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Saving an From Grad House art masterpiece to Grad Club New Directions for the Faculty of Health Sciences THE MAGAZINE OF QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, ONTARIO ISSUE 1, 2011 WWW.ALUMNIREVIEW.QUEENSU.CA Get a Second Opinion In these turbulent investment markets, a Second Opinion could bring you the stability you’re looking for. Why Do You Need a Second Opinion? Uncertain market conditions can leave you trying to balance your own peace-of-mind with your investment needs and goals. We can help guide you through a process to understand where you stand today and will help you to: QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY Understand and prioritize your goals ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Before considering specific investments, it’s important to identify your goals and priorities. What do you want to achieve? How much time do you have? What is your QUEEN’S ALUMNI risk comfort level? Sign up online to receive our free monthly e-newsletter, Assess your current portfolio The ViewPoint. 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C5806 CONTENTS ISSUE #1, 2011 VOLUME 85, NUMBER 1 SERVING THE QUEEN’S COMMUNITY SINCE 1927 CAMPUS SCENE 2 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK 18 TO SAVE A MASTERPIECE 3 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Queen’s University art historian Dr. Ron Spronk is co-leader of an international team that’s planning to save and restore the Ghent Altarpiece, one of the world’s 7 FROM THE DESK OF THE PRINCIPAL greatest art masterpieces. BY LINDY MECHEFSKE 8 CAMPUS SCENE “From Grad House to Grad Club” by Andrea Gunn, MPA’07 11 Q U I D N O V I ? News from campus and the Kingston community 15 EUREKA 16 BULLETIN BOARD 30 AT THE BRANCHES 32 QUAA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 34 ALUMNI BOOKSTAND courtesy of b. sellery Mary Huggard Steven Heighton, Artsci’85, MA’86, and Bruce Sellery, Com’93 PHoto courtesy of dr. ron sPronk 37 GRACE’S GRADS COVER STORY Michael Adams, Arts’69, Stayin’ Alive 20 RX FOR EXCELLENCE As the Dean, faculty, students, and staff prepare to open the doors on the School 39 KEEPING IN TOUCH of Medicine’s gleaming new $77-million home, the Review takes a look at a proud past, a busy present, and a promising future for the Faculty of Health Sciences, one the University’s most historic and yet dynamic programs. BY ALEC ROSS, NANCI CORRIGAN, AND KIRSTEEN MACLEOD 2010 CIS women’s soccer champs ALUMNI SPOTLIGHTS 46 Remembering Bob Wright, BA/PHE’83, BEd’84 48 Steve Wells, Artsci/PHE’83 52 Andrea Perry, MSc’06 (OT) 53 Leanne Milech, Artsci’04 54 Allison Cross, Artsci’05 58 Jaime McGrane, MA’10 60 THE LAST WORD “The end of a love affair” by Heather Grace Stewart, Artsci’95 Queen’s Marketing and coMMunications PLUS check out the Review’s homepage COVER PHOTO on the Queen’s news centre web dr. richard reznick, dean of the faculty of Health sciences, with students outside the site for stories, photo, and other school of Medicine’s gleaming new $77-million building, due to open this spring. news you won’t find anywhere else. Queen’s Marketing and coMMunications www.alumnireview.queensu.ca. EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK VOLUME 85, NO. 1, 2011 A new building [email protected] www.alumnireview.queensu.ca EDITOR and new ideas Ken Cuthbertson, Artsci’74, Law’83 E D ITO R E M E R ITA here have been some big changes to ment functions. In 1979, the School of Catherine Perkins, Arts’58 Tthe streetscape on Stuart Street, the Rehabilitation Therapy (with Occupa- KEEPING IN TOUCH EDITOR bustling thoroughfare that traverses the tional Therapy degrees as well) was Andrea Gunn, MPA’07 ART DIRECTOR lower campus. For the past two years con- added to the mix and partnered with the Larry Harris, Queen’s Marketing and struction has been underway on a splendid Schools of Medicine and Nursing under Communications new home for the School of Medicine. The the umbrella of what became known as STAFF CONTRIBUTORS opening of the $77-million, 11,600-square- the Faculty of Health Sciences. Liz Gorman, Sc’97 Andrew Naples, Artsci’06 metre facility, located at the intersection of The three schools combined now ad- ASSOCIATE EDITORS Stuart and Arch Streets, will help to usher mit about 330 first-year students each fall. Lindy Mechefske in a new era for the medical school and for These are the chosen few from among Heather Grace Stewart, Artsci’95 the Faculty of Health Sciences. thousands of qualified applicants. Com- ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Peter Gillespie, Artsi’01 Queen’s has been training doctors paratively speaking, the Faculty of Health Phone: (613) 533-6000 ext. 75464 since 1854. Over those past 157 years, the Sciences at Queen’s is one of the smallest Email: [email protected] medical school has graduated literally programs of its type in the country. How- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD thousands of young men and women ever, anything it lacks in size or because Sara Beck, Artsci’93; Jess Joss, Artsci’97; Mary Luz Mejia, Artsci’93; Marissa who have gone out to the four corners of it is located in thinly populated eastern Nelson, Artsci’99; Richard Powers, the world to work their healing magic. Ontario, it more than makes up for in Artsci/PHE’78, MBA’83, Law’86; Bruce Some have enjoyed high-profile other ways: the quality of academic, Sellery, Com’93; Sean Silcoff, Com’92. careers – I’m thinking here of the likes clinical, and continuing-education pro- 2009-2011 QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT of the noted cancer researcher Elizabeth graming; the excellence of the faculty, Heather Black, Sc’80 Eisenhauer, Meds’76, director of the the personalized instruction that students THE MISSION OF THE QUAA Investigational New Drug Program at receive and, of course, the superb quality “To reach out and foster a lifelong association with Queen’s, to engage the NCIC Clinical Trials Group; Jason of the students themselves. our members in the life and work of Hannah, BA’26, MD’28, LLD’74, who The opening of the new School of the University, and to serve the alumni was a pioneer in prepaid medical care in Medicine building is not the only change community in all its diversity.” Canada and was instrumental in found- that’s afoot at the Faculty. The School is CANADA POST PUBLICATIONS MAIL PERMIT #41089017 ing the History of Medicine Chair at also about to introduce an innovative new Postage paid at Kingston, ON Queen’s, and John D. Hammett, MD 1919, curriculum that promises to revolutionize Return undeliverable Canadian and who was the celebrity surgeon who cared the way Canada’s doctors are trained. other addresses to the Review offices. for the New York Yankees in the 1950s Our cover story this issue, aptly titled Queen’s University 99 University Avenue and was Marilyn Monroe’s doctor when “Rx for Excellence” (p. 20), is actually a Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 she was married to Joe DiMaggio. series of articles that explore a range of Phone: (613) 533-2060 Countless other Queen’s medical grads issues and concerns and introduce you or 1-800-267-7837 (toll-free in Canada and U.S.) have gone about their work in relatively to some of the bright people who make Fax: (613) 533-6828 anonymity, quietly and efficiently caring the Faculty of Health Sciences such a DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS AND for patients (40 per cent of doctors prac- special place. PUBLIC AFFAIRS ticing in Eastern Ontario are Queen’s- As always, we welcome your com- Ellie Sadinsky EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MARKETING AND trained!), doing innovative research, ments or questions about these articles or COMMUNICATIONS and generally improving and enriching anything else you read in the Review. Helena Debnam people’s lives. Still others have taught or Email [email protected]. THE QUEEN’S ALUMNI REVIEW served as administrators at various med- (circ. 112,000), published quarterly by the Department of Marketing and ical schools, including Queen’s. Notable CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, Communications, Office of Advancement, among the latter have been David Walker, Heather Bilkes, NSc’, was identified in is a member of the Council for the Meds’71; Ford Connell, MD’29, LLD’74; a photo caption in Issue #4-2010 (p.16) Advancement and Support of Education. Subscriptions free to alumni, $25 cdn/year and Garfield (“Gub”) Kelly, MD’40, LLD’84. as being a “30-something single mother for others. Opinions expressed in the Review The University expanded its health- of three.” In fact, Heather is happily mar- are not necessarily those of Queen’s University care educational role in 1942, when the ried, and what’s more, she notes that “my or of the QUAA.