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CLASS NOTES
12. 16. 50. TIMELINE FOCUS News from alumni A Brief History of University Restoring UC into the future College, Abridged BY YVONNE PALKOWSKI NOTA BENE
52. Campus news
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REPORT PERSPECTIVES What will define the incoming Alumni on special places at UC class of 2017? BY ELIZABETH RAYMER 36.
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EDITOR Yvonne Palkowski (BA 2004 UC)
SPECIAL THANKS Donald Ainslie Alana Clarke (BA 2008 UC) Keenan Dixon (BA 2011 UC) Naomi Hood Jim Lawson Lori MacIntyre
COVER PHOTOGRAPH University College at Night by Christopher Dew
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University College Alumni Magazine departments is published twice a year by the University College Advancement Office and is circulated to 25,000 alumni and friends of University IMAGE 01. 07. Lutz Dille, untitled BRIEFLY College, University of Toronto. [Two women at the Editor’s note Orangemen's Parade], PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT 1964, BW silver gelatin 10. 40041311 photographic print, fibre-based print CALENDAR What’s on at UC IMAGE 02. Tantalus presented to 46. Sir Henry Holmes Croft CAMPUS by the officers of the A bird’s-eye view of UC second Battalion of the Queen’s Own Riles on 48. July 1, 1867 02. IMPRESSIONS Alumni poetry 54. IN MEMORIAM Alumni passed
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CHRISTOPHER DEW NOËL NANTON notices something new and Toronto-based photographer Noël Nanton founded enchanting about it nearly every and designer Christopher Dew his graphic design studio, day. Her favourite things about equally enjoys shooting People, TYPOTHERAPY, in 2002. Since University College are the Places, and Things. His archi- then he has been recognized in colourful, mosaic floor tiles in tectural, interior, and editorial numerous international design the foyer and the winding, photo work has been widely anthologies. Noel has also lec- southeast staircase. She enjoyed published in Canadian and tured on design and exhibited paying a visit to the UC vault to international magazines. To his work on many occasions. His document its treasures for this his surprise, he became known typographically led designs were issue, and kind of wishes she as a specialist in photographing celebrated at the Type Directors could borrow the Principal’s shopping centres in Europe, Club of Toronto, the type sym- signet ring to wear, just for a North and South America posium at the Design Exchange, little while. despite an allergy to food and his latest solo exhibition, courts. His travels have led to MyType. Constantly working ELIZABETH RAYMER shooting resort locations across for diverse clients, this award- (BA 1986 UC) the Caribbean and his work at winning graphic designer is Elizabeth Raymer is a home includes garden, product, known for his love of type, his communicator, editor, and and corporate assignments. He unique typographical style and writer, whose subject matters enjoys photographing the life modern design. He is responsible have ranged from travel deals of People, Places, and Things at for the redesign of UC Magazine. for the Olympic Games to the University College, though dur- Humble and just a bit shy, Noel enforceability of Islamic mar- ing his many assignments, the has also been a DJ and music riage contracts in Canada. occasional suggestion of an producer. When he is not She has worked as a staff writer honorary degree has, to date, designing he teaches fitness and editor for professional and fallen on deaf ears. A selection classes at the local YMCA. daily newspapers in Toronto. of his work can be viewed at See more of Noel’s work at Also a UC alumna, her own Christopher-Dew.com. typotherapy.com. favourite parts of the college include the façade—in particu- YVONNE PALKOWSKI lar the central tower’s whimsical (BA 2004 UC) lone turret—and the cloisters. Toronto native Yvonne Palkowski is the communications officer for University College and the editor of UC Magazine. As both a UC alumna and staff member, she is intimately familiar with the building and its charms, yet 06 — UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-13 4:43 PM Page 7
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Briefly
Editor’s Note Letters
WHEN IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS ISSUE OF UC MAGAZINE would focus on the historic University College build- ing at 15 King’s College Circle, Toronto, I sighed. It is a topic that has been covered exhaustively: see Martin Friedland’s The University of Toronto: A History; Douglas Richardson’s A Not Unsightly Building: University College and its History; and Larry Wayne Richards’ The Campus Guide: University of Toronto, just to name a few definitive sources—to each of which this issue is greatly indebted, I might add. In addition to
writers, our building has inspired countless artists COUNTERFEIT CLOTHING MAY BE ILLEGAL, but the reasons to and photographers, and I wondered how we might abstain from buying it are not convincing in the present a fresh take on UC, the perennial favourite. article by Ashlee Froese (“Fashion Crimes,” Spring 2013). Does anyone really believe the economy is The answer was to share the exciting damaged by closing up dozens of small businesses restoration and renovation plans for University in Canada so that a few very expensive stores can College, unveiled this spring as part of Boundless: send millions of dollars to Europe, chiefly Italy and The Campaign for the University of Toronto. France? Does anyone believe that stopping the The planned improvements, which are of a scale sale of a counterfeit bag dramatically increases the not seen at UC for more than 35 years, are sale of the real one? Or does it just put a small brought into relief through exquisite, never- Canadian retailer out of business? I suggest that the before-seen sketches and watercolour renderings. retailers in Canada of fake goods pay their taxes, Unconventional photographs by Toronto archi- and that fake goods create more legal income for tectural photographer Christopher Dew depict the makers, Canadian sellers, and Canadian govern- our magnificent building in a brand new light. ments than does the income from the “real” thing. And stories about special places at UC contributed PHIL PALTER (BCOM 1963 UC) by fellow alumni tell of the myriad goings-on within these old walls. The end result will, I hope, move us all to help restore the physical fabric of our alma mater for generations of students Errata to come. YVONNE PALKOWSKI (BA 2004 UC) Apologies to Avie Bennett and Temi Odunlami, SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO [email protected] whose names were misspelled in the Spring 2013 LETTERS MAY BE EDITED FOR CLARITY AND LENGTH. issue. UC Magazine regrets the errors.
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Keynote
AUTHOR Donald Ainslie
PHOTOGRAPHER Christopher Dew
IN MY FIRST FEW MONTHS AS PRINCIPAL, I wandered the halls from Mike Galang, President of the Lit that year of our main University College building with a about the key that is handed down from one master key, opening doors, and finding out what President to the next. It supposedly opens one exactly what was going on in our magnificent ‘special’ door of the College, though I’m not sure College home. Of course, the College is something if any recent Presidents have had success in finding of a maze, so for the first few weeks I was mostly the lock in question. Diana Bennett (BA 1965 UC) orienting myself. Then I started finding the hidden said that she has always revered UC’s architectural treasures of the building. heritage; she had an article in the 1964 Varsity, criticizing the then-recently-opened Laidlaw wing. Having been a professor at U of T since 1996 and Raymond (2004 UC) and Amy Shyr (BA 2004 a member of the College since 2001, I was already UC), who met at orientation in Amy’s first week well aware of some of the building’s glories: East at UC, told me about how there was simply and West Halls, Croft Chapter House, the Junior no question of where their wedding photos Common Room, and so on. But in those first few would be taken: in and around the College. weeks, I also stumbled across the Janet Tupper Underwood Room (the original College kitchen, My partner and I moved into Bissell House in the recently re-opened as our Alumni Lounge, where fall of 2011. Now that I live on campus I see just UC alumni are always welcome). I found the two how much students use the building. The JCR is orange kitchens, legacies of the last renovation of the site of late-night coffee houses, rehearsals by the the College in the 1970s. I found the offices of our Follies, and study sessions at all hours. Some morn- student newspaper, the Gargoyle, deep under the ings I encounter a student who has clearly spent the Cloisters wing. The Gargoyle practices what they night on our old red couches. In the evenings, I affectionately call ‘artisanal’ student journalism, come across students from the Cognitive Science eschewing computers for old-style cut-and-paste, Student Association who are gathered for “Mind with a huge old billiards table serving as their lay- Readings,” their biweekly discussion group. One out table. I found the vault, and after many group of students seems to regularly sneak into attempts at the combination, figured out how to the quad on Sunday afternoons to play cricket. enter into that late 19th-century relic. It was added during the reconstruction of the College after the During my initial explorations of the College, I fire of 1890. (See the story on page 28 about what also found a surprising amount of empty or under- lies within it.) utilized space. I learned that much of the building is inaccessible to anyone who can’t easily handle The students and alumni I talked to during my first stairs. I saw classrooms where the only information months as Principal reinforced my sense of how technology available was an overhead projector. I much the building means to our community, not discovered that our UC Library had only four plugs, just because of its architectural significance, but and thus, lacking sufficient power for their laptops because of what happens within its walls. I heard and iPads, students were opting not to study there.
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With more students at UC than ever before, we With the support of alumni and friends we can cannot afford to have our greatest asset—the orig- ensure that UC continues to be a place that lives inal College building—be anything less than the on in the hearts of our graduates. They will heart and soul of the UC experience. To that end, return to the College with their children and I hired an architect last summer to develop plans grandchildren to tell the stories of how what hap- for revitalizing the building while preserving its pened within our walls changed their lives forever. rich heritage. You’ll see the results in this issue of the magazine. UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 09 UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-13 4:43 PM Page 10
CALENDAR FALL 2013 What’s On at UC uc.utoronto.ca/alumni
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FRAMING NARRATIVES: IMAGE 01. RENAISSANCE TO MODERNISM Lutz Dille, untitled [Two women at Exhibition through the Orangemen's November 14, 2013 Parade], 1964, Through an additive process BW silver gelatin photographic print, this exhibition foregrounds the fibre-based print. process of curation itself while exploring how diverse narratives IMAGE 02. Lyonel Feininger, may be generated from, or Dorfkirche, 1918, projected onto works of art. woodcut.
Including works by Rembrandt, IMAGE 03. Canaletto, Boucher, Burne- UC Book Sale Jones, Boudin, Manet, Picasso, Matisse, Klee, and Hepworth, 01. ranging in date from the LUTZ DILLE’S TORONTO: 1500s to the 1940s. PHOTOGRAPHS OF OUR U of T Art Centre, RECENT PAST northeast corner of UC Exhibition through For info: (416) 978-1835 November 14, 2013 Dille, a German-born photog- rapher and filmmaker lived in Toronto for thirty years begin- ning in the early 1950s, photo- graphing people and places in the city. This exhibition of twenty-two gelatin silver prints features images of Kensington Market, Woodbine Racetrack, the Scott Mission, and works from the Bar, Old City Hall,
Orangemen Parade and 03. Rooming House series. U of T Art Centre, northeast corner of UC 36TH ANNUAL UNIVERSITY For info: (416) 978-1835 COLLEGE BOOK SALE October 18 to 22, 2013 Proceeds support students and the UC Library. UC East and West Halls For info: (416) 978-0372 10 — UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-10 6:42 PM Page 11
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UC HERITAGE SOCIETY LUNCH October 31, 2013 at 12:00 noon Honouring planned giving donors to UC. U of T Art Centre at UC For info: (416) 978-7416
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2ND ANNUAL UC ALUMNI OF INFLUENCE AWARDS November 14, 2013 Awards gala in celebration of distinguished UC graduates. Distillery District Fermenting Cellar 9 Trinity Street, Toronto Tickets $150 For info: (416) 978-7416 07. or see page 3 ALEXANDER LECTURE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE February 11, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. Title TBA Prof. Judith Butler 04. Departments of Rhetoric and IMAGE 04. TEETZEL LECTURE IN ART & Comparative Literature Prof. Wu Hung ARCHITECTURE University of California at October 30, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. IMAGE 05. Berkeley UC Alumni of Title TBA UC Room 140 Influence awards Prof. Wu Hung 06. For info: (416) 978-7416 IMAGE 06. Department of Art History Hart Hanson The University of Chicago AN EVENING WITH HART MARCH UC Room 140 HANSON (BA 1981 UC) IMAGE 07. November 22, 2013 Judith Butler For info: (416)978-7416 Creator, Executive Producer, and F.E.L. PRIESTLY MEMORIAL LECTURES IN THE HISTORY Writer for the hit TV series Bones. OF IDEAS Room and time TBA March 26, 27 & 28, 2014 For info: (416) 978-7416 at 4:30 p.m. Title TBA STUBBS LECTURE IN CLASSICS Prof. Joan Scott November 28, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. Institutue for Advanced Study Title TBA Princeton University Prof. André Laks UC Room 140 Universidad Panamericana, For info: (416) 978-7416 Mexico UC Room 140
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A Brief History of University College, Abridged
OCTOBER 4, 1856 The foundation stone for University College is laid
OCTOBER 4, 1858 The capstone for the 120-foot tower of University College is set in place
OCTOBER 4, 1859 OCTOBER 6, 1884 University College first opens Women first attend its doors to students lectures at UC
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1931 Whitney Hall opens as a women’s residence
1964 IMAGE. The northern Laidlaw (Above:) John Edwin Usher, wing opens, enclosing untitled [known as FEBRUARY 14, 1890 the UC quadrangle Burning College], A fire destroys University 1890, oil on canvas. College, except for the west wings
SEPTEMBER 1890 Post-fire reconstruction of University College begins
JANUARY 1892 Post-fire restorations complete; University 1954 College re-opens Sir Daniel Wilson Residence opens as a men’s residence
1964
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1968 University College is 1980 designated a National Sir Daniel Wilson Residence Historic Site and Whitney Hall become co-ed residences
1996 The University of Toronto Art Centre opens in UC’s Laidlaw wing
1974 Faced with the prospect of demolishing UC, the community rallies to save the building and a major, decade-long renovation and retrofit begins in order to bring it up to code
1968
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2005 Morrison Hall residence opens
2013 The vision for UC’s East 2011 and West Halls, Library, A well is discovered in the UC Quadrangle, and Croft Chapter quadrangle during excavations House is announced as part of associated with waterproofing the U of T Boundless the foundation Campaign
2010 The Cloister wing and Bissell House exteriors are improved with assistance from Parks Canada and U of T
2013
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AUTHOR NEXT Yvonne Palkowski
RESTORINGCHAPTER UNIVERSITY COLLEGE INTO THE FUTURE
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enerations of students and passersby have found inspiration wandering through the Ghalls of University College, an architectural mas- terwork in the Romanesque-Revival style and National Historic Site. The countless whimsical, asymmetrical details not only capture our gaze and imagination, they also reflect back to us the diverse nature of our community.
When University College first opened its doors to students on October 4, 1859, its classrooms, library, and laboratories were lit by daylight and kerosene lamps, and its dormitories and offices were heated by coal-burning fireplaces. Faculty members relied on the spoken word and a black- board to communicate their ideas, while students took notes by pen and paper.
In the intervening decades, teaching and learning methods have changed dramatically. The IT revo- lution has seen blackboards, textbooks, and notepads give way to smart screens, e-readers, and iPads. To anyone walking through UC’s grand spaces today, it is clear that they require updating to improve functionality and meet current tech- nological standards.
But University College’s breathtaking spaces are not merely utilitarian. They are the backdrops to life stories, the places where undergraduates first discover their passions, form lifelong friendships,
01. and fall in love. Our rooms hold the stories from our past and herald our students’ bright future. IMAGE 01. University College campus overview That is why University College, under the rubric of Boundless: The Campaign for the University RENDERING Guanghao Qian of Toronto, has launched a campaign to revitalize our unparalleled architectural heritage. By restored our beloved spaces with heritage and functionality in mind, we can ensure that UC continues to tell the stories of our past, while serving the needs of our present and future.
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THE VISION FOR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
LIBRARY
The University College library was originally located in East Hall. The soaring and majestic “It is scarcely possible chamber held approximately 33,000 carefully selected volumes over two levels and offered the to overestimate the students of the day a quiet, inspirational place for study and research. aesthetic influences of In many ways the pride of the University, the library was destroyed in a matter of hours by a noble architecture in a calamitous fire that started on the evening of February 14, 1890 when a kerosene lamp fell building so intimately to the ground during preparations for a student social. The blaze devastated the east and south associated with the wings of University College, leaving only the laboratory and dormitories in the west intellectual training of wing unscathed. the rising generation at the most impressible period of life… —Sir Daniel Wilson, President of —University College, 1880-1892
IMAGE 02. University College after the fire of 1890
PHOTOGRAPHER UC Archives
IMAGE 03. Proposed Gallery overlooking the Library Collections Room
SKETCH Taylor Hazell Architects
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IMAGE 04. Proposed Library LIBRARY: Collections Room COLLECTIONS in East Hall ROOM
RENDERING Guanghao Qian Our plan breathes new life into the library by returning the Collections Room to its initial IMAGE 05. location and the East Hall to its first purpose. In Library in East Hall before the accordance with the library’s original design, our fire of 1890 plan also calls for the reinstallation of a gallery
PHOTOGRAPHER level complete with alcoves to increase collection UC Archives and study space. By restoring the historic nature and purpose of the room, we will further our quest for academic and research excellence.
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06. LIBRARY: READING ROOM
We envision the West Hall (originally a museum, the first location of what ultimately became the Royal Ontario Museum) as a Reading Room. The room’s stunning heritage features—a dazzling stained-glass rose window, portraits of influential UC professors, and more than 250 unique roundels—will provide an aspirational backdrop.
Dedicated areas for individual and group study will accommodate different study styles, allowing students to work independently or learn from each other in groups according to their prefer- ence. Specially designed work stations complete 07. with personal lighting and power sources will enable students to literally plug in and recharge between classes.
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IMAGE 06. Proposed Library Reading Room in West Hall
RENDERING Guanghao Qian
IMAGE 07. Museum in West Hall after the fire of 1890
PHOTOGRAPHER UC Archives 09.
LIBRARY: CAFÉ “The support of alumni A new Library Café will meet the food and beverage needs of students using the revitalized and friends is critical UC Library. Located in the tower of University College, with its handsome, wooden rafter beams because it shows that and stained-glass rose window, the café will provide a convenient option for study breaks and a UC spirit does not stop community hub for UC students, faculty, and staff. outside of the College, but continues after one's experiences at U of T.”
—Lyndsay Menzies, Finance —Commissioner, UC Lit 2013-14
IMAGE 08. Proposed Library Café in UC tower
RENDERING Taylor Hazell Architects
IMAGE 09. Classroom in UC tower
PHOTOGRAPHER 08. Christopher Dew
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QUADRANGLE
A verdant oasis in the middle of both University College and the downtown core, the Quadrangle is one of the UC community’s most loved spaces. Created in 1964 with the addition of the College’s northern Laidlaw Wing, the Quadrangle is where students, faculty, and staff go for relief from the rigours of the day—to break for lunch, play Frisbee, or read a book. (It is also the rumoured resting place of Ivan Reznikoff, UC’s legendary stone-mason-turned-ghost.)
While a popular destination, the Quadrangle has not seen significant improvements in its nearly 50 years. Our plan calls for new lighting, electrical sup- port, plantings, and benches, as well as a new walk- way on the east side to ensure that all four corners of the Quadrangle are accessible and active.
The reimagined Quadrangle will allow for classes to move outdoors in nice weather and for plays to be staged under the stars. While its functionality will be increased, the Quadrangle will remain a green space for quiet reflection—something that is increasingly important as the campus and city continue to develop around us.
“Handsome and “If these walls could adventurous, principled talk, they would have and complex, University 150 years’ worth of College was a work stories to tell. So much commanding respect of our incredible history and standing com- is tied to this building. parison with the best I think improving UC’s of its day.” physical structure is a way of honouring its —Douglas Richardson, A Not —Unsightly Building: University rich history.” —College and its History —Nishi Kumar, President,
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CONFERENCE CENTRE AT CROFT CHAPTER HOUSE
Croft Chapter House, with its distinct circular shape and vaulted ceilings, sits at the southwest corner of University College, somewhat apart from the rest of the building—and with good reason. Originally used as a chemistry laboratory, it was designed to contain any explosions or fires that might have resulted from the experiments conducted there. The irony is that the Chapter House was one of few parts of University College that escaped damage from the fire of 1890. Named after Henry Croft, the chemistry professor who fought tirelessly to establish UC as a non-sec- tarian, open institution, the former laboratory stands as a testimonial to UC’s inclusive nature and research mission.
Our plan returns Croft Chapter House, currently used for administrative meetings and receptions, to a space dedicated to research and open inquiry. The Conference Centre at Croft Chapter House will be a flexible, full-service conference facility with modern lighting, acoustical, and audio-visual ele- ments. The new space will attract conferences and symposia from around the University, Canada, and the world to University College, exposing our stu- 10. dents to the latest discoveries and innovations in a IMAGE 10. wide variety of fields. Proposed UC Quadrangle Historical sensitivity will be paramount in the RENDERING restoration of this unique domed structure and Guanghao Qian the finished space will have realized its potential to be one of the finest rooms not only in the IMAGE 11. University, but also in the city of Toronto. Proposed Conference Centre at Croft Chapter House
RENDERING Guanghao Qian
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12. CLASSROOMS AND STUDY SPACES
University College’s academic spaces host the open exchange of knowledge that is at the core of our mission. They are where faculty and students converge for the shared purpose of learning. While UC’s basic classrooms, seminar rooms, and lecture theatres were sufficient to facilitate this purpose throughout much of our history, this is no longer the case today. Twenty-first century teachers and students rely on new technologies such as e-podiums, media projectors, and laptops to share and record information.
Our plan will bring UC’s academic spaces up 13. to contemporary standards with the addition of state-of-the-art audio-visual systems and IMAGE 12. electrical fixtures. Classroom 152 SKETCH While the supportive technologies will be modern, Taylor Hazell Architects the classrooms themselves will be restored to their historic appearance. Traditional desks and chairs IMAGE 13. will be refurbished and repurposed. Floors will be Classroom 179 restored and the original high ceilings exposed. SKETCH Taylor Hazell The resulting atmosphere will connect today’s Architects students to their predecessors of over 150 years IMAGE 14. ago, and inspire them to the greatness achieved Main entrance to University College by UC alumni throughout history. PHOTOGRAPHER UC Archives
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ACCESSIBILITY
While University College exceeds most standards of design, it dates from an era when accessibility was not a great consideration for architects. For students and visitors with mobility challenges, UC is not the open place we strive for it to be.
Students who use wheelchairs, for example, cur- rently have only one point of access via a difficult, roundabout route. Once inside, they must rely on 15. a single elevator to access multiple wings and levels, and certain areas of the building remain “When people think off-limits due to small changes in rise that require users to climb stairs. of U of T, they think Our plan calls for multiple ramps and points of about UC. As a UC accessible entry, as well as a central elevator, to make UC truly open to everyone. Enhanced light- ing and new way-finding signage in UC’s maze of student I carry around corridors will make it easier for students and visi- tors to find classrooms, administrative offices, and that pride and I want to faculty offices. see our beautiful build- IMAGE 15. From its inception, University College has been (L-R:) committed to be open to all those who are quali- UC Lit Executives ing used as best as it Lyndsay Menzies, fied, regardless of their religion, financial circum- Ryan Phillips, and stances, or social status. Physical limitations Nishi Kumar remain a barrier that we must similarly break can be.” PHOTOGRAPHER down to make UC increasingly accessible.
Christopher Dew —Ryan Phillips, Vice-President,
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To support the planned improvements to UC or for more information, please visit boundless.utoronto.ca/uc.
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IRST-YEAR STUDENTS ENTERING UNIVERSITY COLLEGE THIS FALL WERE BORN CIRCA 1995 AND WILL GRADUATE IN 2017. FOR THIS TECH-SAVVY COHORT, A TABLET IS NO LONGER SOMETHING TAKEN IN THE MORNING, AND HAVING A CHAT HAS SELDOM INVOLVED TALKING. HOW WILL THEIR UNDERGRADUATE YEARS COMPARE TO THOSE OF THEIR FOREBEARS? UC MAGAZINE SPOKE WITH GRADUATES FROM DIFFERENT ERAS TO FIND OUT.
AUTHOR Fred Zemans (BA 1960 UC) In 1977… Elizabeth Raymer Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar at Osgoode Hall • Rumors by Fleetwood Mac tops the Billboard Law School, York University best-selling albums chart • The Toronto Blue Jays play their first game “I lived in the Sir Daniel Wilson residence—it had • The Eaton Centre opens in Toronto just opened the year before—and in those days it was a men’s residence. It had a sort of British col- Jenny Lass (BA 1997 UC) lege feel to it. We wore gowns to dinner, and it Communications specialist and author, Grain Free Gourmet: was an all-men’s dining hall. It was a very special, Delicious Recipes for Healthy Living maturing experience; being away from home, but becoming quite involved in student life and my “The way you registered for classes was in person, intellectual growth.” in a long lineup. Now everything is electronic. By the time I graduated we had the Internet, but it In 1960… was seldom used. You’d check email once or twice • The Sound of Music soundtrack tops the a week. Nearly everyone was still writing in a note- Billboard best-selling albums chart book; everything was still in pen and paper. A big • Gordie Howe becomes the leading scorer deal was to go into the computer lab and collabo- in NHL history rate with classmates, and be told by professors to • The Quiet Revolution begins in Quebec send each other an email.”
Joanne PauLl (BA 1977 UC) In 1997… Corporate Events Manager • Spice by Spice Girls tops the Billboard best-selling albums chart “During the summer following my third year at • Jacques Villeneuve becomes the first Canadian UC, I worked for a travel company. I discovered Formula One World Driver’s Champion I had an interest and a knack for coordinating • Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car accident and executing events, and decided to use those skills to resurrect the UC orientation program, and collected a group of UC Lit members and residence friends to organize the 1976 event. There was no Internet, no email, no websites. We put together this compete six-day orientation program, and mimeographed it.”
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FEWVAULT PEOPLE KNOW OF THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE VAULT, AND EVEN FEWER HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE IMPOSING SERIES OF DOORS (THERE ARE THREE) TO BEHOLD THE TREASURES THEREIN.
UC Magazine raided the vault—location, classified—and discovered this eclectic selection of artifacts.
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01 03 Tantalus presented to Sir University College mace Henry Holmes Croft by the officers of the second Battalion 04 of the Queen’s Own Riles on Tea service presented to Sir July 1, 1867 Daniel Wilson, President of University College, 1880-1892, 02 by the Society of Antiquaries of Plate commemorating the Scotland when he accepted the Prince of Wales’ visit to call to Toronto University College in 1860 05 Snuff box belonging to John McCaul, first President of University College, 1853-1880 28 — UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-10 6:43 PM Page 29
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06 08 Trowel presented to The University College Principal’s Honourable William M. Clarke, signet ring Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, upon laying the cornerstone 09 09 of Convocation Hall on “Key of north door, west end June 10, 1904 Reading Room, University College, 1877” 07 Ivorex plaque depicting front entrance to University College
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My special place was, don’t Now we’re assumin’ laugh, the women’s lounge/ that the temperature’s zoomin’ washroom at the foot of the east It’s way up to ninety five. staircase. I’d rub the dragon on And folks in Toronto the newel post and go down- are latching on to stairs where there was a comfy, Latin American jive! old leather couch. My friends As you can imagine, the show and I spent many an hour there was a resounding success! talking, laughing, and even (gag) eating our lunches. Josef Eisinger (BA UC 1947) Recently, I was in UC and in search of the washroom. One spring I noticed the hedges It’s no longer there. in the quad needed trimming, and mentioned it to the porter Ruth Chernia (BA UC 1970) in passing. Sitting in his office at the time was the groundskeeper, It was wartime in 1943, but Cedrick. He said, “Why don’t this did not deter UC under- you apply to do it?” Hmmm… I founded Soundstreams graduates from putting on the did apply and ended up being in 1982, an organization annual UC Follies in Hart the first of two women (me and that presents concerts House theatre. It was a bitter Debbie Stone) ever hired for and festivals of music by cold winter and it was the groundskeeping on the UC living composers. We conceit of the production that campus. It was a great hot work frequently with University College was magically summer. And one of the best R. Murray Schafer, transported to the southern paying hourly jobs I ever had! Canada’s greatest living composer, hemisphere. I recall playing and in 2005 were looking to in the orchestra which was Margaret Lindsay Holton collaborate on a choral opera. conducted by my much-missed (BA 1979 UC) class-mate Paul Serson who I took Murray to see the UC also wrote the music. The show quad hoping its medieval magic opened with the chorus singing might inspire him to write a these unforgettable lines: work for the space. Many weeks later, he sent me the plan for a full-scale opera for multiple choirs and orchestra based on and called The Children’s Crusade, in which the audience moved with the performers through a series of scenes staged inside and out at UC. We eventually produced the opera with great success at the Luminato festival in 2009. While UC turned out to be too small for the actual production, it was the quad that inspired what turned out to be one of the great works in the history of Canadian opera.
Lawrence Cherney, Artistic Director, Soundstreams (BA 1969 UC)
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One time a small group of us from Sir Dan’s went out to the back field at 2:00 a.m. to kick around a soccer ball. It was our first spring as undergrads, and that night we felt particularly enthusiastic.
Pretty soon we had an intense half-pitch soccer game going, with a couple of subs and a good mix of girls and guys. We’d been so caught up in the game that we didn’t notice the campus cops watching us until they approached. We stopped the Frosh week 2001 is where it all I graduated in Maths and Physics game to politely ask what the began, with one simple question in 1951. In our third and fourth problem was. They told us that changed my life and my years we took most of our pure there’d been a noise complaint, identity. math lectures in the classroom but that they’d been watching us directly above the rotunda but it for the last few minutes and did- “That’s a spicy way of spelling it – was our second year lectures in n’t find us very noisy at all. We can I call you Spicy?” Newtonian Physics by Professor thanked them as they walked Leopold Infeld in the lecture away and assured them we’d try Those were the words in room at the extreme east end of to keep it down anyway. We response to my spelling out the College that we cherish still. resumed play. my name R-Y-O-N. Those were We were honoured to have a the words that started a new UC man of his stature in our midst, They hadn’t even made it back tradition. From 2001 until 2006, a former colleague of Einstein to their car yet before someone no one knew the guy known as and a prize-winning author in scored a jaw-dropping goal that Ryon Levitt, but everyone English, his third language. went through two defensemen knew Spicy from Ferguson We did not know then that on and dinged the post before House, Spicy from Luker 16, the basis of false accusations going in, setting us all off Spicy from Perron House and insidious McCarthyism that screaming like madmen. We (depending on whom you had entered Canada in the late became suddenly aware of how asked and in which year). forties, he was hounded out of loud we were being as the cops the country that summer, never walked right back and told us, Even the staff of Whitney, Sir to return. curtly, to get the hell off the field. Dan’s, and Morrison Halls all knew me as Spicy – not as Ryon. He also had a wry sense of humour that occasionally crept To this day, my friends from into his lectures such as the time U of T call me Spicy, and when I he averred that when he died he wake up on my birthday and see hoped to do so on a Saturday a Facebook feed full of “Happy night. To which we as one called Birthday Spicy!” I look back and out, “Why?” And to which he smile to this simple innocuous replied, “So I won’t have to live question asked on that first day. through another Toronto Sunday.” Ryon ‘Spicy’ Levitt (BSc 2006 UC) Peter Armour Niblock (BSc 1951 UC)
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We moved the game to the the other things. Eventually, the ernous basement room with an front field and carried on until Playhouse would go quiet again, earthen floor and an abandoned almost dawn. until the next girl’s, “I’ll go” and construction shack in one corner. the next big breath. The shack was wide open and Rob Mackenzie (BSc 2007 UC) contained a very old, dusty blue- Clara Pasieka (BA 2012 UC) print of the entire steam tunnel There was always a silence network. Our “freshmen chal- before we began. Two rows of Being a first-year student at Sir lenge” was to take ownership of girls around a long table. The Daniel Wilson Residence at this blueprint and bring it back wooden shutters shut. Stage University College in 1962 was a for the glory of Loudon House. lights brightened the stage while fabulous introduction to univer- We did just that, and to my the would-be audience was sity life. Senior students estab- knowledge the blueprints plunged into darkness. We lished camaraderie with and sup- remained in the archives at would be both artists and audi- ported the freshmen throughout Loudon House for some con- ence. When it was my turn, I the year. There were also some siderable time. took a deep breath, then closed interesting challenges thrown my eyes as they read. Just before out to the freshmen class, and Michael Redding (BA 1966 UC) they reached the word that I one of these led to an exciting never said aloud, the word I midnight trip into the steam tun- It was the alcove outside Croft knew would overwhelm me, I nels underlying the university. Chapter House; practically 20 held my breath. years since my first day at our We set out from Loudon House iconic College. The occasion was “It felt so real,” they said. and entered the steam tunnels my wedding day. When my hus- “That’s because it’s my story,” near our residence. The con- band, Marwin Viegas, and I non- my voice broke. crete tunnels were lit with bare chalantly declared in 1997 that electric bulbs every 50 feet or so. we’d get married in August, my “Ah,” the beautiful woman that Well-insulated steam pipes and father noted that August 11 was was my teacher said, nodding. electrical conduits stretched a hundred years since my great She didn’t get me a tissue or say, along the walls and floor. We grandparents’ wedding! That “That must have been difficult.” often had to walk in a crouch. great grandfather, Richard Just “Ah,” and that was enough Having travelled for quite some D. Coutts, was a UC grad him- for me. My classmates would say time, exploring side routes along self so where else to take pho- the way, we ended up in a cav- tographs but on the College grounds on which we’d both found refuge as undergrads.
But the eleventh was a Monday and that required special permis- sion; wedding parties were only allowed on weekends. After writ- ing to the Principal (mentioning that UC family connection), we were granted access to the quad alone. Needless to say, we could- n’t resist discretely sneaking out to that oh-so-irresistible alcove to capture the start of our own history as husband and wife!
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University College Alumni of Influence
Last year, we introduced the University College Alumni of Influence awards in the belief that the success stories of our graduates should be known to today’s students, fellow alumni, and the public at large. At the inaugural awards ceremony, we honoured 100 alumni from today and yesterday. This year, on the basis of nominations from the UC community, we add another 20 accomplished graduates to that prestigious list. Through the UC Alumni of Influence Awards, we will continue to recognize our outstanding graduates on an annual basis, and encourage you to help us identify candidates by submitting nominations at uc.utoronto.ca/aoi.
The Alumni of Influence come from many different walks of life: they are actors, artists, athletes, business people, community builders, doctors, humanitarians, leaders, legal professionals, scientists, teachers and more. What they have in common is their remarkable achievements in their respective fields, and the tremendous influence they wield locally, nationally, and internationally.
On the evening of November 14, 2013, University College students, faculty, and graduates will gather in celebration of our newest Alumni of Influence—the UC alumni who help to make us proud of the College and to inspire the students of today.
Alumni of Influence Selection Criteria A selection committee of eight UC within the wider community and alumni, faculty, and friends met their philanthropy. Philanthropy to select the Alumni of Influence to the University of Toronto on the basis of nominations sub- specifically was not a factor. mitted by members of the UC Members of the selection commit- community. The committee con- tee, sitting politicians, and the sidered the nominees’ contribu- current U of T President, Vice- tions to their professional field at Presidents (UTM and UTSC) and an international, national, or local the Chancellor were excluded level, as well as their volunteerism from consideration.
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Dr. Avie Bennett (1948 UC) Entrepreneur and philanthropist Mary Bell Bald, Catherine Brown, Avie Bennett is the founder of Margaret Brown, Ella Gardiner, First Plazas Inc., his personal, and Margaret Langley (1884 UC) commercial real estate company. Pioneers Mary Bell Bald, Catherine He is credited with pioneering Brown, Margaret Brown, Ella the retail plaza concept in Canada, Gardiner, and Margaret Langley opening the nation’s first strip were the first women students to malls in Toronto in the early 1950s. attend lectures at University College, starting on October 6, Bennett is the former chair of the 1884, and graduating in 1885. venerable Canadian publishing house, McClelland & Stewart Ltd.; While the women were permit- he donated 75% of the company to ted to attend lectures, they faced the University of Toronto in 2000. a number of challenges and That same year, he also donated inequities. Female students were The Canadian Encyclopedia (elec- prohibited from using the reading tronic version) to the Historica room and library catalogues, and Foundation of Canada, and co- from standing at bulletin boards chaired the Canadian Democracy in the halls; class notices were and Corporate Accountability sent to their private waiting room. Commission. They required the president’s permission to join clubs, and did In addition to his business not get their own residence or interests, Bennett is a driving gymnasium until 1905 and 1959, force in the community, educa- respectively. tion, and the arts. He is a past chair of the Historica-Dominion In spite of these formidable Institute and a former president obstacles, Bald, Gardiner, of the International Readings at Langley, and the Brown sisters Harbourfront. He has served York blazed the trail for generations University as Chancellor; the of female UC students to come. National Ballet of Canada, includ- ing its foundation and ballet school; the Governing Council of the University of Toronto; the Schulich Board of Business; the United Way of Greater Toronto; and the Luminato arts festival.
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Charles Leonard Dubin (d. 2008) (BA 1941 UC) Lawyer and jurist Charles Leonard Dubin was a brilliant lawyer who rose to the position of Chief Justice of Ontario. Born in Hamilton, he completed under- graduate studies at UC before graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School. He practiced both criminal and civil law, represent- ing clients ranging from unions to Prof. Keith Ellis (BA 1958 UC) corporations, bookies to athletes, the few scholars to be awarded as well as former prime minister Keith Ellis is a renowned scholar, an honorary doctorate by the John Diefenbaker. A legal super- translator, and critic of Latin University of Havana. star with a reputation for ethics American literature. Professor and excellence, Dubin was asked Emeritus of Latin American Beyond the academy, he has to sit on the Ontario Court of Literature at U of T, he specializes served the Union of Writers and Appeal by prime minister Pierre in poetry and short stories and is a Artists of Cuba; the Casa de las Trudeau in 1973; he ascended to leading authority on the poetry of Americas Literary Prize; the Chief Justice in 1993. Caribbean writer, Nicolás Guillén. Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association; and the Royal He served on several royal com- His teaching and scholarly Ontario Museum. missions, notably leading the careers, which have included Dubin Inquiry into the use of the production of some 20 books In his retirement, he has pro- performance-enhancing drugs and more than 100 articles, have duced several bilingual antholo- in sports, struck after Canadian brought him many distinctions, gies on the theme of integrating sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped including the Canadian Spanish- and English-speaking of his gold medal for testing Association of Hispanists Prize Caribbean cultures. A winner in Cuba’s positive for steroids at the 1988 for best academic book for 1957 of University College’s Norma Nicolás Guillén: Poetry and Ideology Olympic Games. He also led . Epstein Award for short story, inquiries into aviation safety and He is a recipient of the Medal of Ellis’s own poems have also hospital procedures in Canada. the City of Poitiers, the Andrés appeared in anthologies and jour- Bello Medal from the Ministry nals in various countries and in For his tremendous contributions of Culture of Venezuela, and several languages. to the legal profession and justice the Medal of the University system, Dubin was honoured with of Havana. three honorary doctorates, and named an Officer of the Order of In 1988, Ellis became the first Canada as well as a Member of the black person to be named a Fellow Order of Ontario. of the Royal Society of Canada, a peer-elected group of the top pro- fessors in the country. In 1998, he made history by becoming one of UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 39 UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-13 4:43 PM Page 40
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Dr. John Charles Fields (d. 1932) (BA 1884 UC) A noted Canadian mathemati- cian, John Charles Fields was the founder of the prestigious Fields Medal for outstanding achieve- ment in mathematics.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1863, he graduated from University College before leaving for the United States to study at Johns Hopkins University, where received his PhD in 1887.
Disillusioned with the state of mathematical research in North America at the time, he left for Europe in 1891, where he associ- ated with some of the greatest mathematical minds of the time. Prof. David P. Gauthier His principal non-philosophical He began publishing papers on a (BA 1954 UC) interest, arising from his new topic, algebraic functions, Eminent philosopher David observation of trolley cars which would prove to be the Gauthier is best known for his beginning at an early age, is most fruitful research field of social contract theory of morality. in what is now called light rail his career. In addition to moral theory, his transit. When much younger, he work explores the history of was an unsuccessful candidate for Returning to Canada in 1902 political philosophy, with special election to the Canadian House to lecture at the University of attention to Hobbes and of Commons, an occasional Toronto, Fields worked tirelessly Rousseau, and the theory of newspaper columnist, and a to raise the stature of mathemat- practical rationality. writer on public affairs. ics within academic and public circles. He helped establish the In 1979, he was elected a Fellow Several of Gauthier’s students National Research Council of of the Royal Society of Canada. are now important moral, Canada as well as the Ontario From 1958 to 1980, he was a political, and legal philosophers Research Foundation. He was member of the Department of in the United States and Canada. elected a Fellow of the Royal Philosophy at the University Asteroid (15911) Davidgauthier is Society of Canada in 1907 and a of Toronto, serving as chair named after him. Fellow of the Royal Society of from 1974 to 1979. Since 1980, London in 1913. he has been a member of the Department of Philosophy at He is best known for his develop- the University of Pittsburgh, ment of the Fields Medal, consid- where he is now Professor ered to be the ‘Nobel Prize in Emeritus. He served as chair mathematics’. Created in 1936, from 1983 to 1987, and was it is awarded to two to four math- appointed a Distinguished ematicians under the age of 40 Service Professor in 1986. He has who have made important contri- been a Senior Research Fellow at butions to the field. The Fields the Center for Philosophy of Institute at the University of Science, and has held visiting Toronto is named in his honour. appointments at UCLA, UC Berkeley, Princeton, UC Irvine, and the University of Waterloo.
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Lecture on Canada-US Relations; Committee, a director of the member of the board of gover- Advocates’ Society, and a mem- nors, Council for Canadian Unity; ber of the Ontario Securities and director of Operation Commission Enforcement Dialogue, a charitable organiza- Advisory Committee. tion designed to inspire passionate discussion among Currently, he is a member of Canadians about what it means the Ontario Regional Committee to be Canadian. of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute, a member of the board For his myriad accomplish- of directors of the Association ments, he received the Golden in Defence of the Wrongly Jubilee Medal of Queen Convicted Foundation, a mem- Elizabeth II as well as the ber of the board of directors of Career Achievement Award Book Clubs for Inmates, and a from the Canadian Investment member of the Society for the Dr. C. Warren Goldring (d. 2009) Awards, and was recognized as Reform of the Criminal Law. (BA 1949 UC) Entrepreneur of the Year by Investment magnate and philan- Ernst & Young. Among his many honours, thropist C. Warren Goldring was Greenspan was awarded the the co-founder and honorary Douglas K. Laidlaw Medal for chair of AGF Management Ltd., excellence in oral advocacy in one of Canada’s premier invest- 2002 and received the G. Arthur ment management companies. A Martin Medal for contributions pioneer in the Canadian mutual to criminal justice in Canada fund industry, he pursued a long in 2010. He holds an honorary and distinguished career as a doctor of laws from The Law portfolio manager and influen- Society of Upper Canada, and tial builder in the investment was awarded the Alumni management business. Prior to Gold Key for Achievement co-founding AGF, he spent 16 by Osgoode Hall. He was also years at the brokerage firm Fry & presented with the key to the Co., and started his career at Sun city of his hometown, Niagara Life Assurance Company. Falls, Ontario in 2013. Goldring served as a president of Dr. Brian Greenspan (BA 1968 UC) Greenspan has been recognized the Toronto Society of Financial Renowned criminal lawyer in The International Who’s Who of Analysts and as a member of the Business Lawyers in Business Crime Granite Club, National Club, Brian Greenspan is a partner and The Best Lawyers in Canada Empire Club, Rosedale Club, in the Toronto firm Greenspan, since their inception and has been and Ticker Club. He was a mem- Humphrey, Lavine. He has twice named as one of the 25 Most ber of the Attorney General’s taught the administration of Influential Lawyers in Canada by Committee on Securities criminal justice at Osgoode Hall Canadian Lawyer Magazine. Legislation in 1965, which paved Law School and was a special lec- the way for the securities regula- turer in criminal law at U of T’s tions we have today. He also Faculty of Law. He is a frequent served as the president of the speaker at law schools and con- Investment Funds Institute of tinuing legal education pro- Canada from 1974 to 1976. grams throughout Canada.
In the community, he served as: Greenspan has served as chair of the University College president of the Criminal Committee, University of Lawyers’ Association (Ontario) Toronto; supporter of the Canada and as founding chair of the Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Canadian Council of Criminal Center in Washington and The Defence Lawyers. He was a C. Warren Goldring Annual member of the Ontario Judicial Appointments Advisory UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 41 UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-13 4:43 PM Page 42
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Greenspan was awarded the of the Law Reform Commission of G. Arthur Martin Medal for out- Canada from 1983 to 1990, when standing contribution to he was appointed to the Federal Canadian criminal law in 2001. Court of Appeal. He was the recipient of the Maurice Coady Prize at U of T in He authored a statistical study on 1965, and was awarded the Canada compensation for car accidents 125 Medal in 1992, as well as the which led the province of Ontario Advocates’ Society Medal in 2009. to adopt a no-fault auto insurance He holds four honorary doctorates plan. He also initiated a study on and this year, he was awarded the compensation for victims of Law Society Medal, the highest crime which influenced the honour that can be bestowed Ontario government to enact a upon an Ontario lawyer. public scheme to furnish compen- sation to victims of violent crime. Prior to his elevation to the bench, Dr. Edward L. Greenspan he served as a consultant in the (BA 1965 UC) litigation of Canadian thalido- High-profile lawyer Edward mide children seeking compensa- L. Greenspan is a senior partner tion from the company that pro- in Toronto law firm Greenspan duced the drug. Partners. After undergraduate studies at UC, he earned a law In 2012, he was awarded the degree at Osgoode Hall and David Walter Mundell Medal in began his practice in 1970, honour of his distinguished con- receiving his Queen’s Counsel tribution to law and letters. in 1982. While he is best known for defending people charged with criminal offences, he also acts in Securities Act investiga- tions and prosecutions, income tax investigations, coroners’ The Hon. Allen M. Linden inquests, and defends people (BA 1956 UC) charged under the Occupational Allen Linden is a recently retired Health and Safety Act and the judge of the Federal Court of Environmental Protection Act. Appeal. After graduating from He taught criminal law at U of UC, he attended Osgoode Hall T’s Faculty of Law for 28 years Law School, then the University and for 18 years at Osgoode Hall of California, Berkeley, where he Law School at York University. earned his doctor of laws. He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1960, Greenspan has been a director and was an associate at Levinter, of the Canadian Civil Liberties Grossberg, Dryden & Co., until he Association since 1981, and has left to teach law at Osgoode Hall served as a Vice President since from 1961 to 1978. He has taught The Hon. Justice Sidney B. 1989. He has been a board law in the US, Australia, and the Linden (BA 1961 UC) member of the Canadian Shaare UK, and has written several books Called to the Bar of Ontario in Zedek Hospital Foundation since and articles on tort law. 1966, lawyer and judge Sidney 1988, and a member of ORT Linden was in private practice Canada (Toronto chapter) since Justice Linden acted as executive until 1980. Between 1980 and 1996. Since 2002, he has been a director of the Canadian Institute 1985, he was the first Police member of the Judicial Ethics on the Administration of Justice Complaints commissioner for Advisory Committee. from 1974 to 1978, when he was metropolitan Toronto and chair appointed to the Superior Court of Ontario. He served as president
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of the Police Complaints Board. Between 1985 and 1987, he was director of the Canadian Auto Workers Prepaid Legal Services Plan, the first privately funded national prepaid legal service plan in Canada. In 1987, he was appointed Ontario’s first Information and Privacy commissioner.
In April 1990, he was appointed Chief Justice of the newly reor- ganized Ontario Court of Justice (provincial division). During that time, he was co-chair of the Ontario Judicial Council and a member of the board of the National Judicial Institute. Linden has also served as chair of the board of Legal Aid Ontario Dr. H. Ian Macdonald Association of Universities; the from 1999 to 2004, and as com- (BCom 1952 UC) Inter-American Organization for missioner of the Ipperwash Public Economist, higher education Higher Education; the Canadian Inquiry from 2004 to 2007. leader, and Rhodes Scholar Ian Hockey Association; and the Macdonald has had a distin- Empire Club of Canada, among Legal Aid Ontario created the guished career in both academia many others. Sidney B. Linden Award, named and government. He served as a after their first chair of the board professor of economics at U of T During his career, Mr. Macdonald of directors, to honour exception- and dean of men at University has received many honours, al individuals who have demon- College, before entering the pub- including the Governor General’s strated a commitment to helping lic service in the government of Medal; the Centennial Medal; the low-income people, and who have Ontario as chief economist and Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal; given their time and expertise assuming a number of increas- Officer of the Order of Canada; towards ensuring access to justice ingly important, ministerial Citation of Merit, the Court of in Ontario. Linden was also recog- positions in economics and Canadian Citizenship; the Medal nized by the Canadian Institute intergovernmental affairs. of the Dominican Republic; the for the Administration of Justice Canada 125 Medal; the Award of with a Justice Award. In 2009, he In 1974, he was named president Merit of the Canadian Bureau was awarded an honorary doctor of York University, a position he for International Education; of laws by the Law Society of held with distinction for more Honorary Life Member, the Upper Canada. than ten years. Macdonald is now Canadian Olympic Association; President Emeritus of York the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal; University, as well as a Professor and the Vanier Medal, among of Public Policy and Economics, many other accolades. and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program. In 2005, he was honoured by the government of Ontario with the In the community, Macdonald creation of the H. Ian Macdonald has served several Canadian and Visiting Economist position in international companies and the Ministry of Finance, and institutions, including: the AGF with the George Tatham Award Companies; McGraw-Hill Ryerson in recognition of a lifetime of Ltd.; the Canadian Rhodes teaching excellence. Scholars Foundation; the Council of the Royal Commonwealth Society; the International
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Prof. David Naylor (1974 UC) Medical researcher, higher educa- tion leader, and Rhodes Scholar David Naylor served as president of the University of Toronto from 2005 to 2013. After two years at University College, he entered medical school and received his MD from U of T’s Faculty of Medicine in 1978. He earned his PhD in the Faculty of Social and Administrative Studies at Oxford Joan Murray (BA 1965 UC) Ontario galleries, including a University in 1983, and became a Author, curator, and art historian major retrospective of Florence Fellow of the Royal College of Joan Murray has played a signifi- Carlyle for Museum London. Physicians and Surgeons in 1986. cant role in developing the study of Canadian art. She earned a PhD A leading scholar of Tom Naylor joined the Medical in art history from U of T and, Thomson, Murray was responsi- Research Council at Toronto starting in 1968, she worked at ble for bringing the works of the General Hospital in 1987, and the the Art Gallery of Ontario, first visionary Canadian painter to Department of Medicine at U of T as head of education, then as the world attention through a series in 1988, becoming dean of gallery’s first curator of Canadian of exhibitions and books, includ- Medicine and vice provost for art and as acting chief curator. ing a biography. She has authored Relations with Health Care From 1974 to 1999, Murray was over twenty books on the history Institutions at U of T from 1999 at the helm of the Robert of Canadian art, notably Canadian to 2005. McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa Art in the Twentieth Century, where she organized more than Northern Lights: Masterpieces of He is the co-author of approxi- 100 exhibitions and assisted in Tom Thomson and the Group of mately 300 scholarly publications, fundraising for the gallery. Seven, and McMichael Canadian spanning social history, public Art Collection: One Hundred policy, health economics, and Upon her retirement, she served Masterworks, and has published epidemiology and biostatistics, as adjunct curator to the Varley more than 200 articles on subjects as well as clinical and health Art Gallery in Unionville, as well ranging from folk art to contem- services research in most fields of as assisting the National Gallery porary artists in the Globe and Mail, medicine. He has also been active of Canada and the Art Gallery of Maclean’s, and other publications. as a policy advisor to governments Ontario as one of the curators for She is a well-known lecturer, both in Canada and abroad for 25 years. a major retrospective of Tom in Canada and abroad. Among other contributions, he Thomson. Murray also developed served as chair of the National several exhibitions for leading Murray was elected to the Royal Advisory Committee on SARS Canadian Academy in 1992; and and Public Health in 2003. More in 1993, was honoured with recently, he was a member of the Senior Award from the the Global Commission on the Association of Cultural Executives Education of Health Professionals for her outstanding contribution and dedication to Canadian cultural life. She received the
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for the 21st Century, and he served gists and neuroscientists through- integral role in community and on the federal Review of R&D out his prolific career. His publi- economic development through Spending in Canada. cations are highly cited, and he her signature approach involv- has been elected to seven distin- ing training, mentoring, and Naylor is a Fellow of the Royal guished societies of science: the capacity-building. Society of Canada and the Royal Society of Canada; the Royal Canadian Academy of Health Swedish Academy of Sciences; the Her volunteerism has spanned Sciences, a Foreign Associate Royal Society of London; the four decades and includes invalu- Fellow of the US Institute of American Academy of Arts and able contributions to anti-racism, Medicine, and an Officer of the Sciences; the National Academy organizational and international Order of Canada. He is also the of Sciences, USA; Academia development, health, education, recipient of various national and Europaea; and the Estonian arts, and governance. Among her international awards for excel- Academy of Sciences. many accomplishments, she lence in research and leadership spearheaded the creation of a in clinical medicine, public policy, He has received numerous hon- network of radio stations serving public health, and healthcare. ours, including the prestigious isolated communities, linking Gairdner International Award, them to mainstream Canada and Canada’s leading prize in biology, each other; helped establish a the Distinguished Scientific regional Children’s Aid Society Contribution Award of the office; and provided invaluable American Psychological mentoring and support to Association, and the Gold Aboriginal leaders and hundreds Medal Award for Life of community members. Her Achievement in Psychological impact has been local, regional, Science from American national, and individual, and she Psychological Foundation, has radically improved lives among other accolades. In 2006, in Canada’s most distant and he was named an Officer of the marginalized communities. Order of Canada and in 2007, he was inducted into the Canadian Woolner is also a founding Medical Hall of Fame. member of the Sioux Lookout Creative Arts Circle, a not-for- profit group that promotes Prof. Endel Tulving (BA 1953 UC) artists in northwestern Ontario Experimental psychologist and and all forms of creative expres- cognitive neuroscientist Endel sion by providing opportunities Tulving has fundamentally for performance, exhibition, shaped our understanding of instruction, and promotion human memory. He introduced related to the arts. the concept of episodic memory, which has provided insight into neurological disorders such as strokes and Alzheimer’s disease, and his theories have provided the foundation for the field of memory research.
Tulving left his native Estonia during WWII and came to Florence Woolner (BA 1970 UC) Canada, eventually enrolling in An advocate for rural and psychology at U of T, where he Aboriginal communities, spent his career. Now a Professor Florence Woolner has dedicated Emeritus at U of T, he has influ- her life to improving the quality enced generations of psycholo- of life and opportunities for resi- dents of remote communities. Upon graduating from UC, she settled in northwestern Ontario, where she continues to play an UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 45 UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-10 6:44 PM Page 46
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A Bird’s-Eye View of UC
LEARNING YOUR WAY AROUND UC ISN’T EASY—JUST ASK ANY FIRST-YEAR STUDENT. SO WE DEVELOPED A MAP THAT MAKES FINDING YOUR UC DESTINATION EASY AND FUN.
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Impressions
UC Tower Tea at the Union Worn gold wood and hollowed stone This is the universe, a stadium, one good turn calm whoever seeks to climb Or a victory lap around the dormitory the tower’s echoing stair. Chocolate chip and orange pekoe Two each, please, or more if no one’s looking Yellow dust drifts high Pages and pencils repelled by white linens and old wood to where, beyond the topmost step, Everything is on the table a wide lunette fans open light And around it A multitude of folds – hands, napkins and square browned pillars rise Half-whispered hellos through steam and milk to hold a time-stained ceiling The agony of the leaves confined to paper sachets, like words lemon-wedged in curves While we take secret anticipatory pleasure in the destruction of a sugar cube The undoing of crystals for so suave an infusion as though some small bright space Brought across oceans storeys above ground We came on trade winds too might hold a phoenix nest. Called together to diffuse and turn Until the tea is gone SUSAN IOANNOU (BA 1966 UC) And our fortunes are told.
DANIEL JAMES (BSc 2005, BA 2008 UC)
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Nothing for We mounted then butting out onto the snow against their sexless light dusting scales over tar seal and curb. First, we made a winter mound of until our parents’ bus. At university, my plough snow, Again, with a gaze first friend away from homebound; they you was a then hollowed a tunnel through blue hardly noticed us, girl from Lahore who light to a cave. or the white mess left by had never seen snow our hips. fall, until Here: a gnome table, chairs. A window looking Offspring came we watched it street side. in the melt of March as come down together peonies, in the Whitney Quad. Under the sodium light we watched but we pretended not to Today you rig in our parents off the bus, know where they grew places too from. cold for its fall their stiff walk home hardly noticed us Our last winter as children, and I ride in our frozen sett. we thought our parents’ bus nothing for the snow. into the city. Older, we sculpted snow into merpeople— Now, I only see winter tails and torsos. A pocket burrowed through a window and hand, the other smoking wonder: Yours, always Ariel: nimbly floating hair and Are there any shell-cupped breasts. away from the bus turning other reasons its corner for the fall of snow? Mine, always Trident: high, on our lark shadows, hard shoulders, and ADAM W. MEISNER (BA 2006 UC) armoured pecs.
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NEWS FROM CLASSMATES NEAR AND FAR
IMAGE 01. Mina Benson Hubbard Crossed Canoes Part of Pioneer Women and Paper Patchwork by Elizabeth Bacque
IMAGE 02. (L-R:) Marden Paul, Jeremy Bubbers, his father, Geoffrey Bubbers (at rear), William Paul, and 01. Lissa Paul Artworks by retired teacher ELISABETH BACQUE (BA 1955 UC) were on display over the summer at the Huronia Museum 02. in Midland, Ontario. The exhibi- tion included a retrospective of A Family Affair ELIZABETH L. DELBIANCO (BA her paintings and a new series, When JEREMY BUBBERS (BA 1981 UC) was appointed to the Pioneer Women and Paper 2013 UC) stepped up to receive board of Economical Insurance. Patchwork. his degree at University College Convocation on June 17, 2013, CHARLOTTE FIELDEN (BA 1955 ELIZABETH BAIRD (BA 1961 grandfather WILLIAM PAUL (BA UC) has published her twelfth UC) was appointed to the Order 1941 UC) (PhD 1948 U of T), novel, Travelling Together: A of Canada for her contributions mother LISSA PAUL (BA 1975 Contemporary Fable (CFM Books, to the promotion of Canada’s Victoria College) (PhD 1984 2013). diverse food heritage, as an York University), and uncle author and former food editor MARDEN PAUL (BA 1984 New DAVID FRANK (BA 1972 UC) for Canadian Living magazine. College) each had a front-row recently published Provincial seat thanks to their roles in the Solidarities: A History of the New KEITH M. BARRON (BSc 1985 academic procession. Brunswick Federation of Labour UC) was appointed Director (Athabasca University Press, of Kimber Resources, Inc. William is a Professor Emeritus 2013). The book is published in Clinical Biochemistry at U of T simultaneously in French under who was part of a group credited the title Solidarités provinciales : with initiating nuclear medicine; Histoire de la Fédération des tra- Lissa is a Professor in the Faculty vailleurs et of Education at Brock University travailleuses du Nouveau- and a renowned expert in chil- Brunswick. dren’s literature; and Marden is the Director of Planning, ANNE GOLDEN (BA 1962 UC) Governance, Assessment, and was named a Member of the Communications in the Office Order of Ontario. of the Chief Information Officer at U of T. 50 — UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-13 4:43 PM Page 51
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The Hon. Justice SYDNEY L. ROBINS (BA 1944 UC) was IMAGE 03. named a Member of the Order Cover art for Provincial of Ontario. Solidarities 03. 04. Courtesy of COLIN RIPSMAN (BA 1987 UC) David Frank BRIAN GREENSPAN (BA 1968 dren’s book published in the UC) was awarded the Gold Key Americas in 2012 from the was appointed Principal of IMAGE 04. Award for Achievement from Society of Children’s Book Eckler, Ltd. Prof. Justin Nodwell Osgoode Hall Law School. Writers and Illustrators. IMAGE 05. Lanthier received the Ezra Jack CONSTANCE SUGIYAMA Cover art for HELENA GUERREIRO- Keats Emerging Writer Honour (BA 1974 UC) was appointed How to Make a Bird with Two KLINOWSKI (BA 1973 UC) Award from the Ezra Jack Keats to the board of the Canadian Hands has published An Iota of Love: Foundation, and the Huguenot Foundation for Healthcare Courtesy Improvement. of Mike White The Rest is Our Secret Society Award from the Ontario (CreateSpace Independent Historical Society, honouring Publishing Platform, 2013) in the best book published in EUGENE TENENBAUM (BCom honour of her late husband Ontario in the past three years 1987 UC) was appointed Émile Klinowski. which has brought public Director of AFC Energy. awareness to the principles of Olympian ABBY HOFFMAN freedom of conscience and WILLIAM D. THOMAS (BCom (BA 1968 UC) was appointed freedom of thought. Illustrator 1975 UC) was appointed CFO to the board of the Canadian François Thisdale was also nom- of Guerrero Exploration. Foundation for Healthcare inated for best illustrator of the Improvement. year by the Canadian Library Association for his artwork. KIERSTEN JOHNSTON (BSc 1992 UC) was appointed JUSTIN NODWELL (BA 1986 Principal of Eckler Ltd. UC) was appointed chair of the Department of Biochemistry at ALAN R. KING (BSc 1976 UC) the University of Toronto. was appointed to the board of Ginguro Exploration Inc. BRIAN J. MACAULAY (BCom 1979 UC) was elected President MARK KOCIANCIC (BCom 1992 of the Association of UC) was appointed Group Chiropractic Colleges. CFO of SCOR. DAVID J. MCFADDEN (BA 1967
Writer JENNIFER LANTHIER UC) was appointed to York 05. (BA 1985 UC) has received University’s board of governors. MIKE WHITE (BA 1994 UC) has several honours for her picture published his first book of book, The Stamp Collector CAROL (WOLDENGA) MEISSNER poems, How to Make a Bird with (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2012), (BCom 1990 UC), an account- Two Hands (The Word Works, about a boy who collects stories ant and faculty member at the 2012). The book won the and a boy who collects stamps. Georgian School of Business, has Washington Prize in 2011. It was named Outstanding co-authored Accounting, 9th International Book by The Canadian Edition, Volume 1 and United States Board on Books Accounting, 9th Canadian Edition, Volume 2 (Pearson Canada, for Young People, and it won the UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 51 Crystal Kite Award for best chil- 2013). The books will be used UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-13 4:43 PM Page 52
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BRENDA COSSMAN, Professor IMAGE 01. of Law and Director of the Mark University College “Lights it Up Blue” S. Bonham Centre for Sexual on World Autism Diversity Studies at University Awareness Day, College, was recognized with the April 2, 2013 Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial PHOTOGRAPHER Human Rights Prize from the Johnny Guatto
U of T Alumni Association, for IMAGE 02. her positive and lasting contribu- Incoming tions to education and action University of Toronto President against discrimination; support- Prof. Meric Gertler ing the University’s mission to realize an exemplary degree of 01. equity and diversity; and extend- UC LIGHTS IT UP BLUE videos, Facebook status updates, ing knowledge as a consequence University College joined land- and Twitter feeds, and investi- of diversity. marks such as the Empire State gates this aestheticization of the Building and the Leaning Tower real through an examination of of Pisa in “lighting up blue” the changing relationship in support of World Autism between world events and their Awareness Day on April 2, 2013. subsequent documentation in artistic, news, and social media. UC Professor SUZANNE CONKLIN AKBARI (English and The Univeristy College Medieval Studies) was appointed Canadian Studies program Director of the Centre for will be the hub of a 3-year Medieval Studies. She was also project titled CACHET: recently honoured with the U of Canadian Art Commons for T Alumni Association Award of History of Art Education and Excellence, for excellence in Training. Supported by the teaching and research. Social Science and Humanities 02. Research Council, CACHET’s UC Professor MERIC GERTLER UC Professor NIKKI CESARE partners and multiple collabora- has been appointed the next SCHOTZKO (Centre for Drama, tors from across the country will President of the University of Theatre, and Performance develop a web-based commons Toronto. Gertler is currently Studies) was recognized with platform that will enable the Goldring Chair of Canadian Connaught New Researcher design, presentation, and Studies at University College and funding for her innovative ongoing discussion of accessible the Department of Geography. research on “The Untruth of and reliable information on He was Dean of the Faculty of Style: Art and Culture in the Age Canadian art in Canada and Arts and Science from 2008 to of Digital Reproduction.” The internationally. The project is May, 2013. He succeeds UC project posits that real life is directed by MARK CHEETHAM, alumnus Professor DAVID becoming indistinguishable a UC colleague and Professor in NAYLOR (1974 UC). from the movies, YouTube the Department of Art at U of T, and Erin Morton from the University of New Brunswick 52 — UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE Department of History. UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-13 4:43 PM Page 53
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IMAGE 03. (L-R:) UC Lit Executives Lyndsay Menzies, Ryan Phillips, and Nishi Kumar
PHOTOGRAPHER 05. Christopher Dew
IMAGE 04. Mark Bohnam (L) Author SHYAM SELVADURAI is presents the Bonham Award to the Barker Fairley Distinguished writer Dan Savage Visitor in Canadian Studies at University College for the 2013- PHOTOGRAPHER 03. Nadia Molinari 14 academic year. University Professor of standing of sexual diversity were Computer Science and UC STEPHEN LEWIS (1959 UC), IMAGE 05. He is the author of four novels Author Shyam colleague GEOFFREY HINTON, longtime HIV/AIDS crusader centering on his native Sri Selvadurai a renowned expert in artificial and co-founder of AIDS-Free Lanka: Funny Boy (1994), win-
PHOTOGRAPHER intelligence and machine learn- World; DAN SAVAGE, writer, ner of the WH Smith/Books in Kevin Kelly ing, has sold his neural networks pundit, and co-founder of the Canada First Novel Award and start-up company to Google Inc. It Gets Better campaign to help the Lambda Literary Award Hinton’s research has implica- prevent suicide among LGBT (United States); Cinnamon tions for speech recognition, youth; and BENT ON CHANGE, a Gardens (1998), which was computer vision, and language gay-straight alliance at Harbord shortlisted for the Trillium understanding. Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Award, the Premio Internazionale representing other such groups Riccardo Bacchelli (Italy), and Professor of Art and UC across Canada. the Aloa Literary Award colleague ELIZABETH LEGGE (Denmark); Swimming in the was reappointed chair of the In addition to the honourees, Monsoon Sea (2005), winner Department of Art at U of T. distinguished guests included of the Canadian Library Centre patron and namesake Association Book of the Year MARK BONHAM (BA 1982 UC), and the Lambda Literary University of Toronto President Award; and The Hungry DAVID NAYLOR (1974 UC), and Ghost (2013). the Honourable KATHLEEN WYNNE, Premier of Ontario. As artist-in-residence at UC, he is available to students for one- Introducing the UC Literary and on-one mentoring sessions on Athletic Society’s core executive all forms of writing, and partici- for 2013-14: LYNDSAY MENZIES, pates in the wider community Finance Commissioner; RYAN by giving talks and attending PHILLIPS, Vice-President; and College events. NISHI KUMAR, President. Professor SARAH WAKEFIELD UC Professor of Statistics was appointed Director of JEFFREY ROSENTHAL 04. (BSc the Health Studies program 1988 UC) was honoured by the at University College. She is More than 220 advocates Statistical Society of Canada an Associate Professor in the of sexual diversity education with the 2013 Gold Medal for Department of Geography gathered at One King West in his pioneering research, excel- and Program in Planning. Her Toronto on April 25, 2013 for lence in education, and contri- research has two main themes: the first annual Bonham Centre butions to statistical literacy in food security policy and practice; Awards Gala, presented by the Canada and beyond. and improving neighbourhood Mark S. Bonham Centre for health. These areas are connect- Sexual Diversity Studies at Professor of Religion and UC ed by an interest in understand- University College. colleague WALID SALEH was ing how individuals and organi- appointed the inaugural zations work together to create Honoured for substantial contri- Director of the Institute of healthy, just, and sustainable butions to the public under- Islamic Studies at U of T. communities.
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In Memoriam
1930s Mr. B. John Kraglund (BA 1948 UC) Mrs. Clara Elizabeth (File) Cassels (BA 1939 UC) of Selby, ON; Jan. 24, 2013 of Toronto, ON; Apr. 15, 2013 Mr. Robert John Lawless (1948 UC) Mr. John Culiner (BA 1935 UC); of Toronto, ON; Feb. 5, 2013 Jan. 2, 2013 Mr. Ralph G. Lindsey (BA 1949 UC) Mr. Lawrence Hynes (BA 1938 UC) of Lindsay, ON; Nov. 28, 2012 of Toronto, ON; Mar. 12, 2013 Mr. John Bruce MacDonald (BA 1949 UC) Mrs. Anna C. (McAuslan) Kennedy (BA 1936 UC) of Toronto, ON; Jan. 3, 2013 of Port Credit, ON; May 8, 2013 Mrs. Naomi M. Mallovy (BA 1946 UC) Mrs. Estelle M. Mahood (BA 1934 UC) of Toronto, ON; Apr. 12, 2013 of Scarborough, ON Mrs. Margaret M. Mansell (BA 1948 UC) Mrs. Isabel Moore (BCom 1934 UC) of Creemore, ON; Feb. 3, 2013 of Mississauga, ON; Mar. 9, 2013 Dr. Ronald Meen (BA 1947 UC) Mr. George T. Rogers (BA 1939 UC) Mrs. Joan E. Merten (BA 1942 UC) of Toronto, ON; June 22, 2013 of Oakville, ON; Feb. 20, 2013 Mr. Philip Francis Mihorean (1948 UC) 1940s of Markham, ON; Mar. 22, 2013 Mr. R. Victor M. Barnett (BA 1947 UC) Mr. James William Mitchinson (BCom 1948 UC) of Toronto, ON; Jan. 22, 2013 of Niagara Falls, ON; May 4, 2013 Mr. Bernard Berger (BA 1948 UC) Mrs. Marjorie E. Moore (BA 1947 UC) of Toronto, ON; Jan. 7, 2013 of Victoria, BC; Aug. 17, 2012 Mr. Edward A. Bishop (BA 1949 UC) Mrs. Ruth Mulstein (BA 1947 UC) of Toronto, ON; Apr. 26, 2013 of Willowdale, ON; Jan. 3, 2013 Mr. John Charlton (BA 1942 UC) Mrs. Frances Parks (1944 UC) of Surrey, BC; Jan. 12, 2013 of Toronto, ON; May 23, 2013 Mr. Martin I. Clenman (BA 1944 UC) Mrs. Mary Joan Renison (BA 1948 UC) of Toronto, ON; Mar. 9, 2013 of Hamilton, ON; Jan. 26, 2013 Mr. Irving D. Cochrane (BA 1947 UC) Mrs. Rae Rigg (BA 1949 UC) of Mississauga, ON; May 8, 2013 of Pulborough, UK; Jan. 19, 2013 Mr. Donald Corbett (BA 1949 UC) Mr. John F. Robinson (BA 1948 UC) of Port Dalhousie, ON; Jan. 7, 2013 of London, ON; June 13, 2013 Mrs. M. Evelyn Cotter (BA 1946 UC) Prof. Murray Sachs (BA 1946 UC) of Warkworth, ON; Apr. 2, 2013 of Newton, MA; May 14, 2013 The Rev. J. D. Alex Dobson (BA 1949 UC) Miss Mary Shortt (BA 1941 UC) of Nepean, ON; May 7, 2012 of Toronto, ON; Jan. 3, 2013 Miss V. Louise Drake (BA 1948 UC) Dr. Edgar Smith (BA 1948 UC) of Toronto, ON; May 9, 2013 of Ottawa, ON; 2011 Mrs. Sylvia DuVernet (BA 1943 UC) Ms. Joan Henri Stanley (UC 1947) of Etobicoke, ON; May 11, 2013 of Toronto, ON; Feb. 14, 2013 Mr. Donald A. Elliott (1947 UC) The Rev. A. Laurie Sutherland (BA 1948 UC) of Cheltenham, ON; June 29, 2013 of Barrie, ON; Mar. 24, 2013 Mrs. Catherine A. (Bryans) Fallis (BA 1941 UC) Mr. Murray Swartz (1947 UC) of Toronto, ON; Jan. 22, 2013 of Oshawa, ON; Apr. 23, 2013 Mr. Leonard Ross Franklin (BA 1947 UC) Miss Renee Marcelle Taillefer (BA 1943 UC) of Gravenhurst, ON; Apr. 10, 2013 of Toronto, ON; June 3, 2013 Prof. Desmond R. Gourley (BA 1945 UC) Miss Vivian I. Treacy (BA 1949 UC) of Charlottesville, VA; Dec. 4, 2012 of Toronto, ON; Jan. 25, 2013 Mr. John Stuart Grant (BA 1946 UC) Mr. Rupert M. White (BA 1948 UC) of Toronto, ON; Jan. 6, 2013 of Victoria, BC; Mar. 16, 2013 Mrs. Margaret Groom (BA 1949 UC) Mr. David M. Wood (BCom 1949 UC) of Mississauga, ON; May 8, 2013 of Burlington, ON; Apr. 18, 2013 Prof. James N. P. Hume (BA 1945 UC) of Toronto, ON; May 9, 2013 1950s Mrs. Shirley D. Jarvis (BA 1948 UC) Mr. John Ronald Graham Adams (BA 1956 UC) of Oakville, ON; Feb. 1, 2013 of Milton, ON; June 23, 2013 Mr. John P. A. Jennings (BA 1947 UC) Mr. Goodridge Sterling Brannen (1958 UC) of Mississauga, ON; Jan. 27, 2013 of Kitchener, ON; Apr. 23, 2013 Mrs. Joan F. Kitchen (1946 UC) Mr. Douglas P. Browne (BA 1956 UC) of Toronto, ON; Apr. 19, 2013 of Toronto, ON; Mar. 30, 2013
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Mr. James Damer (BA 1951 UC) Mr. James P. Coyne (1961 UC) of Toronto, ON; Mar. 13, 2013 of The Pas, MB; Feb. 27, 2013 Mr. Nicholas Ferik (BA 1952 UC) Mr. Albert S. Denov (BA 1962 UC) of Toronto, ON; Jan. 14, 2013 of Toronto, ON; June 10, 2009 Ms. Alice F. S. Fischel (BA 1952 UC) Mr. Giles Robert James Endicott (BA 1960 UC) of Sarnia, ON; Nov. 2, 2012 of Toronto, ON; Apr. 26, 2013 Mr. Paul Douglas Galvin (BA 1957 UC) Mr. Gerald H. Fisher (BA 1960 UC) of Peterborough, ON; Feb. 21, 2013 of Toronto, ON; Mar. 1, 2013 Dr. William Hare (BA 1952 UC) Mrs. Ruth H. Gold (BA 1960 UC) of Waterloo, ON; Jan. 14, 2013 of Toronto, ON; June 13, 2013 Mrs. Joyce Hart (BA 1956 UC) Mr. Brian P. Goodman (BA 1969 UC) of Toronto, ON; Jan. 21, 2013 of North York, ON; June 18, 2013 Dr. Ruth Johnsson Hegyeli (BA 1958 UC) Mrs. Lia R. Juurup (BA 1960 UC) of Gaithersburg, MD; June 1, 2009 of Burnaby, BC; Oct. 26, 2012 Mrs. Beverley Isenberg (BA 1956 UC) Mrs. Lillian L. Morgenthau (BA 1961 UC) of Thornhill, ON; Jan. 14, 2013 of Toronto, ON; June 13, 2013 Miss Vivian Mary Julien (BA 1951 UC) Dr. Douglas G. Pearce (BA 1960 UC) of Cornwall, ON; Dec. 3, 2012 of Mono, ON; June 30, 2013 Mrs. Pauline (Rubinoff) Lewis (BA 1953 UC) Ms. Anne-Louise Priestly-Barcham (BA 1960 UC) Mrs. Ruth Lipson-Nathan (BA 1951) of Toronto, ON; May 14, 2013 of Toronto, ON; May 28, 2013 Mr. Robert John Pugsley (BA 1961 UC) Mr. Ian R. Lyon (BA 1951 UC) of Hawkestone, ON; Jan. 20, 2013 of Toronto ON; Jan. 5, 2013 Mr. L. David Roebuck (BA 1965 UC) Mr. James Ronald McGill (BCom 1954 UC) of Toronto, ON; Apr. 11, 2013 of Waterloo, ON; Feb. 28, 2013 Mrs. Lasma Smilga (BA 1966 UC) Dr. Linda J. Munk (BA 1959 UC) of Oakville, ON; Jan. 11, 2013 of Toronto, ON; Apr. 16, 2013 Mr. Robert Smolkin (BA 1965 UC) Mrs. Barbara J. Nease (BA 1951 UC) of Toronto, ON; Jan. 25, 2013 of Toronto, ON; Dec. 27, 2012 Mrs. Taimi (Pedjase) Toose (BA 1964 UC) Mr. F. Brian W. Quin (BA 1957 UC) of North York, ON; Jan. 23, 2013 of Ajax, ON; Apr. 16, 2013 Mr. Reinder Westerhoff (BA 1966 UC) Ms. Johanne E. Ratz (BA 1953 UC) of Guelph, ON; Jan. 12, 2013 of Toronto, ON; Jan. 26, 2013 Mrs. Colleen D. B. Reynolds (BA 1959 UC) 1970s of Oakville, ON; June 17, 2013 Mrs. Janice D. McClenaghan (BSc 1979 UC) Mr. Jack W. Roberts (BA 1952 UC) of Toronto, ON; Apr. 24, 2013 of Toronto, ON; Apr. 14, 2013 Mrs. Kim E. Moneta (BA 1976 UC) Mr. Arthur A. Ross (BA 1951 UC) of Thornhill, ON; Mar. 31, 2013 of Toronto, ON; Mar. 18, 2013 Mr. Jacob Orbach (BA 1975 UC) Mrs. Nicoletta Scrimger (BA 1952 UC) of North York, ON; Dec. 15, 2012 of Toronto, ON; May 30, 2013 Ms. Elizabeth L. (Willis) Stewart (BA 1974 UC) Dr. Ralph W. Shaw (BA 1958 UC) of Toronto, ON of Toronto, ON; Jan. 8, 2013 Mr. Walter Sinclair (BA 1953 UC) 1980s Mrs. Sally L. Somers (BA 1955 UC) Ms. Miranda Oliver (BA 1984 UC) of Toronto, ON; Jan. 27, 2013 of Toronto, ON; Jan. 17, 2013 Mr. Ronald L. Swartz (BA 1956 UC) of Oshawa, ON 1990s Dr. Joseph Vise (BA 1954 UC) Miss Renee E. Beaumont (BSc 1998 UC) of Tweed, ON; June 23, 2013 of Scarborough, ON; Jan. 4, 2013 Mr. Richard N. H. Waterous (BA 1951 UC) Miss Tamra Lee McGovern (BA 1994 UC) of Brantford, ON; Mar. 21, 2013 of Georgetown, ON; Jan. 23, 2013
1960s Notices of death published in this issue were received Mrs. Susanne J. (Toth) Blackburn (BA 1965 UC) between January 1 and June 30, 2013, and list the date of death of Ottawa, ON and last known residence where possible. Friends and family of Ms. Barbara M. Brenzel (BA 1963 UC) the deceased can help by sending information to of Toronto, ON; Mar. 3, 2013 [email protected].
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