1998 University of Calgary President: Terence H. White Chancellor: M. Ann McCaig and John R. (Jack) Perraton Honorary Degrees: Hon. Dr. A. Milton Harradence Q.C. Dr. Evelyn de Mille Dr. Frank Hayden Dr. S. Aubrey Kerr Dr. Allan Markin Dr. John Robert (Bud) McCaig Dr. Edward McNally Dr. Audrey Morrice Order of the UofC: Walter F. Retzer Frank J. Eyck Susan E. May Enrolment: 20018 full time, 7291 part time (fall), 6940 part time (spring), 3962 part time (summer) Degrees awarded: 4873 Faculties: Learning Commons opens. Faculty of Management, in conjunction with CGA-Canada, offers a Bachelor of Accounting Science, the first of its kind in Canada. Buildings: Professional Faculties Building –Block B housing Faculty of Law and University Press, renamed Murray Fraser Hall. New Buildings: Cascade Hall, new student residence, completed. Library holdings: 7 059 097 Employees: Academic staff: 1828 FTE Support staff: 2415 FTE Events: Speakers: Noam Chomsky gives lecture at the James S. Palmer Distinguished Lecture series. Sports: Women’s soccer team wins CIAU championship Awards: Roger Jackson, director of the Sport Medicine Centre, is awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee, the higest honour from the IOC. It recognises his contribution to world sport. Research: Researcher Patrick Lee discovers that reovirus (that causes the common cold) can eliminate tumours in mice and kill 20 different type of human cancer cells. The Thermo-Plasma Analyser (TPA), designed by researchers Greg Garbe and Andrew Yau was launded into space on a Japanese rocket destined for Mars. It will collect data about the Martian atmosphere and the Martian elecrical storms. Markin-Flanagan Writer-in-Residence: Peter Oliva Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Visiting Writers: Dionne Brand, Louise Halfe, Alberto Manguel and Adrienne Rich Alumni: Distinguished Alumni award recipient Grant Mossop BSc'70, MSc'71 (Geology), Director, Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary. Canadian Events: Governor General - Roméo LeBlanc Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein Calgary’s mayor: Al Duerr Toronto and six other communities are merged to form a new megacity. The next day Mel Lastman is sworn in as its first mayor. The Hudson's Bay Company takes over K-Mart Canada, folding it into its Zellers chain. Prime Minister Chrétien pays an official visit to Cuba. Crash of Swissair Flight 111 off Peggys Cove in Nova Scotia. Canada's first diamond mine opens in the Northwest Territories. Conrad Black's National Post publishes its first issue. Former Prime Minister Joe Clark is selected as the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Canada's Sesame Street switches to showing exclusively Canadian content, renaming itself Sesame Park, as it no longer uses any American made segments from Sesame Street A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths. Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders win 26-24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. World Events: The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. Citicorp and Travelers Group announce plans to merge, creating the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world, Citigroup. Apple Computer unveils the iMac. Microsoft releases Windows 98 (First Edition). Google is founded. The Space Shuttle Discovery blasts-off with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space. He became the first American to orbit Earth on Tuesday, February 20, 1962. Stanley Cup: The Detroit Red Wings sweep the Washington Capitals in 4 games. .