling of words.” which is the size of a dinner napkin, is surrounded I would be happy to see Mayne trust more in on the frontand sides by a moat‘lou’ve got two To order this book or to enquire the power of words.Many of these poems seem choices: hit short and take an easy pitch (and a bo- about other books, jewellery, like laments for things which cannot be said. Cer- gie!), or stand up there with an eight iron and plenty carvings, prints, and other items tainly as a poet Mayne has the technical ability to of confidence and go for the par. available by mail through the Anthropology Shop take on his chosen medium, the blank page. What You choose the eight iron and your brand new call 822-6240. seems to have happened here is a failure of nerve. Titleist goes for a swim.Who designed this stupid

UBC ALUMNI CHRONICLE, WINTER 1993 2 I Ben Farrar BASc(MechEng)’27 and his wife Connie were in an automobile accldent two years ago. Ben recovered physi-

cally, but Connie IS still dealing with the shockThey are living with their foster son, who is looking after them .._Art 20s Gordon BASc(CivEng)’27. MAW35 and his wife Molly at- 50s tended the GreatTrekker luncheon last year, where they saw Ted Arnold BASc(MetEng)’27 wrote toEdward G. Nunn classmate Ted Arnold(see above) ... Pete Mathewson Stan Clark BASc(ElecEng)’59 received his MA in electrical BASc(CtvEng)’27. who has been keeping a class newsletter for BASc(ElecEng)’27 and his wife Jean made a boat trip toAlaska engineering in Aberdeen in ‘61 and his PhD in computer sci- almost 22 years (!),telling him about“a huge diamond staking in June, but haven‘t travelled anywhere else for a while. ence from Manchester In ‘67. He was a Commonwealth boom, 350 miles north ofYellowknife in an area larger than Scholar and an Athlone Fellow. He retired to Campbell River Connecticuc but with only one pipe in 1000 producing com- after a career teaching computer science in various universities mercial dlamonds” ... Lindsay Black BSA29 is living in Ridge, and colleges andas a consultant for the BC government His New York. He would llke to hear news about fellow I929 two daughters also have careersin the computer sciences ... grads, especlally “Eden,” who was going to homestead in the A.L. Creemer BAS6. MA62 retired after 30 years in the oil Peace River country. Lindsay would like to know how he did In 30s industry. He teaches math and travels with his wife Miriam ... that venture ... Donald C. Davidson BA33 obtained an MA Allan Leinweber BCom’55 retired after 7% years with Gulf (I 934) and a PhD (I 937) in history from the University of Cali- Walter D. Charles BSA37 is an arachnologist He has been Oil in Calgary and 30 yearsas a business education teacher and fornia at Berkeley after graduation from UBC. In 1941 he collecting spiders since his retirement One which he collected department head atW.E. Hay Composite High in Stattler,Al- earned a Certificate in Librarianshipfrom the same school. is new to science and has been described by Dr. Rob Bennett berta ___ Ralph Morehouse BSA53. MSA68 retired as deputy That helped him securea job as education adviser at the ofVictoria as Cybeaus Chadest.The name is unofficial until the minister in the Nova Scotia Department ofAgriculture and Huntington Library In San Marino, California. In 1947 he be- publishing of thethesis .._HaroldScott Keenlyside BA35 Marketing ...Alan Parke BSA53 and his wifeThelma sold came a hbrartan at Santa Barbara College, later to become the was called to the bar in 1939. He is a retired provincial court their bnaparte Ranch at Cache Creek (after I3 I years in the University of California at Santa Barbara. He spent the rest of judge and lives in Qualicum Beach ... Tong Louie BSA38 same family!) and retired to Kamloops __.Harry L. Penny his career there, retiring in 1977. During his tenure he saw the wrote toask if there are any other BSA38s still around? .__W. BA56. BSW56. MSW57 received an honorary doctor of laws library grow from 30.000 to I .3 million volumes, being oneof AlistairTaylor BSA32 spent 44 years working forC-I-L He degree from McMaster. where he is a professor emeritus. He the first open stack libraries in the California university system. retired in 1976 as general manager, agricultural divtsion. His was founding director of theSchool of Social Work there, and This October, in recognition of his service to the universty and wife Jean died in I99 I .Their three children live in Montreal, after he retired in 1984 he was seconded as director of the the library, the University of Callfornia Board of Regents Edmonton and California, while he lives in London, Ontario. Centre for Continuing Ed, where he served until 1987. Since named UCSB’s main IibraryThe Donald C. Davidson Library ___ He plays golf and lawn bowls for recreation ___ MiltonTaylor retiring, Dr. Penny has published two books, a history of yacht- BSA39. MSA46 wrote that he and his wife Dottie lust cel- ing in HamiltonlBurlington. and the other, Fmm Dream to ebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary at the respective Gleam, a memoir of the trials and tribulations of establishing ages of 77 and 74. He wonders where all the 30s grads are, that school of social work He lives in Burlington with his wife and all we at The Chmnde can say is people have to write tous Goldie (Walker) Penny BA43 .__On September I, Klaus so we can include them in Class Acts. (There was no 30s sec- Rieckhoff BSc’58, MSc’59, PhD62 became a professor emeri- tion in thelat issue.) tus after 28 years in the physics department at SFU. He served for 28 years on the senate and for twelve years on the BOG ._. Louanne (Davies)Twaites BSc(Pharm)’53 was made a Cana- dian Society of Hospital Pharmacists Fellow as ofAugust 18. Saturday, March 5, 1994 Louanne is also a member-at-large of theAlumni Association ... Register: Jan 4 - Feb 78, 7994 ConnlaT.Wood BA54 retired fromservice with the federal 40s government He spends winters with his wife Anne invictoria. summers in Nova Scotia. He does some export consulting. Ernie Ball BA48. BEd’49, who retired as asststant superin- tendent of schools in Richmond, BC. is busy organizing and escorting cruises and tours ... After graduation from UBC. STORM Glyn H. Langdale BCom’49 went on to obtain an MEd from th- the University of Ottawa and an MBA from theUniversity of Toronto. He has retired as president of Career Counselling & 60s Iperson teams relay in a 300 yard swim, Marketing Inc. and is living in Penticton with his wife Marion 450 mehe sprint, 22 km y&, 1.4 km run and, Rose Langdale BEd72. MEd84 (see 70s) Echo Lidster In September Jay Atherton BA61 retired fromhis manage- finally, the whole team storms the 12’ tuall! ___ BSA42 was one of many Canadians to receive the 125thYear ment position with the National Archives of Canada to take on Sun - Fri, Mar 20 - 25,1994 Medal struck in commemoration of the 125th anniversary of editing, research and consulting ... R.Alan Broadbent BA68 Register: Feb 27 - Mar 78 Canadian Confederation.This was for work done with the 4-H received the QueenfToronto Branch Award at the annual John Clubs of Canada ... Eldon F. Rideout BSA47. MSA49 contin- OrrAward DinnecThirteen hundred Queen’s grads and ues to enjoy retirement from the CityAnalysis Lab .__John friends filled the Metro Convention Centre ... Dan Cumming Ryall BSA48 and his wife Joyce. of Gipaanda Greenhouses in BSc(Agr)’67. PhD75 returned to Canada after three years as Surrey, recently spent two days in London, UK with their old attache to the EEC in Brussels. He will work forAgriculture friend Mark Rose BSA47. who is Agent General for British Canada in Morden. Manitoba as a senior research scientist Pilcher SpecialEvent Programs Columbia House ... StuartW.Turner BSA43, MSA47 is a crop utilization processes ... Prabhat (Pete) Desai MSc70 consulting agrologist involved in over 100 lawsuits against earned his PhD from Guelph in I972.After a postdoctorate in for information and registration: Dupont for selling herbicide contaminated fungiclde.Accusers crop science, he joined Dow Chemica! Canada. He and his phone UBC-6000 fax 822-6086 allege they destroyed many crops from PUertO Rico to Hawaii family moved a few times with the company (Sarnia, Edmonton, 24-hr info line 822-6688 In the US. He is recovering on all trials, so far. Sacramento. Indianapolis).They reside in Newmarkec Ontario, CLASS ACTS

where Pete is director for R&D, DowElanco Canada Inc. His ploma in kid’s lit at SFU. Son Mike Slessor BASc(EngPhys)’92 family consists of his wife Nancy and three daughters,ages 9 to received his MA in aeronautics from the California Institute of 17 ... Kenneth Dyba BA64 is relocating fromToronto toVic- Technology He continues his studies there for a PhD .., Simon toria. He is working on a new novel (Gobe) and a new stage Wade BA63 has been High Commissioner to the Republic of play (Spin) ... Norman Field BSc’66 is back inVancouver after Guyana with accreditation as Ambassador to the Republic of nine years in the “land of Oz” (Ottawa) ... J.S. Lawrence Surinam since August9. Fournier BCom’61 has been president and part owner of United IndependentTitle Services since October 1992. a title insurance underwriting management company in Dublin, Cali- fornia ... The navy brought David J. Freeman BA65. Walter McLean BA57 was the MP for Waterloosince I979 DipEd67 back to the west coast as commander.Triba1 Class and served as Canada’s special representativefor African and Update and Modernization Detachment in EsquimaltThis is his Commonwealth affairs. He was not a candidate in recent elec- 70s first time back in BC since he left UBC in 1967 ... Ben Harder tion. He is spending the fall as a member of theCanadian del- BA67 and his wife Jessie serveda four-month term withthe egation to the UN General Assembly ... Ian Miller BA65. MargaretAncill BEd‘78 is a counsellor atWestsyde Senior Mennonite Central Committee in Akron, Pennsylvania, begin- BASc(CivEng)’67. MASc(CivEng)’7I moved to Washington, DC Secondary in School District #24 (Kamloops) .__Margaret ning in May. Ben was a pricing table supervisor with SELFHELP to open a new consulting services ofice forColder Associates (Altnemuel1er)Archer BHE78 is back at Crystal Park Crafts of the World ___ Richard Haworth BA67 retired from Inc, specializing in environmental engineering ... Michael School (Grande Prairie,Alberta) as a learning disabilities the Coquitlam School District in June 1992. He taught for IO Miller BArch’65 was named a fellow of theRoyal Architectural teacher,after a year off to be a full-time mom to a baby boy years inVancouver before his 20 years as a teacher in Institute of Canada. He is chair ofArchitectural Science and (born July ’92) which she and her husband Robert adopted ___ Coquitlam. He moved toVernon to start a hobby farm .__ Landscape Architecture at Ryerson ___ Bruce Montador Gordon Baldwin BCom’76 started his own CA firm in Wilfred L Highfield BA65 moved from Kelowna to Calgary BSc’67 left the Bank of Canada to become a counsellor to the Burnaby after six years as aVP finance in the fishing industry. in September ... Victoria (Diana Markin) HoganBA62 re- head of the economics department of the OECD.__Shirley He will specialize in fax and financial planning__. Louise Ball ceived her MA from theuniversity of Colorado. She is now Myers BHE60 has retired as head, Home Economics Branch, BA75 lives in Singapore with her husband, Ken Moselle, and president of Canada Earthsave Society. She is alsothe founder Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. She lives in their two children. She is a member of theteacher trainmg of the prize-winning EarthSaveToastrnasters Club,which Summerland ... Murray Newman PhD’60 retired from the faculty at Nanyang University ... Bronwen Beedle BSF‘74 is teaches awareness of environmental, ethical and health conse- Vancouver Aquarium in March after heading it for over 37 deputy chief forester of BCas of December, I992 ... Allen quences of our foodchoices ... Gordon McBean BSc’64, years. His book. we in a Fishbowl. Confessions of an Aquorium Billy BSc’77. MSc’83 is a biology instructor in the Department PhD70 is head of the Department of Oceanography at UBC. Dimtor.will be published in April 1994 by Douglas Mclntrye ___ of Math and Science at Douglas College. He teaches anatomy He was elected a Fellow, Royal Society of Canada.and as presi- Keith SlesrorBSc’60. PhD64 was the co-recipient (with Mark and physiology to general and psychiatric nursing students and dent of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Soci- Winston ofSFU) of the I992BC Science Council Gold Medal university transfer biology courses. He earned his PhD from , ety ... Barbara(Scott) McLean BEd60 completed her first in Natural Sciences for his work on honey bee queen mandibu- the University ofTexas in 1986. He works as a volunteer with year as deputy clerk of the GeneralAssembly of the Presbyte- lar pheromone. He has been at SFU since 1966 and was North Shore Rescue andis engaged to toLesley Leroux ... rian Church in Canada. She is the first woman and layperson to awarded a research professorship for 1993. His research cen- Eleonora (Isolde) CorvinBSc’75 is president of Canadian hold this position and is based inToronto. She works with 45 tres on lepidopteran pheromones of economically important Financial Services Ltd., a company dating back to I934 which ’ presbyteries across the country. Barbara’sspouse, the Hon. pests. His wife Marie Slessor BEd‘62 is doing a post-BA di- provides estate, retirement and financial planning and invest- ments. She’s still single, with one doberman ... Ron Diederichr BSc’79, wife Sue and their three children are in Campbell River. He is a forest ecosystem specialist___ Aminah I Let’s have a Reunion! Fayek MASc(CivEng)’92 is studying for her PhD in civil engi- I neering at the University of Melbourne __.WrenGreen PhD74 is director, planning and external agencies, with the I How long has it been since you graduated from UBC? Do you ever find I Department of Consemtionin Wellington, New Zealand. He I yourself telling your family and colleagues about the great time you had I and wife Karen have one child, George, born in May I992 ... 1 there? Are you curious about what happened to your classmates? Perhapsit’s I Muriel Gustavson BEd‘75. BSWEO. ME884 works as an el- I time for a reunion!Too much work, you say? Leaveit to us. Ouroffice provides I ementary counsellor at the UN related New International I a wide range of reunion planning services. Complete and return this form, I School ofThailand in Bangkok __.Janet HalliiellMSc’70 has I and we’ll be in touch to talk about planning a reunion foryour class. been awardedan honorary doctorate ofscience from Queen’s. I She earned two other honorary doctorates, one from York and the other from MemoriaLAfter UBC, she did research in bac- terial physiology there. She was on the editorial team of the Canadian Journal of Chemistry at NRCbefore joining the 1 Address: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council in 1977. I From I983 to 1990. she was director-general of research 0 I Code b I grants with that council, and from I990 to 1992. chair of the Science Council of Canada ... Dorothy (Schwaiger) Jantzen BPE79, husband Dale, sons Carl and Brett and daughter Avery have moved to Pleasanton. California, where Dale works as an electronics engineer and Dorothy stays home with the kids... Kenneth JessimanBCom’75 joined Realtech Realty Corpo- I UBC Alumni Association I ration’s finance division as a senior associate. He brings a great 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 deal of experience in commercial real estate finance and nego- I Or Fax to: (604) 822-8928 I tiating optimum terms for borrowingclients to the job .._ L------J Marion Rose Langdale BEd72. ME884 retired as professor

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of science at Okanagan Universq College in Kelowna. She vineyard is planted to get red varietals.The opening of this devices in the Solus integrated building automation system ... lives in Pentacton wth her husband Glyn H. Langdale farm winery marks a total career change for both;Alex from a Donald A. SmeatonBASc(ElecEng)'69 retired from Ontario BCom.49 (see 40s) ... Michele (Perault) Lioy PhD77 works musical career wlth theVSO and Kathleen from information1 Hydro after 24% years to start a new home busmess in tax in Washington, DC for the World Bank in the Central Africa library consulting ... Terry Noble BA75 has wrttten a book consulting __.Nancy Stewart BA7I, MA8I is president of and Indian Ocean departmenr dlvislon of populatton and hu- about Elek Imredy, the man who sculpted the scuba diver sit- the Provincial SpecialistAssoclatlonEnglish Second Language man resources, as a social communications specialist ... Ray ting on a rock off the seawall In Stanley Park.Thts IS his first (ESL PSA) of the BCTeachers' Federation, and the ESL depart- Lord BSc'7B IS managing dlrector of marketing and develop- book, after having worked as a freelance writer for many years. ment head atVancouverTechnicalSecondary School ... Phyllis ment at Science World invancower. He is married with two You can order his book ($12 plus postage) by phoning (604) Stoffman BSN'77 returned to Canada after I6 years working daughters ... J. Parker MacCarthy BA71. LLB75 of Duncan, 689-7095 __.Robert F! Oldham BA74 works as a reference in the US in community health.She is studymg health adminis- has been elected presldent of the Canadlan Bar Association librarian at the Hamilton Public Libraw member, National Ex- tration (masters program) at U ofT. She is also finishing a (BC Branch). He has been actively involved in CBA activities ecutive Monarchlst League of Canada ... Julie (McCririck) manuscript on infectious diseases, a guidebook for the public since his call to the bar in 1975. He served as the Cowichan Ough scored a hole in one (I50 yards) on the 7th hole of the to be published in 1994 by J.Wiley Co ___Jennifer(Wing- Valley representatwe for the Alumni Association. He is a part- Barrie Golf and Country Club (Ontario) onAugust 29 .._ King)Tan BSc'70 and SamuelTan BASc(ElecEng)'67 have ner In the law firm of MacCarthy Ridgway in Duncan. His prac- Thomas Quigley BMus'76. ME78 received the Inaugural two children, a boy, 14, and a glrl. IO.The family lives in Cot0 tlce Includes corporate, commercial, real property and wdls Canada Post Flight for Freedom Literacy Education Award in de Caza. Californla ___ LaurieThain BPE78 just released a and estates. He is married to Virginia (Castner) MacCarthy June for his work promoting literacy in BC public libraries. He third album of original country music. Laurie was nominated BEd'74. an instructor at Malaspina College in Nanaimo.They will receive the award from the Governor-General In Novem- for"outstanding new Canadian country artist'' In RPM Big have two children ... Brian Mahood BSc'70 is exploration ber .__Pearl Roberts BEd'76. MEd'BI was appointed a direc- Country Awards. manager of Strike Energy Inc.. an oil and gas exploration com- tor ofthe Science Council of BC. Her term wlllend in August pany. He and his wife Robyn (Ravening) MahoodBEd'69 live I994 ... Virginia (Ginny) Russell BEd'78, presently living in in Calgary with thetr two children __.RichardNalos BSc72 is Ladner, had her first children's book, Voices on the Soy. published an instructor of flight for Horizon Airat the Portland Interna- by Beach Holme Publishers ofvictoria in October. It is an ad- tlonal Airport in Oregon. He and his wife Jackie (Pickford) venture story for children 8 years and older ... Angela Schiwy Nalos BEd'73 llve In Washington ... Kathleen (Sturgess) BMus'7B. ME86 has accepted a fixed-term post at the United 80s Nichol BA70. MLS'73 and Alex Nichol MA70 opened Nations Archives in NewYork. She is taking a one-year leave of Nlchol Vineyard farm winery. Located above Naramata. Nichol absence from her permanent position at the City ofVancouver Grant E.Allan MSc'8 I has been in Australia for I2 years

Vlneyard IS below the cliffs of the old KettleValley Railway. Archives. Husband Jean Laponce BAB7, MA9 I has been working as a fire ecologist for the conservation commission of Wtnes are barrel-fermented and aged, 70% of the 4%-acre studying for his PhD at Columbia University ___Marian the Northern Territory. He was married to Coral in I992 ___ Scholtmeijer BA75 has completed her PhD in English at Elaine AndersonBA86 and her husband David have a boy, a SFU. Her book, Animal Victimsin Modern Fiction, was recently girl and a video production company called Equus. Elaine also published by the University ofToronto Press ... Nanette works for Canada Customs.They live in Langley ... Sean Buying (Marzocco) Shaw 6SR78 lives in Nova Scotia with her two Blackburn BA89 has successfully passed the entrance exam children, Kristen and Geoffrey and husband John ___Gordon to the Society of ManagementAccountantsof Ontario's profes- a new car? Skene BSc'lI, MSc'73 is the president of SolusTechnology sional program and is working towards his CMA designation. Corporation. which combines the latest technology in data He lives in Ottawa with his spouse Julie Dagenais Blackburn ... For the best possible price management and communications with specialized touch Kent BowlingEA85 is sales supervisor for Coca-Cola Bot- on the purchase of your screens, vivid graphics and "intelligent" control and sensing tling. He lives in Coquitlam with his wife Marla Baverstock .._

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lain Bowman BASc(MechEng)’87 married Gillian Blood in of Alberta in I99 I. She has been teaching elementary school ant with Geminl Consulting doing corporate busmess transfor- August 1993 In Middlesex. England. He is working in Hamp- since, first in Edmonton, and she hopes to continue in Missis- mation ... Holly NathanEA83 won the I992 Law Society of shire, helpmgto design a new engine for formula one motor sauga. where she lives with her husband P.D. Graham Dyck BC Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism. presented by Her racing .,. Kathleen (Laird)-Burns EA89 is information of- BSc’89. He was transferred to theToronto office of Sandoz Hon. Judge Donna Martinson, on September 25. She also re- ficer at campus planning and developmentat UBC. Husband Agro Canada Inc. to take the position of manager for Ontario ceived the Canadian Association of JournalismAnnual National Kevin Burns BSc’90 works at the SFU micro-computer store and Quebec ... Geoffrey G. Dyer BASc(M&MPEng)’BI, MEng Award for Investigative Reporting in the open newspaper cat- as store coordinator ... Ron Byres BASc(CivEng)’85. MASc ’89 married Rhonda in I989.They have a baby boy born in egory.These awards were for I992 pieces on “justice issues (CivEng)’88 lives in Dar es Salaam.Tanzania. He works for 1992. Geoffrey has formed his own consulting company. He is arising from sexual abuse onVictoria area Native reserves” .. Sandwell Inc. on a World Bank funded port master plan for the active in geotechnical engineering ... Pam Seaton (Miller) Rod Negrave BSc(Agr)’88 and Louise (Kennelly) Negrave Tanzanian Harbours Authority. He is engaged to McGill grad Eppler BSc(PT)’86 and husband Jeffrey Eppler MD87 live in BSc(Agr)’89 live in Fort StJohn, BC, where Rod is doing re- Carey LePage.They plan to marry in 1994 ... Catherine (Le Toronto where Jeffrey is doing a residency in emergency medi- search for the Ministry of Forests.They own a farm and are Duc) Chan BSc’8 I, PhD86 is an associate professor of physi- cine at the U ofTThey will returnto BC in July ... The RCMP expecting their third child in November ... Dean Neumann ology at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of PEI. Hus- has sent Marianne Farmer EA85 on a French language BCom’82, LLB’83 commenced his law practice wth Siddall & band PatrickT. Chan BSc’80. MEA85 is an investments pro- training program until June 1994. Her posting is at theVancow Cashman inVancouver in September ... Steve Chi-Ho Ng motions specialist for Enterprise PEI ... Kwok Fai Cheung ver International Airport ... Michael Fenwick EA84 is a busi- MSc’88 has been a member of the technical staff at MPRTel- MASc(CivEng)’87, PhD’9I and his wife Wendy have moved to ness analyst with IBM Canada in Calgary. Son Tyleris expecting tech Ltd. since 1988. He is a communications specialist In net- Honolulu. He worked at Sandwell Inc. in Vancouver for two a new sibling earlyin January ___AnnaKelly Fung EA9 I, LLB work management for both data and telecommunicaton net- years and is assistant professor in ocean engineering at the ‘84 has left theVancouver ofke of McCarthyTetrault (where works. He also represents hls company in national and interna- university of Hawaii __.Maureen CheungBSN’83. MBA87 she was an associate practisingcorporatelcommercial law) to tional standards organizations, defining standardsfor network married Michael Wong In May I990.After a stint with the Royal join BC Gas as senior solicitor effective August 1993 ... Susan and systems management ... Michele (Sanders) O’FlynnEA Bank as an account manager for independent businesses, she Gillmore LLB’86 and George FedoroffBCom’86 were mar- ‘89. MA9I married John O’Flynn in 1988. She was a sessional went into medical sales. She is now president of Money Con- ried in August 1993.They both work for UBC ... Dean lecturer in the English department and continues to tutorUBC cepts Financial Planning Centre in Coquitlam ... Ronald Chin Giustini ME89 has completed coursework toward an MA at students. She is happily looking after their one-year-old son BSc’88 went to U ofT foran MSc. then an LLB. He is articling the U ofT He works as a projects librarian in Richmond Hill, Matthias .__EileenO’Hanley BA86 returned toVancouver inVancouver .__Kenneth Chow BSc’87. DDS’92 married Ontario ... Georgina Gray BPEa I, MPE92 works at the U of after spending rwo-and-a-halfyears inToronto wttha desktop SusanVictoria Ng EA87 on August 8. He is at Loyola Uni- T Faculty of Medictne as a lecturer in the physical therapy de- publishingkorporate communications firm ... Graham Os- versity Medical Center for a training program in oral and max- partment She is conducting clinical research at the Orthopae- borne BSc’83 is a wildlife and landscape photographer. He has illofacial surgery.After UBC, Susan earned her EA and MA in dic and Arthritic Hospital ... Rowena (Arce) Grewal BSc’89 completed a picture book on the wilderness landscapes of BC business administration at SFU while working in public relations and Harder S. Grewal BPE‘87 were married on May 8 ... with Hill-KnowltoninVancouver ... WdterV. Cicha BSc’84, Shirley (Egan) HolowatyEA88 married North Shore busi- PhD’89 has been employed as an R&D chemist with E.I. du nessman David Holowaty on July IO ... Graham Kay BABI Pont Nemours Co. in Wilmington, Delaware since December moved toTerrace to work forSocial Services as district super- RETIREMENT 1992 __.WarrenChow BASc(ElecEng)’87 works at BC Hydro visor,family and children services ... Mandy (Brar) Kerlann as a stations planning engineer. He was married in I99 I to BSc(Pharm)’86 married her French husband in 1990. She lives PLANNING Hong-Ying Chow ___BarryCoblenz EA87 received his MEA in France and does pharmaceutical research with a research from Queen’s ___ Ernest Colman BPE5 I was inducted into organization there. She says her French I20 is coming in handy, Specialists in planning the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame for his contributions to although she cant drop west coast anglo accent... Anna for financial independence softball and track and field, and to the Kamloops Sports Coun- Krause BEd84 accepted a position in theschool at the Epi- cil. Ernie is an avid golfer and is president of a seniors’ curling lepsy Centre in Kehl-Kork. Germany ___ Eddie Kahing Lam club in Kamloops ___Suzanne(Milne) Cresswell BSR’83 and MEA82 is regional commercial banking manager ofTokai Bank her husbandTom have opened a physiotherapy clinic in Red- of California. He and his wife Hannah have two children, Kent ding, California.They have two children ... Jill(Ratzlaff) Della and LaureLThey reside in La CaAada, California ... Lawrence Vedova BSc’88. BEd’89 and Sean DellaVedova BMus’93 Lee BSc’89. MSc’93 is pursuing a PhD in plant pathologylvirol- were married in July I99 I.Jill teaches science in Coquitlam. ogy at the University of Arkansas .__Gillian LesterBSc’86 - FlnancialPlanning while Sean is completing his BEd at UBC.Their first child, attended the U ofT’s law school and is nearing completion of a UnbiasedRecommendations Nicholas Sean, was born in May ... George Demorest BSc’88 doctorate in law at Stanford. She will join the faculty of the - married Goldie Shea,a graduate of MountAllison and New UCLA law school in January I994 ...J effrey MahBSc’B5 mar- Ongoing Investment Services Brunswick universities.They live in Istanbu1,Turkey where ried Bonnie Jean Reynolds in June in Burnaby ... Leslie (Mo- George works for Northern ElectricTelecommunicationAS ... ore) Mahr BMus’82 teaches music at Queen’s and works as a John DicksonBCom’83 and his wife Jane have come back to graphic designer at the Kingston Whrg-Standard. Leslie is mar- BC after seven years in 0ntario.Their “pride and joy” is I K ried to Paul Mahr, conductor of the I3 Strings of Ottawa... year old Matthew .._Catherine(Hill) Dixon BEd’82 and Alex Marazzi BSc(Pharm)’85, MD89 married Nancy Eliza- Dave Dixon EA81 were married in December 1985.Their beth Powell, a graduate ofTrinity Western and Western Wash- eldest daughter was born in 1990. and the youngest in 1992. ington universities.They were married in Bellingham in April ... Dave is an intermediate teacher in Maple Ridge, and Catherine Ray Mathes MSc’82 works as a manager, labour relations and BALANCED FINANCIAL teaches a primary class in Pitt Meadows ...Julie (Wong) Dix- EEO for James River Corporation in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hegrad- SERVICES LTD. on BASc(MetEng)’89 married Jeffrey Paul Dixon inVancouver uated from Lewis and Clark Law School in I99 I. He and his at the Chinese Pentecostal Church in July. Julie works at wife Merilyn have two children ___ Patrick Mokrane BCom’8I Independent Financial Planners Dofasco Inc. in Hamilton, Ontario as a process automation recently became CFO for Jerome Broadway Productions,a #202 - 2309 West 41 st Ave. engineer and is chair of the CIM (Canadian Institute of Mining multimedia corporation ... Lois Nahirney BA85 has returned and Metallurgy). Hamilton Branch for 1993-94. Her husband is toVancouver with husband Tom Dielschneider,following three Vancouver, B.C. V6M 2A3 also an engineer ... Rebecca (Hiebert) Dyck EA89 com- years in London and Europe. Lois received her MBA from Wes- (604) 261 -8511 pleted her teacher certification requirements at the University tern in 1990 and has been working as a management consult-

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entitled British Calumbia,A Wild and Fragile Beauty. published by the University of Edlnburgh, Royal Schoolofveterinary Studies Douglas & Mclntyre .._OnJune I, 1993 Samuel Pang BSc'82. _..CalvinYip BASc(M&MPEng)'85 wrote to tell ofhis class' IO MD'83 was appointed associate medical director of the InVitro year reunion. People came from afar (Northwest Territories Fertilization America Program in Boston ._.AndrewPetersen and the Philippines) for the three day reunion.There was a BSc(Agr)'86 works for CPI Equipment in Langley, designing and "one beer" at a downtown bar, a family picnic, a round of golf selling irrigation systems. He is a certified irrigation designer and a barbecue at the home of Dave Gunning BASc(M&M through IIABC. He and hls wife Christine (Dimm) Petelc PEng)'83 and his wife Brenda ... Colin C.Yip BCom'85 and sen BSc'85 had their first child in November I992 ... Linda Cynthia WongBCom'89. two chartered accountants, were (Sadm) Prystay BSc'88 graduated with an MSc btochemistry married on August 7.They work together in their own ac- FACULTY OF SCIENCE from McGill. Husband Marc Prystay BSc'88 earned his PhD in counting practice in Vancouver _._BrianYiu BCom'87, MBA'9O analytical chemistry from the same university. Marc is working married Linda Lam in June 1992. He left Citicorp. where he The University as a research associate for NRC Laboratories, Boucherville. worked for two years, to join Merrill Lynch Debt Markets Quebec.They are both proud ofthe new addition to their fam- Group in Hong Kong asVP In May I993 ... Sepideh Ziabak- of British Columbia ily, a third daughter,Tanya ... Robert Renwick ME82 is still hsh BSc'88 married Stewart Muglich LLB89 in 1990. She teaching English and servlng as librarian at Emery College in received her doctor of optometrydegree from the SUNY Call for Nominations Puerto Rico ___BrianRussell BSF'84 and Kathy (Vandalen) Stewart earned his LLM and MBA from Fordham. He is an as- AWARDS FOR Russell BSc(Agr)'86 have moved to Kamloops.They have two sociate in a Manhattan law firm.They will return toVancouver EXCELLENCE IN young daughters. Brlanis working withthe Ministry of Forests ._.InJune 1993 Tania Rutt BA88 received her master of pro- TEACHING fessional studies in June from the lnstitutde Management Hat- eller International (Cornell-ESSEC) in Paris, France. She is The University of British working as front desk manager at theTrianon Palace Hotel in Columbia established Awards Versailles. She lives in France with her husband, Dan Bednar 90s BCom'87 ... Samuel Shih BSc(Agr)'88 works for Pepsico in for Excellence in Teaching in Hong Kong as a general manager ... Laura (Bortolin) Smith Hamed Shafe Assaf PhD9 I married Emily Mulleda I989.Awards are made by the BSc'88 is in her third year of a PhD program at Harvard Medi- BSN'9 I in June I99 I. Hamed works in the hydrotechnical de- Faculty of Science to UBC cal School. Husband SteveT. Smith BASc(ElecEng)'86 gradu- partment of BC Hydro and Emily is a registered nurse in ex- ated from Harvard with a PhD in applied mathematics.He is a tended care at Bumaby General Hospital ... Adrienne Athelc faculty, lecturers and laboratory staff member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory _..RochelleSned- ton BCom'9 I is enjoying her classes at Hastings College (the instructors who are selected as don BA87 is attending the Parson's School of Design in New UC law faculty) in San Francisco ... Susan (Virgoe) Bremner outstanding teachers. York City ._.Barbara (Day) Sort BA84. LLB'88 and Sig- BSN'92 works in oncology at the National Defence Medical mund Sort BPE87. BEd'92 have moved to Parksville. where Centre in Ottawa. She IS taking military career courses and Sigmund will teach. Barbaraleft the law firm of Farris,Vaughn. hoping for a UN tour in 1994 ... Yvonne Chong BSc'SI, MBA We are seeking input from Wills and Murphy to open her own law practice in Parksville. '93 moved tovictoria tobecome marketing assstant at Ques- UBC alumni, current and Aubrey Thomas Sigmundson Sort was born on September 17, terTangent.Yvonne uses both of her degrees in this job ... Jo- former students. I992 __.Nelson Spruston BSc'84 works at the Max Planck seph Devoy 0A92 has been accepted into the MA program in Institute in Heidelberg,Germany under the direction of Dr. the English department of the U ofT ... Robert Gray BA92 Bert Sakmann on a post-doctoral fellowship (Humboldt Foun- wlll spend the next two (or more) years studying Chinese his- Deadline for nominations: dation) ,,, Gordon Stewart BSc'83 married Maureen in Au- tory and language at the Department of East Asian Studies at gust I992.They live in Yellowknife, where Gordon works as Harvard __.Nicole Heruld DipFrenTrans'92 is majoring in February 14, I994 environmental scientist for the federal government. He re- archaeology at SFU. She returned from a Cariboo excavation ceived his MSc in aquaculture from the University of Stirling in at Barkerville with SFU. She works in translation from a home Nominations should be Scotland in 199 I ... Shelley Sweeney BA81. MAS85 re- office ,.. Michael Langlet BSc(Agr)'SI has just completed his accompanied by supporting turned from Prague, Czechoslovakia, where she spent six MA In aquaculture from SFU. work that included a two month months on sabbatical from the University of Reglna, studying practicum in Ecuador In 1992 ... Olivia Sin-Mei LeeBCom statements and the nominator's Czech archival systems andthe public's perception of archives '90, LLB90 has moved to Hong Kong to workfor Osler Ren- name, address and telephone ._.JaniceSwitlo BCom'81 practises law in Peachland. Her ault Ladner, which is the Hong Kong office ofVancouver law firm Ladner Downs ... Anna Lesco-Cyr DipEd'SO has been number. Please send practice is exclusively in native law. She is corporate counsel for thewestbank Indian Band ... TimThomas BCom'84 re- working for three years as an English teacher on an Indian re- nominations to: ceived his MSc in finance and accounting from the London serve in Northern Quebec. She enjoys it ... Michael Lyons School of Economics in 1992. He married Ana Costa in I992 PhD'92 is a research faculty member at the California Institute Chair, Faculty of Science and moved to Toronto in April. He has worked wch CIBC. ofTechnology in Pasadena, working on computational neuro- Excellence in Teaching Award Corporate Bank since May ... Marianne (Lo)VanBuskirk science ___ Neil Mancor BA90 received his MA in medieval BA'87 and CalvinVanBuskirk BASc(GeoEng)'87 were mar- studies from Reading University in the UK. He is a member of c/o Office of the Dean of ried in 1989. Marlanne teaches kindergarten (French immer- Keble College, Oxford, in his second year of studying for a Science, R 1505,6270 sion) in Mission.They have recently purchased a house in Ab- PhD in theology ... Kevin "Lot BE892 teaches elementary school in Surrey ... Winnie (Chong) BEd'92 married David University Boulevard, botsford. where Calvin in a consulting geotechnical engineer ... BruceVerchere BSc'83. MSc'87. PhD9 I IS a post-doctoral Monk BSc'83 In October 1988. Dave works in the pensions University of British Columbia, fellow in the division of endocrinology and metabolism at the and benefits consultmg field inVancouver.Winnie teaches high Vancouver, BC V6T I22 VA Medical Center in Seattle. His wife, Cynthia (Robinson) school home ec and ESL inVancouver.Their first child.Allison Verchere MD'88 is in her last year of residency in plastic sur- Michel1e.w born In January ... Wanda (Pilgrim) Nemethy FAX (604) 822-5558 gery atVGH.They say long distance romance surwves! ... BEd9 I marned Brain NemethyBPE'86. BEd9 I in ]uly.They ChristaWallace BSc(Agr)'88. MSc'9I is in her second year at live and teach in Fraser Lake, BC ... Tara Marie Pauls BA92 is CLASS ACTS

studying for her MSc in speech language pathology at the Mas- Laura and Becky ... Lisa Holmgren BSc’82 and Douglas sachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in Marshall BA83. a daughter, Sophle Nlcole, on August 28. In Memoriam Boston ... Wendy Reed BSc(Agr)’90 married Dan Hayes in They have moved to Parksville,and Doug is practising law at June.She received an MBA from the University of Ottawa In Clark & Co. In Quallcum Beach ... Ted Horbulyk BSc(Agr)’77 May and is working in telecommunications in Ottawa __.Teresa and Katie Johnson of Calgary: a daughter.Adele Lynne, on Sep- Arnold M.Ames BASc(ChemEng)’37.on January 5 ... Gary (Lumen)-Smith BEd’92 and David Hamilton SmithBEd tember 16.A sister for Jacob, 27 months ... May (Woo)Jiang Winter Brown BASc(MechEng)’S8, on August 25, in the Ba- ‘8 I, MEd’87 were married in August in Renfrew, 0ntario.They BCom’83 and David Jiang. a daughter, Rebecca, in Apri1.A sister hamas. He worked for 35 years in the public utility sector; On- live and teach in Burnaby ... SusanneTam MA90 returned to for Heather ... Malcolm Leitch BCom’79 and his wife Patti: a tario Hydro and AECL in Argentina. He took early retirement BC from Thompson, Manitoba.She works as a psychologist for gir1,Andrea Heather, on June 7.A sister for Ian and David ... in December 1992. He is survived by his wlfe Gwen, son the Howe Sound School District ... Caddie BellisT’Kenye Ralph Luongo BASc(ElecEng)’M and his wife Lucia: a daugh- Royden Wlnter Brown and daughter Jocelyn Lon Brown ... C. BFA90 is writing her master‘s thesis in adult education at UBC ter, Gabriella Michele, their first child, on March 22. Ralph is an Ross Bryant BEd‘87. suddenly on March 27. He is survived by .._AudreyTyson BEd’83 returned to UBC to study theatre. electrical engineer with BC Rail ... David Mirhady BA82. his wife Margaret, son Shawn and daughter Kirstin ... A.T.R. She should complete her MFA in 1995, about the same time MA85 and his wife Mary Alice; a boy, Ephraem Arash. in De- (Tommy) Campbell BA3 I inVict0ria.A well-known lawyer, daughter Janet finishes her BA.Two other daughters are grads, cember 1992. David is a post-doctoral fellow at Dalhousie ... he managed the law firm of Davis & Company for many years. CatherineTyson BA83 and Louise Coleman BEd’86, Art Monahan BA70 and K.Angela White BA67. LLB70 a He was a former president of the Associated Property Owners DipEd‘87 ... Doug WilsonBCom’90 works for NCR Canada daughter, KathleenAlexandra Nancy, on February 4. 1992 ._. Association and instrumental in thecr2ation of the Downtown Ltd. He transferred with the company from Vancouver to To- Sharon (Nagel) Pughe DipDH’86 and her husband Doug a Merchants Association,which he served as president and ex- ronto in I99I. He married Katia Manger in July in Vancouver. second daughter.Tennille Alexandra. on July 29.A sister for ecutive secretary. He was called to the bar In I934 and ap- Kayla ...Janice (Williamson) Reynolds BSc(Pharm)’BS and pointed Queen‘s Counsel in 1960. He served as director of Blake Reynolds BSC(Pharm)’85a son. Larsen Keith, on June many organizations including thevanccuver Board ofTrade ... Births 26, 1992.A brother for Casey and Holly ... Janine Clarence James ClerihueBCom’48 ,on July 5. in Williams (Thomson) Roberts BSN’88 and husband Stephen: a girl, Lake. He spent most of his childhood in Vancouver, where he

Mikayla Paige. on March 5 inVancouver .__Teresa was born in 1920. He IS survived by his wife Gladys, father Susan (Wiles) ArmstrongBHE8 I and Craig a girLValerie (Bergstrom) Rodriguez BCom’86 and husband Genaco: a Victor, brothers Ran and Don and many nieces and nephews .._ Michelle, on July 26.A sister for Robert and Stephanie ... Paul daughter, Sandra, on April 23 in Madnd, Spain ... Wendi Eleanor W. Colquhoun BA43. on April 29 ... Thelma Hall Barran PhD87 and Judith Bus MD’83: triple=-Alexa, Rottluff BASc(CHML)’88 and AI Strang were married in I99 I. (Mahon) Cornwall BA30, on July 17. in Torrance, Ontario. Michael and Christopher, on March 16 .__Maureen Their first child was born on July 22.A son. Kiel ,.. Barbara While at UBC,Thelma was a member of the women’s basket- (Dunnigan) Black MEA85 and Michael Black BA80. (Jordon) Schmidt B,Com’8S and her husband Karl: a boy, ball team, which won the gold medal at the WorldGames in MBA83: a girl, Sarah Marie, on February 7 ... Victoria Michael Karl, on April 23 ... Lorna Seppala EA75 and David Prague in I930 .._Ian Douglas Currie BAS8. MA6 I, peace- (Ellsmore) Brown BA87 and Grant Brown BSc’87 a girl, Rowat MASc(ChemEng)’79 a daughter, Sylvia Leigh, on August fully on July 5. 1992 after a brief illness ... David Francis Keara Kathleen, on January 2. Grant completed his PhD at I2 ... Cheryl (Lenington) Suckling BA79 and Philip Suck- Edmonds BA42. onJuly 16. in Buenos Aires. Argentina. He is UCIA in June.The couple has moved to Baltimore where ling PhD77 a fourth daughter, Deanna Erynn. on May 14 In survived by his wife Ines, two daughters Susan and Paula, and Grant is doing post-doctoral research at johns Hopkins ... Waterloo, Iowa ... Per Suneby BASc(ElecEng)’75 and his wife son Charles, all of Buenos Aires; also daughtersKathy (of Lon- Shauna (MacPherson) Dennert BSR’78 and husband Fred Elizabeth: a son, Joshua. Per has been promoted to director of don), Marta (Adelaide) and Frances (Richmond). In his career a daughter,Allison Margaret. on May 28.A sister for Katherine worldwide product marketing for MotorolaCodex ... Agnes Dave moved from PortAlice, to eastern North Amertca and ...James Dick Bsc(Agr)’88 and his wife Jacquie:triplets- Karman (Lai)Tam BCom’83 and and husband Felix: a son, then to Argentina, where in due course he took senior respon- Charles Avery,Anthony Martin and Laurel Jayne.on September Kevin Andrew,on October 7.Their first child ... William Watt sibility for a pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment and sup- 9 .__Letitia(Sadden) Gale BEd‘79 and her husband Roger: a BMus’67. MMus’73 and his wife Laura: a son, lain George Allan. ply company. He attended his 50th class reunion last year and son,William StewamA brother for Benjamin ... Darlene A brother for Cameron, Duncan and Christine ___WayneWe- renewed contact with several of his old friends __.R. Conrad (Gartner) Hargrove BEd‘79 and Jim Hargrove ber BSc’67. MSc’73 and wife Wendy: a daughter, Larissa. on Emrnons BA19. MA2O. on September 4. 1993, in Madison, BASc(ElecEng)’8I:a daughter, Shannon Iris. on June 3.A sister March 12.A sister for lan.Wayne earned a PhD at Mississippi Wisconsin, at the age of 9S.After UBC. he went on to ;arn a for Robert and Richard ... Barbara (Murdoch) Henderson State and is a wildlife biologist with the BC Ministry ofAgricul. PhD from the University ofWisconsin in 1924. He taught there BSN’84 and Deane HendersonBASc(MechEng)’M a third ture ... Mary WilkieBSc’7S and Bodo de Lange Boom from 1924 until he retired in 1969 as emeritus professor of child.Wesley Crocker Henderson, on July 28.A brother for MSc’76 a daughter,Tamara. on August 7.27 A sister for Scon geology. His specialization was petrology and optical minerology. He was Fellow, Mineralogical Sociecy of America, president 1944; Fellow, Geological Societyof America, vice president 1945. He wrotetwo books Memolr 8 and Memoir 52 of the Geological Society ofAmerica; and over 45 technical papers, all recordings of his research. He is survived by his daughter Nancy Smith; a granddaughter, two great-grandchil- dren and many nieces and nephews ___ H. Jean (MacDiarrnid) Fournier BA33, onJune 26, in Calgary. She was predeceased (in 1979) by her husband Frank L. Fournier Bsc’32. She is survived by her daughter Pamela Jean Small, sonsJ.S. Law- rence Fournier BCom’6l and Peter L. Fournier EA61 and grandson Jack 5. Fournier BSc’8I. She moved to Ottawa in 1973 and lived there until she moved to Calgary in 1990. She worked as a secretary in real estate andthe law from I947 until I973 ... Urban John Guichon BSA42. on October 9. In Calgary. DuringWWll he served with distinctlon in the intelli- gence and commando unit of the Canadian and Brltish forces, living and working with the Dutch underground before the allied invaston. For the BC Department of Agriculture, he or- CLASS ACTS

director of theVGHAlumni Building Society,the BC Housing DOROTHYMAWDSLEY, MA27 Foundation and the lower mainland chapter of the BC Head injury Association. She is survived by her husband David; her Dean ofwomen Emerita Dorothy Mmdrley died peadully in her sleep at CMManor daughters Tanya BCom'92. Karen and Meghan; her twin sister on Augusf 5th of thi year.A gemdon of UBC women gtaduaces will remember gratelblly Laurel, her sister Donna and many other loving family mem- her work on their behalf. bers who miss her very much .._Cicely(Hunt) Pierrot Mary DorothyM&by was born in 1898 in Florence, Italy where her British BA3 i, BSW62. on March 18. She was active in Alpha Gamma parents were studying and working. She attended kindergarten in My,and ~choolsin On- Delta both on campus and as an alumna; she received some of I QrioandSaskrrchewan.ShereceivedaBAfromMcGill,~MAfromUBCandaPhDfrom their honorary awards.After receiving her degree in social the University of Chicago. work, she worked in adoption placements with the Children's She fim began teaching in the English Depammm of UBC in I 927, but, like Aid Society in Vancouver, and for a time inWhitehorse. Her many single members of faculy,she was discharged in 1932 when the university Hlffered husband Edward, whom she married In 1938,died in 1961. She - severe financial problems. From I932 to I940 she taught at King Edward High School in is survived by three children: Roland BCom'63. LLB64. Hazel Vancouver. She was re-hired in the English Depament in 1940 and was appointed Dean of and Stephenand her brother, William Hunt Women in I94 I.She held both positions until her retirement in 1959. BASc(MechEng)Y2 ... MarleneThorsteinson BCom'82, on At the timeof her appointment the Dean ofWomen's office carried many responsibilitiesfor themtchii~l care of August 8 __.Dorothy (Tate) Slaughter BASc(Nurs)'33,on women at the univeniy. Thedean was expeaed to be a chaperon. social arbiir, confidante, mom1 guardian andsubstitute October 9.. Dorothy was a pioneer director of public health parenr, as well as a perron of impec& academic standing. Dean Mawdrlq stepped into the oftice with enthusiasm, spending nursing in the forties,and a consultant for the Province of Brit- the first summer of her appointment examining every single boarding home available to women students in those pre-resi- ish Columbia (1955-75).After UBC she joined the provincial dence days. She conrinued to offer guidance and sympathetic help to all the "girls" under her care. many times speaking out on Public Health Department and, except for one brief period of their behalf in faculty meetings, sometimes to the conncmnionof less patient faculty members. educational leave (at Columbia and Berkeley) and an overseas Dr. Mawdsley and her friend. Marjorie Leeming, with whom she collaborated in an Engliih text book, shared a home appointment in Saudi Arabia, remained wlth the department for and a iceen interest in gardening and dogs for many both belwa and after her reti-Arnong her pon-retirement the majorlty of her career. She lived In White Rock, BC from activities was the taping of mink- of her work as Dean ofwomen for a UBC Women's History pr+aThe tape re- I950 arld was an active member of the University Women's cording is available in the UBC A&i She remained active and interested in her family and former students right up to the Club ofWhite Rock ... Arthur John WirickBA36. onSep- (Thanks to Lourendo Dan*, University Archivist Emerita) tember 18. in Saskatoon. James A. Gibson BA3I (professor

~ present year. emeritus at Brock Unlversity in StCatherines. Ontario) wrote to report the death of his friend, whom he would see from ganized a program which successfully elimlnated brucelosls in 1943. he served in the radar section overseas. He taught Eng- time to time at gatherings of the Canadian Institute of Interna- BC cattle. He served as district agriculturalist for Kamloops lish at Acadia University and Scarborough College at the U of1 tional Affairs, in which Mr. Gibson had been a branch officer and managed the AMI Lake Ranch in 1954. He moved to before he moved to the UK. He was predeceased by hls wife and for several terms a member of theNational Council ___ Calgary in 1955. In the course of has career he employed hun- Kipps and is survived by his daughters Sue and Jane, son Born inVancouver in 1914. WilliamAffleckWolfe BA37, dreds of people in Alberta, BC. Saskatchewan and Montana, Michael, four grandchildren and his sister Ruth Davidson ... BASc(MechEng)'37 completed post-graduate work at Queen's and was greatly admired by colleagues, staff and suppliers.He Lynne Catherine (Sinclair)Peachey LLB90, on September before joining the Faculty ofApplied Science at UBC. In 1962 retired three week before he died. He is survived by hls wife 3 at the age of 48.After working many years as a nurse atThe he moved to Chalk River as an assistant director of,research at Mary, his five children, his brothers Charles and Bernard Health Centre for Children and Children's Hospital, she en- Atomic Energy of Canada. He retired toVictoriain 1979 Guichon BSASO. seven grandchildren,children-In-law, many tered UBCs law school at the age of 40. She practised law In where he conttnued to writeon the use of nuclear energy for nieces and nephews and friends ... Leslie Ernest Howlett Richmond after being calledto the bar. Lynne gave generously peaceful purposes. He is survived by his wife Eleanor and two BA27. In January I992 ... Dorothy (Hayes) Lawrence of herself to her friends and family and to her community. She sons, Brian and John. * BHE'47, on August 26, In Pebble Beach. California. Dorothy was a director and officer of the Victorian Order of Nurses, a was born In Edmonton and grew up in Jasper, where her father was a minister in the United Church.After marrying a young r--- Amerlcan she met while he was vacattoning in Jasper, she DANIELBRANCH QUAYLE, BA'37, MA38 raised her children on magical stories of skating on frozen lakes Daniel Quayle arrived from England in I9I 3, when he wils three. His family ded in the by the light of the moon. She worked as a regtstered dietlcian coQI-rnining community of Ladysmith onVancower Island. His CV indudes the noption atVGH before her marriage toTheodore. She travelled exten- '* 192p"Coal miner (stimulus to Academe)." He taught elementary school at eighteen. pro- sively with her husband, a Chevron Corporation executive. gressing from there to an honorary Doctor of Sciences degree from uvic at seventy-sir In Besldes her husband, she leaves her two daughters,Ann and between,he earned dcgrees from UBC and a PhD from the University of Gkp. Deborah; three grandchlldren and a nephew, Blair E. Mercer Dr. Quayle was a world aKhow on blnlvo molhaq particularly oyscem and BEd'92. BPE92 ... Dennis C. Lewsey BEd'76. on July 2, in marine wwdbomrs. He worked as a marine biologist for thirty pan with the hcik Bio- Nakusp .. Ann Oliver (McClure) Maclachlan BA33.on logical sgtion in NanaImaThiir included stints as the dimtor of biologial services to the August I. Born in Lethbridge. she grew up and taught in the BC Department of Fisheries, as a tectmkd advlsor in CaWomkVirginii and Washington, as MissionlHaulc area. She volunteered as a tutor teaching ESL to a coisu~~mto the ~anadhnUniversity ~arvices~vcneas (CLEO), ch~Canadbn ~msma- young adult immigrants.She endured a long battle with tional Developmem Agency (CIDA) and the International DevelopmentResearch Centw (IRK). He taugt~and carried cut osteoporosls. but her love of family, music, friends and the church sustained her. She is survived by her husband J. Puerto Rico. Sierra Leone, Spain, Sri Lank Sudan and Trinidad. His service to his country and the world included four years as Murdoch MaclachlanBA40. daughter Kim Collett and son a navigator with the RCAF. one par of which was spent as a prisoner of war in Germany duringWI. John BCom'70 and many other family members ,,,John For relaxation, Dan read poevy, fiddled with machines. pllpd golf and gardened hiscorner of the BC nihrest in Malcolm Russell Margeson BA42. ofFowlsmere. near i Nanaimo. He is survived by his wife Ann, his daughter Moun (David Furhrey LLBW), his brother Alex (Itlne), his si- Cambridge, UK. while vtstting on Vancouver Island. on July 19. 1 lane (Chris), Marion and Betsy and his sister-in-law Gwen Munay. He wi8 be deeply missed by them and by hir many cousins Professor Margesson was born inTrail in 1920 and was an hon- i nieces, nephews. enended family and friends, colleagues and students. ours graduate in Engltsh and cIassIcs. From 194 142 he was editor-In-chlef of The Ubyssey. Commissioned by the RCAF In

28 .'!UL \l\l (:liKO\l( I I., \$'ILltK lYY:< UBC’s 14th Chancellor, Bob Lee, Celebrating the 2ndAnniversary BCom’56 and Executive Director of our afflllation with UBC. NORTHSOUTH TRAVEL has Deborah Apps in the sunshine before designed this very speclal the Homecoming Croquet Tourna- cruiseitour for the alumnl. staff, ment.They lost, but they looked families and frlends of UBC. great doing it. Photo by Chris Petty. Incredible value, flexibility. tlming, and one of the most interesting destinations - World renowned portraitist Cyril Leeper VIETNAM. Join us on board the (c) recently finished the official university new MARC0 POLO from portraits of David Strangway and ORIENT LINES. Chancellor Bob Lee. Cyril worked his Oarcy Hibberd, President magic in the Minstrel‘s Gallery outside NORTH SOUTHTRAVEL the Chronicle offices. Photo by Cf?

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