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Available at y \^y l y all UBC Food Group v 0 \^ locations and the campus X •' ) BBookstor e or order directly from UBC Food Group Publications Please send . _ copies of Treats To Remember at $12.95 each, plus $2.00 shipping and handling per order (includes GST) to UBC Food Group Publications, 2071 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 Total Amount: $_ LI Cheque Enclosed Card No U VISA Expiry Date . LI MasterCard Signature Name Address _ City Province . Postal Code . UBC FOOD GROUP University of British Columbia ^^pm^^^ ftiumniAlumni Volume 49 Number 2 CHRONICLE Fall 1995 The Party's On! Editor Years ago, one of the events of the Vancouver social Board of Management Elected Members Chris Petty, MFA'86 season was the Annual Alumni Dinner. Well, it's back in great form and with some hot new items. President Assistant Editor 11 Al Poettcker. Dale Fuller BCom'69 Past President Contributors 50 Years of Law at UBC Debra L Browning. Rosetta Cannata The Faculty of Law celebrates 50 years of LLB'80 Pat Higinbotham training men and women in the intricacies of the law. There are parties here, too. Sr. Wee President Christine Nordquist Tricia Smith, 13 BA'80. LLB'85 Cover Treasurer UBC grad (MA'72) John Gray, known An Odyssey: UBC Open House '95 Dickson Wong, nationally for his talents as a writer, playwright, More parties: UBC's first Open House in five years BCom'88 songwriter, actor and musician, will perform as promises to be the best ever. New buildings, great Master of Ceremonies for the 1995 Annual Members-flt-Large '94-'96 exhibits, celebrations and, of course, the old haunts. Alumni Achievement Dinner (see more info on Chris Bendl, BSc'9l 18 Pamela Friedrich, BA'67 page 11). John's wit and style has endeared him Louanne Twaites. BSc(Pharm)'53 to millions of fans, and his two new books, Lost in North Amenco, published by Talon Books UBC's Theatre Department Makes Stars Memberunlarge '95-'97 Dana Merritt, BCom'88 and 1 Love Mom, a history of tatooing published One of the best theatre departments in the Don McConachie, BSA'63, MBA'65 by Key Porter, are available at bookstores country also produces some of the finest actors, Grace Wong, BEd'74, MBA'83 right now. directors and designers. Photo by Pat Higinbotham 22 Executive Director Agnes Papke. BSc{Agr)'66 ctftorioi Committee Qm Louanne Twaites BSc(Pharm)'53 The UBC Alumni Chronicle is published 3 Alumni News 4 Members times annually by the UBC Alumni Al Poettcker's Column 5 Ron Burke Association, 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Steve Crombie David Strangway's Column 7 Vancouver, B.C., V6T" IZI. tt is distributed Katie Eliot free to all graduates of UBC. Member, Faculty News 16 Dale Fuller Council for the Advancement and Support Class Acts 26 Chris Petty of Education Sue Watts Don Wells Swell Alumni Gear For Sale 35 Printed in Canada by Mitchell Press ISSN 0824-1279 0 June 16 and 17. Alumni, new grads and friends joined branch rep Rob We didn't do it. Honest. McDiarmid BA'72, LLB'75,Vice New Branches s a result of provincial privacy legislation, BC President Academic Dan Birch and alumni have the right not to have their name We've received branch activity UBC dignitaries at a casual BBQ and or phone number released to our branch con inquiries from alumni living in the reception on the 16th. The convoca tacts or division volunteers. If you don't want Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Israel and tion ceremony followed on June this information released, please tell us and the Netherlands. If you live in one of 17th. Many thanks to Rob for acting we will make sure it does not appear on any these areas and would like to hook as MC for the pre-BBQ reception such list. Call or fax, send a note or an e-mail up with fellow alumni please let us and presenting alumni pins to the message. The Association does not release member's names, ad know! UBC degree recipients. Contact Rob dresses or phone numbers to telemarketers of any kind. If you at (604) 374-2201 for more informa receive a phone solicitation from a company that claims they got tion about this branch. Canada your number from us, please let us know. We'll make sure they stop. For more information about any ofthe branch events in CALGARY KELOWNA your part of the world, please contact Deanna McLeod, Fifty alumni joined UBC President We travelled to Okanagan Univer branches coordinator, at the following numbers: David Strangway, Association Presi sity College to congratulate the e-mail: [email protected] dent Al Poettcker BCom'69 and UBC degree recipients there. Toll free phone (N. America): 1-800-883-3088 Calgary branch rep Alice Alumni, new graduates and their Toll free fax (N. America): 1-800-220-9022 Daszkowski BCom'87 for a recep friends joined with branch rep Jeff Phone direct: (604) 822-8918 (24 hour voice mailbox) tion at the Metropolitan Centre May Peterson BA'79, LLB'86, Chancellor Fax: (604) 822-8928 6. Calgary branch committee mem Bob Lee, Vice President Academic bers, MicheleVan Walleghem BCom'87 and Kirsten Evenden MA'92, were super volunteers. For United States and Overseas Branches information about the Calgary branch's pub nights, call Alice at CHINA Lena Siu BA'88 at 2847-0355 or to participate in the anraiatTerry (403) 298-3940. Do we have your address? If you Kevin Lee BA'80 at 2877-3088. Fox Run on November 18,1995 at don't get the Chronicle in the mail 10 am.The challenge is to see EDMONTON please update your addresses with MALAYSIA which university's graduates can Claire Pal lard MSc'92 has volun us! We would love to organize About 50 alumni joined President raise the most money for cancer teered to be the new branch rep for some branch activities in China. Strangway, the deans of commerce, research. For more information, Edmonton! Thanks and best wishes Please contact the branches coor dentistry, medicine, science and ap call the Canadian Club at (212) to Elizabeth Alke BA'76, the dinator. plied science and International Liai 596-1320. former branch rep. Claire would son Director Larry Sproul at the love to hear from you. If you're in HONG KONG Kuala Lumpur Hilton for a cocktail SEATTLE terested in alumni activities in Ed UBC's dean of science met with 27 reception on March 28. We were About 60 alumni and 20 friends of monton, please call her at (403) Hong Kong alumni at a luncheon delighted that alumnus John Bell the university attended a reception 455-7711. onAprii4,t>995. BCom'62, Canadian High Commis to meet President Strangway April David Strangway and Al Poettcker The Hong Kong branch held sioner to Malaysia and 1995 winner 6 at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. met with an enthusiastic group of 25 Celebration Time on July I. About of the Alumni Award of Distinction, They were joined by Alumni Asso alumni on May 5 at the University of 200 alumni and friends attended. attended. Thanks to Mansoor ciation President Al Poettcker and , Alberta Faculty Club. A big thanks to Even some holidaying UBC stu Marican PhD'77, who was the MC, the Canadian Consul General Bob McLeod 8Com'52 for support dents showed up and had a great and Susan Thomson BPE'74 for Bernard Gagosz. For information ing the event and acting as MC. time as well. Thanks to Lena Siu their support in making the event a about branch activities in Seattle, BA'88 who organized this event. great success. please call Joan Whitey BA'5 J at FRASER VALLEY The branch is reviving the Cana (206)223-2174. A small but enthusiastic group of dian Alumni Sports Day for Octo NEW YORK alumni came out to the first meeting ber 29th. This wilf be a sporting The Canadian Club of NewYork Is SINGAPORE ,;"'.' '—• ofthe Fraser Valley branch on May competition between the alumni of holding the second annual Canadian President Strangway, the deans of 11 and met with branch rep Wally UBC and sixteen other Canadian alumni reception on October 19, commerce, dentistry, medicine, Mitchell BSc(Agr)'94, Alumni Asso universities. Competition will in 1995 from 6-9 pm at the Canadian science and applied science and ciation Executive Director Agnes clude badminton, basketball, soc Club, 15 West 43rd Street, Manhat International Liaison Director Larry Papke and Associate Executive Di cer, squash, swimming, table tennis tan. Cost $15. Call (212) 596-1320 Sproul met with about 40 alumni rector Leslie Konantz.