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Thought for the week You can no more win a war t/Ja11 you can win 011 earthquake. .Jeannette Rankin 'f?G;Oiscovcrlm OOWNIOWN, !.!::::======GUELPH University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario • Volume 36 Number 20 May 20, 1992 Inside: Faculty urged to attend convocation 3 Five to receive honorary degrees $900,000 pledged to ofG will bestow five honorary degrees, Berkeley. With other eminent geologists, he avoid layoffs 3 U two professor emeritus honors, two advanced the understanding of metamorphic Grassroots approach medals of merit and the Alumni Medal of silicate assemblages and set the foundation of pays off for farmers . 4 Achievemenr during spring convocation future research in rock metamorphism for ceremonies June 2 to 5 on Johnston Green. decades. It resulted in his landmark book, Tipping the scales for Honorary doctor of science degrees will go Geochemis11yofSolids. in 1964. survival .. .•... 5 to eanh scientist William Fyfe and engineer In 1966, Fyfe joined the University of Killer bees no threat to James Ham. Honorary doctor of laws degrees Manchester as Royal Sociery professor of Canada 5 will be presented to internationally renowned geology, serving concurrently as visiting Calendar 7 hotelier Isadore Sharp and David Hopper, professor of geology in the Imperial College fonner president of the International Develop- of Science and Technology of the University ment Research Centre (IDRC). An honorary of London. In 1972, he became chair of the ~ERSITY doctor of letters degree will go to award-win- department of geology at the University of ning author Joy Kogawa. Western Ontario. lfGUELPH The title of professor emeritus will be be- Fyfe is an honorary fellow of lhe Royal stowed on retired zoology professor Roy Society of London. the Royal Society of A nderson and retired veterinary science Canada, lhe Royal Society of New Zealand. professor Jim Raeside. Two other retired OVC the Geological Society of America, the professors - Donald Horney and Harry· Academy of Science of Brazil and the Mineral Downie - will receive medals of merit. The Society of Great Britain and [reland. He is a U of G Alumni Association will present its Companion of the Order of Canada and has Alumni Medal of Achievement to Dr. Derick received many awards, medals and honorary Paquetle, chief of family prac1ice al Guelph's degrees. two hospitals. He will address students graduating from the College of Biological Science June 4 at morn- William Fyfe ing convocation. The foremost ••-....•• What's the earth scientist of James Ham story? the present day. A former president of the University of Fyfe is known for Toronto. Canadian-born Ham spent most of There are thousands ofs tories his accomplis h- his career ac Toronto. He served as professor, to be told at spring convoca- ments in teaching head of the electrical engineering department, Isadore Sharp tion June 2 to 5, and Univer- and research in dean of the faculty of applied science and of Canada. sity Communications wants geochemis try, engineering, chair of the research board and He will address students graduating from the to hear them. min e r a l ogy, dean of the school of graduate studies before College of Physical and Engineering Science If you know a graduate who perrology. mineral becoming presidenl in 1978, a position he held and OVC June 4 ai afternoon convocation. is newsworthy for the de posits and en- unlit 1983. In 1988. the university named him University's internal publi- vironmental geol- a professor emeritus. Isadore Sharp cations and for the external Educated at the University of Toronto and ogy over the past Founder, president and chief executive of- media, call Andrea Mudry the Massachusetts Insti1ute of Technology, 40years. ficer of Four Seasons Inc., Sharp grew up in Fawcett, Exte rnal Com- A Ham also served A professor of William Fyfe T oronto and graduated from Ryerson as an electrical of- munications. Ext. 3839. 0 geology and for- Polytechnical Institute with honors in ar- mer dean of the faculty of science at the ficer in the Royal chitecture in 1952, winnine: a silver medal for Canadian Navy University of Western Ontario, Fyfe was one academic and extracurricular achievements. Mapping it out of the first scientists to recognize the environ- and as a research He founded the Four Seasons Hotel company associate at MIT. A new and improved campus menlal plight of the modem planet. in 196 l. opening the first hotel on Jarvis Street Ha m contrib- map is now avai table from Educated at the University of Otago in New in downtown Toronto. He is now the world's uted to the pu "'· University Communications. Zealand, he was a Fulbright scholar from 1952 leading. operator of luxury ho1els and resorts heal th a nd in- The three-color map, made to 1955 at the University of California, with more than 20 properties in the United from aerial shots taken last dustrial safety of States. Canada and the United Kingdom. Canada by serv- s ummer, was drawn by Under his vision and direction. the company ing as chair of the Debbie Thompson Wilson. has developed into a Canadian-owned multi- Royal Commis- Janet Caldwell of Graphics national chain with an enviable reputation for sion on the Health designed the infonnation sec- high standards, environmen1al consciousness. and Safely of tion of rhe map. which in- Miners from 1974 James Ham e nlightened per- c 1ud es fac1 s o n U of G sonne l policies to I 976. He has also served on many profes- programs, student numbers, and innovalions sional engineering organizations and boards of facilities, research, continu- such as digital dis- Canadian corporations. play systems for ing education opportunities In I 959, he launched the Associate Commi1- hearing-impaired and the impacr of the Univer- tee on Automatic Control of 1he National Re- guests. sity in the community. search Council (NRC). He was invi1ed 10 the Sharp has also Universiry Communica- Soviet Union as a guest of the Academy of played a signif- tions is able to offer the map Sciences in 1960 and served on che NRC and icant role in public for bulk purchase ar 25 cents its executive for many years. Most recently. he life. particularly in a copy thanks to the support helped found the Canadian Institute for Ad- philan1hropic ac- of Hurley Printing, Buntin vanced Research. He is a founding member 1ivities associa1ed R e id Paper Company, and former pres ident of the Canadian with health care. Graphics and Print Services Academy of Engineering. and several local businesses. Ham has received many honors and awards. He is a member of rhe board of direc- David Hopper To order copies. call Ext. including 11 honorary degrees. the Officer of 6582. 0 Joy Kogawa the Order of Canada and lhe Centennial Medal Co111i1111ed 011 pa,~e 2 Need Credit? Get Usworhngjoryou! of~ OBC23 c.ollege St. W. Guelph Apply for one credit cards to meet your special needs. 824-6520 ................ _.. 2 At Guelph I May 20, 1992 Retired f acuity, local doctor to be honored at convocation Cominuedfrom page 1 international development in- Dreams. Jericho Road and joined OVC as a professor of creation of U of G and helped cluded nine years in Indi a, where Woman in the Woods - and the phys iology and pharmacology in build the Department ofBiomedi- tors of Mount Si nai Hospital in he was a member of the Ford and children's book Naomi's Road. 1958. cal Sciences, whi ch brought Toronto and the Terry Fox Rockefeller teams that spear- She has won many awards for A reproductive biologist, he is together scientists in phys iology. Humanitarian Award Program. headed adoption of the new crop her literary achievements. She is a renowned for his contributions to pharm acology, biochemistry and The first recipient of the Ruth varieties and production packages member of the Order of Canada steroid biochemistry. He un- microscopic and gross anatomy. Hartman Frankel Humanitarian that became known as the "Green and recipient of the Canadian ravelled biosynthetic pathways in A former president of the Award for work on behalf of the Revolution." This program, from Authors· Association Book of the the placenta of the mare. as well American Society of Veterinary Canadian Cancer Society, he al so 1966 to 1968, expa nded Indian Year Award for fiction in 1982, as the mechanisms by whi ch Physiology and Pharmacologists, recei ved a di stinguished service plantings of new crop varieties the American Book Award from steroids support accessory gland he was a member of the Select award in international rehabilita- from almost zero to 16 million the Columbus Foundation in function and semen production in Committee on Drug Evaluation of ti on for efforts in creating an in- acres. 1983. the Notable Book Award the boar. He was a visit ing scien- the National Academy of Scien- terna ti onal awareness fo r the spe- Hopper was the first presiden t of from the Ameri can Library As- tist at the Karolinska Institute's ces of the United States. He will cial needs of amputees who are the IDR C. from 1970 to 1977. As sociation in 1982 and the Peri- Honnone Laboratory during the receive the Medal of Merit June 4 victims of cancer. president . he bui lt an organization odica l Disrributors of Canada and development of placental steroid at aft ernoon convocation. In 1988, Sharp was vo ted "Cor- of intern ati onal researchers who Foundation for the Advancement biochemistry. porate Hote lier of the World" by concentraled on develop ing in - of Canadian Letters Award fo r Raeside has published almost 90 Derick Paquette the 40.000 worldwide readers of nova1ive.