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Matthew van Wollen, part of the team that built UBC's
solar car, Raven. The team will enter the car in the GM
Sunrayce t o be run in June, 1999. See page 4.
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Student and Academic Services. Now,
all around the world. Even in
as Dean of Science, she gets back to
Nova Scotia. Meet some.
her research roots.
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For 80 years, UBC's School of
Nursing hasbeen turning out
top-notch caregivers.Doreen
Hatton is one of the best.
Edltor Chris Petty, MFA'86
Assistant
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Editor Shari Ackerman
Contributors Don Wells, BA'89,
Marjorie Simmins, 63'84
Advertising Cord SmarVThe Keegan Group
B w d of Dincton
President Haig Farris, BA'60, LLD'97
Sonlor VP Linda Thorstad, BSc'77, MSc'84
Past President Tricia Smith, BA'80, LLB'85
Tmasurer Thomas Hasker. B A 8 6
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A digest of news from UBC
Meet the Alumni Association Board
UBC alumni write books.We try
Reports and elsewhere: the CAN
that will be in charge when the clock
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opener, Smokey's mistake and
ticks over to 2000. No Y2K scare here:
hopeless: too many wrlters, too
the $50 milhon gift.
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Annual Dinner
Class Acts
From division gatherings to
A page of pics to show you what
What's going on with those
reunions and Young Alumni
you missed (or what you saw] at
people who sat beside you in
events, here's all the information
last year's Alumni Recognition and
English 101! Here's the place to
you need to stay in touch.
Sports Hall of Fame Dinner.
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Raven Learns t o FI
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atthew van Wollen and
Andrew Booth wanted to do
something meaningful in
their senior engineering project courses.
The story goes that van Woolen and
Booth were sitting in the Elbow Room in
early 1995 mulling over ideas when
Booth said, “How about something to do
with solar energy?” The idea was born. A
year later they embarked on mission to
design, build and race a solar car.
The UBC Solar Car Project became
an unstoppable force. By the fall of 1996,
the project had become part of the
curriculum of a number of engineering
courses, and a team of 30-plus dedicated
undergrads emerged, managed by Booth
and van Wollen. A year later, funding
came through from the President’s Office
and from a number of industrial donors
including Westcoast Energy, BC Bearing
Engineers Ltd., Statpower Technologies
Corp., and BCTEL Mobility. UBC funding
also comes from the faculty of Science,
the department of engineering physics
and the Alumni Association.
The project’s first vehicle is Raven. It
weighs less than 500 lbs and can reach
speeds of up to 100 km/h. More than 700
UBC‘s Raven: getting ready for a day at the races.
black solar cells collect the sun’s energy
and convert it to electricity, which is
then stored in seven lead-acid batteries
that drive the motor. The car has been
put together by team members working
in groups of two to five, each working on
a different section. Many of the team
members are earning credit towards their
degrees, but the excitement of the project
has moved many to come on as volunteers.
The ultimate goal of the team is to
VOC Oldtimers Out There Again
F
ew clubs at UBC are as active as the
Varsity Outdoor Club, and fewer
still groups of alumni spend more
time together than VOC oldtimers. Every
year a crowd of intrepid hikers and
mountaineers gathers to take on a local
mountain.
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And there’s nothing like a warm
sunny September day to bring them out.
Fifty of them showed up on Sept. 9 for
their annual hike from the Cypress Bowl
to the downhill ski area parking lot.
Following a stop at theCypress
cafeteria, the group split into two: one for
race the car in the GM Sunrayce, a 10day 1,200 km solar car race, scheduled
for June, 1999. Teams from more than
40 other colleges and universities
compete in the race, and it’s a showcase
of solar car technology.
The project team is currently
preparing Raven for road tests. The
suspension is being modified to increase
its load capacity, and the shell, seen here
in its bare fibre glass state, is being
painted and polished for final improvements in aerodynamic performance.
One of the most difficult modifications the team has to make is turn the
vehicle from its current three-wheeled
system to a 4-wheeled system. New rules
for Sunrayce 1999 make the change
mandatory.
Engineering students aren‘t the
only ones tobenefit from the Solar Car
Project. Recently, seven commerce
students came on board, as part of their
Commerce 468 course, to develop a
marketing project for the car.
The Raven will be on display in
locations around the Lower Mainland
before it heads off to the Sunrayve.
Check the Solar Car website,
www.physics.ubc.ca/-solarcar for
upcoming events.
Rehab Student Invents CAN Opener
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hat do kitchen shelves and
backpacks have in common?
Together, they can open
doors. Pamela Andrews, third-year Rehab
Sciences student, was diagnosed with MS
last year, and since then she has found
doors to be restrictive and frustrating.
“I couldn’t find a tool to helpme and
I couldn’t adapt various existing ones,”
says Andrews, who uses an electric scooter.
So she made one.
She needed a device that was esthetically pleasing, small enough tocarry in her pocket, and cheap enough for a student.
Her solution is a tool she calls the CAN opener, made from backpack strapping lined
with the rubberized netting used to line kitchen shelves. Total cost: $1.63.
Andrews loops one endof the strap around her upper arm and the other end
around the door handle. The end connectedto the door turns the knob and she is able
to pull the door towards her.
The name refers to both its Canadian origin and how it is used to open washroom
doors. The opener won first prize in Solutions ’98, BC’s annual health technology
contest. Andrews is working with a consulting company tobring the product to market.
“It’s probably the reason I’m in occupational therapy,” says Andrews, “I like
figuring things out.”
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Wood was a UBC professor of
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development at UBC and in theprovince. He came to the university in 1915
and founded the UBC Players Club, the
longest continuing dramatic society in
Canada.
His namesake theatre, the 400-seat
Frederic Wood Theatre, opened on
campus in 1963. Wood died in 1976 at
the age of 89.
“Freddy was a very ascetic, intelligent, stern man-a perfectionist,” says
Norman Young, Hall of Fame Society
vice-president and a professor emeritus
of Theatre. “He demanded that everything put on thestage be perfect, from
props to people.”
He mentored many UBC students
who went on to be stage and screen
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Under the Stars leader Bill Buckingham
and Dorothy Somerset, first head of the
UBC Theatre Dept.
His name is inscribed on the
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Smokey Was Wrong: Forest Fires Aren‘t
Always the Enemy
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he good news is that wine may
indeed provide some protection
from certain kinds of cancers.
Third-year student Hin Hin KO won
this year’s Alan C. Hayman Summer
Student Research Competition, held
annually at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences.
KO, supervised by assistant professor
’Thomas Chang, demonstrated for the first
time that the compound resveratrol,
found in some grape skins and red wine,
inhibits enzymes that could form cancercausing agents.
“Hin Hin showed she really understood the science behind her research,”
says Asst. Prof. Kishor Wasan, director of
the summer student research program.
KO says she got involved in the
program to help her make an informed
decision about pursuing graduate work.
“Listening to other people’s experiences in the lab can never compare to
discovering something new on my own,“
says KO.
KO’sstudy may lead to furthertesting
of resveratrol on human enzymes to see if
it can indeed prevent cancer.
The bad news? Everything, including
cancer fighters, in moderation.
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nly YOU can prevent forest fires,” intoned the big bear wearing the
forest ranger hat. Print, TV and radio ads featured Smokey the Bear
warning us that forest fires of any kind were catastrophes that we could
prevent. But visions of Bambi racing through the devastated woods notwithstanding,
forest fires aren’t the big villian we’ve always beentold they are. They can be
catastrophic, but they are also necessary in maintaining ecosystems and ensuring the
survival of certain plants and animals, a UBC Forest Sciences professor says.
“Smokey the Bear made people feel that fire was strictly the enemy of the forest. It
killed animals, destroyed trees and plants, caused soil erosion, and fouled streams,” says
associate professor Mike Feller. “But firehas positive effects which are very much part of
the natural ecological cycle.”
Some trees and plants rely on fire for germination, and deer and elk thrive on the
vegetation in burned sites, he says.
Early successional conditions, which happen immediately after a forest fire when
vegetation reappears, are important to the cycle. As a result, food is provided for deer,
moose and elk, who eat low-lying shrubs, grasses and flowers. “Without fire, you would
have fewer early successional plants, and far fewer of these animals,” says Feller.
He points out that forest fires leave a natural mosaic of burned and unburned
forest, and that even a severe one will leave some vertical trees that play a role as
wildlife habitat.
Even Smokey benefits. Areas opened by fire provide ideal conditions for the growth
of tasty berries.
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n the Summer, 1998 issue of the
Chronicle, I described the new vision
for UBC we have developed over the
past year. TREK2000, the document that
resulted from our vision process, combines the spirit of the Great Trek with
UBC’s achievements over the past 80
years, and is our blueprint for taking this
university into the next century.
I would like to expand on three
elements of TREK2000 here: our determination to be the best university in
Canada; the renewal of the learning
environment; and our community
outreach.
Most universities aspire to be ‘one’ of
the best, or the best in a certain area.
After looking closely at all the elements
that make up UBC-the quality of our
faculty and students, the level of our
research compared to that of other
universities in Canada, our geographical
position-I am convinced that this
university is destined to become the top
university in Canada by any system of
measurement you care to use. The
potential is all there, the necessary pieces
are all in place. We shall establish that
goal in both real and anecdotal terms: by
the numbers and by popular consensus.
We are building new classrooms and
refurbishing old ones, but renewing the
learning environment isn’t limited to
physical structures. It also means
changing theway we teach and theway
students learn. Ours is a dynamic
research university, and research will
become an important element of our
teaching efforts. We are expanding our
commitment to interdisciplinarityusing many disciplines to teach ineach
academic area-and to the use of
information technology in classrooms
across the campus. The key here is
learning, rather thanteaching in the
traditional sense. We are continuing our
evolution toward a learner-centred
environment.
UBC has always been a communityoriented university. Continuing Studies
programs draw people from all areas of
the city, and our campus is one of
Vancouver’s major tourist destinations.
Our sports and arts eventsare part of the
Lower Mainland’s entertainment fabric.
UBC has also been a major contributor to
the economy of British Columbia. We
have transferred ideas, research and
technology to more than 70 spinoff companies-more than have been produced
by any other Canadian universitywhich generate wealth, provide employment and help diversify o u r economy.
TREK2000 spells out initiatives for even
greater community involvement including an expanded student co-op program,
greater emphasis on alumni branch
activities and strengthened links with the
GVRD in community planning.
We are also establishing a strong
presence in Vancouver’s downtown core.
Our research in the Health Sciences, as
well as in the Social Sciences and
Humanities, gives us a unique insight
into the social, cultural and economic
needs of the region. We are developing
arbara Large BA‘54 received an MBE educational programs, policy analysis
in the Queen’s Birthday Honour’s
and outreach projects to meet these
List on June 16, 1998. She is an
needs. Such involvement will, as well,
educational consultant for HM Prison
provide opportunities for further reService and is conference director for the
search, learning and student placements.
18th Annual Writers’ Conference at King
The Great Trek in 1922 defined UBC
Alfred’s University College. The award was as a dynamic institution, ready to take
presented to her by Prince Charles at
risks, to develop new ideas and to be a
Buckingham Palace on October 30, 1998.
forceful presence in the community. TREK
After she graduated from UBC,
2000 continues that tradition.
Barbara taught at a secondary school in
Included in this issue of the Cllronicle
New Westminster. She and her husband
is a pamphlet outlining the TREK 2000
then moved to Seattle and subsequently to initiatives. Your input and involvement
England, where she continued to teach at
are welcome.
two local colleges as a senior lecturer.
Martha P i p r , Prrsirlerlt
Alumna Receives MBE-Queen’s Honours
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People
A Patricia Marchak BA’58, PhD’70 has
been elected by faculty to theBoard of
Governors.
A former dean of Arts, Marchak is a
professor in the Anthropology and
Sociology department and the Institute
for Resources and Environment. She
served as head of Anthropology and
Socidogy from 1987-1990.
Marchak is a fellow of the Royal
Society of Canada and president
of its
Humanities andSocial Sciences
Academy.
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Suzanne Dodson BA’54, BLS’63
UBC Library’s facilities and preservation
manager, received an Honorary Life
Membership Award from the BC
Library Association.
Dodson played a leadingrole in a
10-year campaign to secure the free
deposit of provincial government
publications for academic libraries. She
was also honoured for an awardwinning programof preserving
microfilm of historical materials. The
award isgiven to people who have
made substantial long-standing
contributions to the association and to
library service in BC.
a
UBC Commerce professorTae
Oum MBA’74, PhD’79 and two former
PhD students have been awarded the
“best paper”prize at the recentWorld
Conference on Transportation
Research in Antwerp, Belgium.
Qtimaf Demand for Operating
Lease of Aimaft was chosen as the top
paper out of 893 entries presented to
the 14 members of the prize
committee.
Prof. O m , Anming Zhang and
Yimhg Zhang analyzed profitable
methods of Ieasing and ownershipof
aircraft based on data from 10 major
Nor€h American carriers.
The award, which included
$1,OOO, is given once every three
years.
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Research B a t t es
Depression
H
elping people deal with their
depression is important to
Vancouver clinical pychologist
Randy Paterson.
So important, in fact, that he is
willing to teach his techniques to mental
health professionals, who in turn teach
them to their patients. He does this
through a program he coordinatescalled
Changeways, located at UBC Hospital.
“Every community can expect to
have a fair number of people experience
depression-any community of over five
people, at least,” says Paterson. “What
many of the professionals are asking for
is more strategies, based on the research
literature, to help clients.”
Changeways is a system of cognitivebehavioural techniques whichpsychologists or counsellors teach to groups of
people with depression in eight to 10
hour sessions.
Six months after learning
Changeways techniques, eight per cent of
people prone to major depression are
readmitted to hospital, compared with
30 per cent of similar people who
haven’t taken the program.
So far, about 700 mental health
workers have been trained in the
techniques, and they’ve passed them on
to approximately 1,700 people with
major depression.
The program has proved so effective
that it is now beingfranchised to
communities across BC, as well as
Alberta and Ontario.
The cognitive part of the system
works on understanding and changing
negative thought patterns, while the
behavioural part focuses on lifestyle
factors that might trigger or prolong
depression such as excessive drinking,
poor sleep habits, lack of exercise and
threadbare social networks.
Stewart Blusson BSc‘60,
Gives $50 Million t o UBC
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BC has received the largest single donation ever made to a Canadian
university. Stewart Blusson BSc’60 donated $50 million to further UBC’s
research capacity.
“It is an extraordinary gift not simply because of the amount, but because Dr.
Blusson has granted us the privilege of allocating the moneyspecifically to research
and academic excellence,” says President Martha Piper.
Blusson, a geologist and diamond explorer, is principal shareholder in Archon
Minerals Ltd., a mining exploration company based in Vancouver.
“The most important research is often the most basic research, which the
public doesn’t get excited about because by itself, it’s simply another piece of the
puzzle,” says Blusson. Basic research often focusses on questions that don‘t
necessarily have commercial applications, but are, rather, interesting and important
of themselves. Some of the most significant scientific discoveries have been made
in this way.
Blusson says he made his donation partly because of the federal government’s
creation last year of the $800 million Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
fund, a five-year program to help universities, colleges, and hospitals upgrade their
research facilities.
The donation will support the funding of infrastructure and equipment that
will take UBC to a new level of research and academic excellence, says Piper.
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CGRP Helps BC’S
Seniors
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BC’s department of Family
Practice is concerned with
providing the best care possible
to BC’s older population. So they decided
to dosomething about it: they created the
Community Geriatrics Research Partnership (CGRP).
The CGRP began in 1997 and focuses
on a continuum of geriatric care, from the
active, healthy senior to the bed-ridden
frail elderly. The project hopes to develop
research that will help doctors across BC
provide effective care for seniors in
various stages of their lives.
The research includes a study on the
health benefits of exercise by older
women, a survey of seniors’ own interest
in health promotion, the role of creativity
in maintaining health and the development of a treatment protocol for the care
of elderly in nursing homes.
The CGRP is generously funded by
rofessor Ron Clowes, professor
emeritus Charles Laszlo, and Senator Paul Lin were named members
of the Order of Canada. Professor emeritus
Alan Cairns was named an officer of the
Order, the second-highest ranking.
Alan Cairns is an authority in the
field of political science. He has served on
many Royal Commissions and received an
honorary degree from UBC in 1998.
Ron Clowes has spent thelast ten
years leading a project examining the
structure and evolutionof Canada’s
landmass and continental margins. He is a
geophysicist and professor in the department of Earth and Ocean Sciences.
As director of UBC’s Institute for
Hearing Accessibility Research, Charles
Laszlo created a unique environment
where engineers, audiologists, physicians,
educators, psychologists and hard-ofhearing consumers worked together on
hearing accessibility problems.
Paul Lin has strengthened the
diplomatic and commercial relationships
between Canada and China. He was
appointed to UBC’s Senate by BC’s
lieutenant governor in 1994 and reappointed to a second term in 1997.
Dinodrop Correction
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n our last issue we profiled Dino
drops, a candy coated sour cherry
onfection created by grad students
at UBC. The candy, which uses technology developed by DRI Technology, a UBC
spin-off company, was recognized at the
Institute of Food Technologist’s Student
Association Product Development
Comptetion last June.
We mentioned Jill Richardson in
the article, but neglected to mention that
another grad student, George Aliphtiras,
was also involved in the creation of the
candies. Congratulation to both Jill and
George for their sweet teeth.
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CCRP helps senior citizens take a more active
role in their health.
Pacific Command, the Royal Canadian
Legion. For more info, contact Pamela
Brett, Geriatrics Researcher, at 875-4111,
ext. 61438.
Libera I Arts Degrees
Make for Good-Jobs
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iberal Arts degrees are more
valuable on the job market than
you might think.
According to a recently released
study by UBC Economics professor Robel‘t
Allen, liberal arts graduates to do better
than people with trade, technical or
vocational training.
“Graduates in these areas find good
jobs and earn high incomes compared to
Economics professor RobertAllen.
people with less education,” saysAllen.
The purpose of the study was to
determine whether graduates of liberal arts programs lack the skills needed to find
good jobs and face high unemployment.
Data shows 50 to 60per cent of men and women with bachelor degrees in the
humanities and social sciences work in managerial and professional jobs.
Women grads from 20 to 29 years old earned from $30,000 to $32,000 per year
compared to $25,519 for those with a post-secondary diploma. Male grads the same
age are slightly higher: from $32,000 to $39,000 compared to $34,000 for those with
post-secondary diplomas.
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Some 200 student delegates from 54 nations are expected to gather here
next August to discuss imperatives and opportunities facing the
Commonwealth in the coming years.
Christopher Gorman, secretary general of the Commonwealth Universities’
Student Congress and event organizer, hopes to ensure the widest possible
representation at the congress, with financial help from a variety of sources.
“Many of the issues that are being dealt withon an internationallevel will have
a major impact on future generations,” says Gorman. “We belong to a generation
that will be affected by decisions being made today, yet the opportunities for input
into the way these issues are managed are few.”
A broad agenda is expected with issues ranging from the futurerole of the
Commonwealth in global affairs to the involvement of students.
Gorman, nine other UBC students, UBC President’s Office executive director
Herbert Rosengarten, and Royal Commonwealth Society president Lewis Perinbam
comprise the congress secretariat. MarthaPiper and Haig Farris are on the
council’s advisory board.
The Commonwealth of Learning and the Royal Commonwealth Society,
Vancouver Branch, is sponsoring the forum.
For further information, contact Gorman atgorman@unixg.ubc.ca or at the
Commonwealth Universities’ Student Congress, c/o Office of the Dean, Faculty of
Arts, University of British Columbia, 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T
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Notes from the East Coast:
UBC in Nova Scotia
by Marjorie Simmins
1
t’s twice as far to Vancouver as it is
to England from Nova Scotia, yet
at last count, there were more
than 500 UBC alumni living in
he province. Some grads were
Nova Scotians returning home; some
came east for new jobs, new lives, new
experiences. Most live in or around Halifax, population 320,000, but some live in
small villages on the coast or nestled
into the densely wooded hillsides of the
Cape Breton Highlands. Social workers,
lawyers, professors, researchers, farmers,
writers, poets and television producers:
the professions and work choices of
these people are as varied as the urban
and rural homescapes they live in.
But just who are these grads, anyway? And what do they remember of
their UBC years?
“My fondest memory of UBC was
living in Fort Camp,” says Yoginder
Joshi, PhD’64, a professor of physics at
St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish. Fort Camp and Fort Acadia were
the army hutsused for student residences. “A third of the student population
lived in those huts,” hesays. “That was
in the 1960s. There were only about
20,000 students on campus. Fort Camp
had six to 20 rooms in each hut, and
they were near the beach. We loved looking out over the cliffs at the sunset.”
Joshi, following friends who were
enrolled in graduate studies at UBC,
came to Canada from India, where he
had already completed a BSc and an MSc
at Punjab University. “BC is beautiful,”
says Joshi. “The weather is great, and I
still have friends from India who live
there, so there’s a spiritual tie.” But Joshi
is quite happy with life in the Maritimes,
and particularly satisfied with teaching
at St. FX.
Joshi enjoys the continuity of family
life on the east coast. “I’ve taught fathers
and sons,” he says, “and mothers and
daughters.” It is a pattern of stability he
hopes carries into the future.
Dr. David Lawless, MA’60, served as
president of St. FX from 1990 to 1996.
“St. FX influenced my way of thinking of
a small university,’’ says Lawless, who is
currently the president of St. Mary’s College, a private university college in Calgary, now in its second year of operation.
“We need this sort of university in the
west.”
Born and raised in Victoria, BC, Lawless earned his BA from Assumption University, now the University of Windsor,
an MA from UBC, and a second MA and
a PhD from the University of London.
He returned to Canada in 1963, where he
became VP Academic at the University of
Manitoba, and was rector of St. Paul’s
College.
“Communities are more established
in the Maritimes,” he says. He enjoyed
this aspect of east coast life during the
six years he lived in Antigonish. “Maritimers have very strong roots. Several
successive generations will even live in
the same house.”
He has many fond memories of
UBC: “Friends, the good spirit among
grad students at that time, and excellent
teachers such as Doug Kenny.” Lawless
has family in Victoria and Vancouver,
and visits whenever he can. “I go for the
fishing, too,” he laughs.
Eleonore Schonmaier, MFA’92, lives
in Ketch Harbour, a 25-minute drive
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from Halifax, and is a contract teacher of
creative writing at Mount. St. Vincent
and St. Mary’s universities. “I like being
near the city,” she says, “yet still enjoy
the rural world. We can see the ocean
from our house, and we’re surrounded
by trees.”
Raised in Madsen, in northwestern
Ontario, Schonmaier has a BA and BScN
from Queen’s. She came to Nova Scotia
in 1986, when husband Bruce MacLennan, an engineer, found work. Of Nova
Scotia she says, “ I love the landscape, the
people and the sea.” Schonmaier is the
author of Passionfruit Tree, a collection of
short stories, and Treading Fast Rivers, a
book of poetry to be published this year
by McGill-Queen’s University Press. “I
went to UBC for my MFA because I had
heard good things about thecreative
writing program there,” she says. The
rumours were right. “The only negative
thing I could say is that I wish I had
been there longer,” laughs Schonmaier.
As for Vancouver itself, “I miss the
mountains, the Pacific, Granville Island
and Stanley Park-and I’d love to see the
new library,” she says.
“I guess it was fate,” laughs Powell
River-born and Kamloops-raised Allan
Kipp, BSc’68, looking down and over his
family’s 50 acres of land to the rippled
waters of Chedabucto Bay near Port Royal on the southwest corner of Isle Madame. “The wind dropped us here.” But
not before Kipp had crewed aboard a
sloop to England, laboured on a fruit
farm in Norway, spent a year in the navy,
worked as a welfare officer in northern
Labrador and taught high school in Newfoundland. It was on the Rock that he
met his wife, Ethel. The couple have
three children. And a puppy, ducks,
chickens, turkeys, sheep, Highland cattle
and a bountiful vegetable garden. “You
can do more with less here,” says Kipp of
his family’s rich but self-sufficient existence in Nova Scotia. “It’s a much simpler
lifestyle.”
Simple perhaps, but with work to be
done both on andoff the farm, extremely
busy. Following his studies at UBC,Kipp
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obtained a diploma in education from Memorial
and an OD (Doctor of Optometry) from Waterloo.
He currently practices optometry in near-by Port
Hawkesbury on Cape Breton Island. Once a year
Kipp alsojourneys to South
or Central America as a
member of the Remote
Area Medical team, which
distributes used glasses to those in need.
Other than missing family members
who still live in BC, Kipp is thoroughly
content with his life. He remembers with
pleasure the view over Georgia Strait
from UBC, but also remembers how, at
16 years of age, that same large campus
felt a bit overwhelming. “ I enjoy visiting
BC,” Kipp says. “But after 30 years away,
this is home.”
Born in Toronto, brought up in Ontario and New Brunswick, and educated
at UBC and the U of Toronto (PhD), Peter Waite, BA’48, MA’50, lives in Halifax,
a city he says he fell in love with in 1951
when he first taught at Dalhousie. He
was head of the history department there
from 1960-1968, and has been Professor
Emeritus since 1988. He and his wife Masha have two grown daughters. Perhaps
the best-known of Waite’s numerous historical studies is The Life and Times of
Confederation, 1864-1867. Of special interest to UBC grads, however, is his biography of one of UBC’s greatest presidents: Lord Of Point Grey: Larry MacKenzie
of UBC. Waite is a mem-
ber of the Order of Canada, and has a long list of
honours in the Canadian
Who’s Who.
Waite’s years on the
east coast have not dimmed his memories of
UBC, or his affection for
the west coast. “1 miss the
mountains,” he says, “but
we do go skiing each year
in Banff, and also visit my brother in
Victoria.” He and his wife enjoy Halifax
as much as ever, often going for walks in
the city’s Point Pleasant Park, which is a
dog-friendly, smaller version of Stanley
Park, ribboned with walking paths.
“My fondest memory of UBC was
being introduced to Louis St. Laurent by
Norman MacKenzie,” he says. “That was
a day.”
Perhaps the only linkage among
these alumni was a time of learning in a
common venue that was uncommonly
lovely. A time too of life-enhancing relationships with friends, mentors and family, some of whom remain cherished,
either in memory or duringbi-coastal
visits. Beyond these factors, memories
remain of red cedar and Douglas fir, their
pungent evergreen scents carried on Pacific-skimmed breezes.
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I
f current research into combating
the aging process allowed for significantly longer life spans, how
long would Maria Klawe want to
live in order to fulfill all of her
interests? Would, say, 200 years
be enough? Maybe.
Following eight years with IBMResearch, four as a research manager, she
came to UBC where she was head of
Computer Sciences from 1988-1995. She
succeeded K.D. Srivastava as VP Student
and Academic Services in 1995, a post
she held until mid September of last
year, and took over as dean of Science on
November 1.
She is a very serious and gifted
painter. The eclectic array of works on
her office walls back her claim that art is
more than a hobby for her. She is also a
marathon runner, a guitarist and ... oh
yes, a mother of two. She holds the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council (NSERC) Chair for Women in
Science and Engineering. Then there is
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rative project that develops interactive
multimedia and curriculum materials to
teach math and science, plus a bevy of
boards and advisory councils on which
she serves. Asked where she will be in
five years, the answer is a single word:
exhausted.
But exhaustion is something that
marathoners learn to combat. Fueled by
an even mixture of her love for scientific
research and an irrepressible desire to
make a difference for students and the
university, she’ll go the distance and
then some. The key is balance, and balance was what was missing in her life as
a vice president. While it offered her an
opportunity toeffect change for the better, particularly for students, it also
meant less time for her research activities. She wanted both, and the deanof
Science’s office offered a more suitable
balance between having a hand on the
levers of administration and pursuing
her own research.
by Don Wells
“Being the dean of Science is much
more compatible to maintaining anactive research life and making something
happen,” she says.
“Making something happen” is a
phrase she uses a lot. She uses it to describe her decision to move back to Canada with husband Nick Pippenger, an
American theoretical scientist she met
while working at the U of T, and then
moved with to IBM’s Almaden Research
Centre in San Jose, California, the heart
of the Silicon Valley.
There were other more lucrative offers extended to the extraordinarily gifted pair, but Klawe, who admits toa great
love of her native land, longed to return
to Canada. But it couldn’t be just anywhere, it had to be a place where they
could “make something happen.” A
phone call from then Academic vice
president Dan Birch convinced her that
UBC’s Computer Science department was
such a place.
‘‘I wanted to build a good computer
science department, but I also wanted
UBC to think differently about students
and about computers,” she said. Having
accomplished the former objective, she
carried the vision about students and
about computers into the vice presidential office. Specifically, she wanted students to have a stronger voice in university matters and to widen consultation
processes to include students toa greater
degree, and she also wanted everyone to
have improved access to information
technology.
During her term, she worked with
the Advisory Committee on Information
Technology, resulting in e-mail and Internet access for all students, faculty and
staff. She also worked with the Campus
Advisory Board on Student Development
to increase students’ communication and
involvement with the university through
a variety of means, including open forums on a variety of issues, surveys, and
the hugely successful campus-wide firstyear orientation program, lmugine UBC.
“Students are at a point in their lives
when they are learning, changing, growing, exploring, pushing,“ says Klawe. “I
like interacting with people like that. I’ve
always wanted students to have a sense
that they could effect change.”
Allison Dunnet, who was a fourthyear arts student and theAMS coordinator of external affairs in 1996-97, masterminded the Imagirze UBC project and
credits Klawe with providing the support
and enthusiasm tomake it happen, right
down to providing office space. More
than 500 upper level undergraduate students volunteered to help out in the inaugural event, which took place on the
first day of classes the following September. Imagine UBC is a day-long festival
with food, music and orientation sessions for new students. More than 4000
new students attended, sparking a sense
of community among them and easing
the often difficult transition to campus
life.
“She’s very good at supporting people and their ideas and she is willing to
take risks,” said Dunnet, who was given
the Alumni Association’s 1998 Outstanding Student Award for her efforts in coor-
dinating Imagine UBC. “She’s done wonders for students because she is very respectful of their opinions. The open forums symbolized what she was accomplishing as a VP-bringing faculty, staff
and administrators together and letting
students ask them questions-that was
unheard of.”
A
s for the faculty of Sci-
ence, Klawe is, as usual,
ready to tackle a number
of challenges, including
a pledge to develop new
interdisciplinary programs such as the new Integrated Sciences program, (see article page 20) which
began this year, are at the topof her
agenda. She is quick to emphasize that
these programs cannot be developed at
the expense of core disciplines. She does,
however, want to see opportunities expanded for students who want to cross
very different disciplines.
“A student who is, for example, very
gifted in physics and music currently
cannot major in both. Students should
be given the opportunity tocross very
different disciplines. Another important
reason for emphasis on interdisciplinary
education is that so many research breakthroughs are happening at the interface
between disciplines. The Integrated Sciences program is particularly important
because it has been designed with this
principle in mind.”
As for her own research endeavours,
her primary focus will continue to be on
how interactive multimedia can be effectively used in education. In particular,
she currently leads a collaborative
project called E-GEMS (Electronic Games
for Education in Math and Science) involving computer scientists, mathematics educators, teachers, children and professional game developers.
If what was lacking in her time as
vice president was a healthy balance between research and “making something
happen,” it appears as though taking
over as dean of Science has enabled her
to adjust thescales to her taste. But those
who are close to her will know that a
condensed and demanding professional
life will not fulfill all of her interests and
passion.
Is Maria Klawe unique? “I’m a bizarre person!” she laughs after a moment
of reflection. “I guess I’m unique in that
I’m very open about the breadth of my
interests.” First and foremost among her
personal interests is maintaining her
close relationship with her children
Janek and Sasha. But besides the obvious,
there has always been and will always be
a deep passion for art and music.
Clearly she’s not the type to run off
to the tropics and lie on the beach for
months on end, butif she were stranded
on a tropical island, the three items she
says she would most want to have are
“my guitar, my paints and my laptop.“
She won’t say in what order.
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Alumni College in Tuscany
Integrated Science, 311: Science with a Difference
T
he Thursday afternoonclass
discussion in room 2449 of Biological Sciences is a touch abnormal. But in Integrated Science 311, a course offered for
the first time as part of UBCs
new Integrated Science program, abnormalities are often the norm.
The session begins with the announcement that thelesson plan for the
day has been discarded.There are important matters thatrequire discussion.
“OK, hot seats!” says Geography professor Douw Steyn, punctuating the command with a clapof his hands. The
twenty odd students snap up the
chairs,
place them in a semi-circleand are again
seated. The entire process, an obviously
familiar drill,takes less than ten seconds,
The configuration, which has two
chairs conspicuously enclosed in the
middle, is intended tochallenge, facilitate questions andencourage debate. But
seats,
today it is not students in the hot
but Steyn and a co-instructor, Zoology
associate professor Lee Gass.
Integrated Science 311, subtitled
“The Size of Things,” deals with the consequences of size or scaie on biological,
chemical, physical and geological processes. It is one of four IntegratedScience
courses offered, from which students
must select three, in addition toall the
usual senior level requirements of a disciplinary major. They are interdepartmental courses, designed t o develop an understanding of links between disciplines
and their impact on society.
The day before, the other sectionof
this same course had been subverted by
the students who needed toair some
concerns. Steyn listened, the students
talked. The discussiontook the entire
two-hour time slot, andSteyn made no
attempt to stop it.He couldn’t. He was
learning too much about fine-tuning the
course. Both he and Gass have agreed
that it is only fair to afford today’s students the same opportunity toprovide
feedback on the course, its structure,
presentation and evaluation processes,
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The conversation covers a wide
range of issues such asthe availability of
additional resource material, assignments, priorities, the final exam and the
general directionof the course. In response to one student’s question, Steyn
exhibits not atrace of guilt, but nods his
head in agreement whenGass freely admits, ‘‘we’re making it upas we go
along!” He immediately emphasizes that
he is not referring to thecourse content,
just its presentation and structure.
As the spirited discussion continues,
interspersed with frequent laughter, itis
apparent that these students
are a particularly intrepid and curiOus lot, a bitlike
test pilots whose fascination for
fight
students state an academicobjective and
then design an interdepartmentalcurriculum to meet it.Both the objective and
the curriculum must be sufficiently rigorous to meet theapproval of a board consisting of professors from across the faculty of Science.
The program aimsto accommodate
a wide range of interests, from the student whose ultimate goalis medicine,
but who is also fascinated bycomputers
and artificial intelligence, to one who
aspires to be a journalist, but wants a
variety of science courses to give her the
background to be a science and technology specialist.
“The underlying phiiosophyis that
modern science increasingly is occurring
at the interface between the traditional
disciplines, in emerging disciplines such
as neuroscience, biophysics and mathematical biology,” says Gosline. “Students
should be encouragedto prepare for
those emergingareas.”
The 35 students registered in the
program have entered their third year,
having already met all the first and second year Science requirements. “The opportunity of designing their own curriculum and to step out
of the usual boundaries results in an amazing groupof students,” says Steyn. “Next term’s instructors will have to be warned that theseare
extremely demanding studentsand that
they will be challenged by them.”
outweighs the fear of unproven aircraft.
The course is uncharted, untested and,
perhaps at timesunclear, but if any of
the studentsregret their decision to enroil, it is not evident today.
According to program director, Zoology professor John Gosline, Integrated
Science was created to give students the
opportunity todesign a customized science degree program that is targeted towards their individual educationalgoals,
if those educational goals cannot be easily accommodated under the existing departmental majors and honoursprograms. Rather than seletting a major,
$ked about the attitudesof
academic colleagues toward
the fledgling IntegratedSci
ences program, Gass and
Steyn both admit that
there are still doubters
who charge that the programis insufficiently rigorous to merit the Bachelor of
Science distinction. Clearly, however, the
doubters have never paida visit to room
2559 of Biological Sciences on a Thursday afternoon.
The program is rigorous and will
continue tobe so. The studentswill see
to that.
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On the Front Lin
UBC’s School of Nursing is celebrating
an important anniversary in 1999. For
80 years, the school has been
graduating caregivers of the highest
quality, helping to make our healthcare
system one of the best in the world.
Doreen Hatton is one such grad.
welve-year-old Nick Rafter has
diabetes, but chances are he’ll
never have to spend a single
night in the hospital for treatment, thanks to achildren’s
day care program developed and directed
by UBC School of Nursing graduate Doreen Hatton. Doreen has taught Nick and
his parents how to manage and treat his
diabetes at home.
Until 1996, patients at BC Children’s
Hospital who were diagnosed with Type I
and Type I1 diabetes would spend about
a week in hospital at a time to receive
treatments. Now, about 95% of all new
cases at Children’s are managed on an
out-patient day care basis. That means
young diabetics don’t have to go
through the often frightening experience
of lengthy hospital stays, and parents
avoid the anxiety which is often associated with having a child hospitalized.
There are other benefits too.The
patients’ blood glucose levels tend to
stabilize more quicklywhen their routine
and level of physical activity remain normal, which they do not when thechild
must stay in hospital. And beds which
formerly went to these young patients
are now available for children with more
acute illnesses.
Following the completion of her
Master’s degree in 1992, Doreen received
the British Columbia Children’s Hospital
Medical Staff Award for Excellence in
Nursing Practice. She used the award to
fund a study on the benefits and costeffectiveness of managing childhood diabetes in an outpatient setting. Based on
the study results, which included an
overwhelmingly successful pilot project
conducted in 1994, the Daycare Management and Education Program was
launched at Children’s in 1996. Currently more than 400 families receive education on how to manage the disease and
administer their own treatments.
Doreen heads the program in collaboration with pediatric endocrinologists, a
clinical dietician and Medical Day Care
unit staff. She spends the bulk of her
time teaching families like Nick‘s how to
give insulin, monitor blood-glucose levels and administer the complicated diabetes regimen.
As the UBC School of Nursing marks
its 80th anniversary, outstanding graduates like Doreen Hatton provide inspiration for students to pursue careers in a
profession which has experienced more
lows than highs in recent years. “We are
faced with a huge nursing shortage,” says
Doreen, noting that the profession has
always been a challenging one, but a variety of circumstances including the rapid expansion of medical technology is
making it even more so.
Her book, “Diabetes and You” has
sold more than 8,000 copies and is being
used as a manual for children, parents
and caregivers. It is also used as a primary resource for diabetes education in
pediatric centres across Canada, the
Dorreen Hatton, top, at a clinic in Mongolia
showing children, parents and nursing staff
how to manage diabetes. Below, Hatton and
Nick Rafter.
United States, New Zealand, Great Britain, China, Mongolia and France. An
adjunct assistant clinical professor with
UBC’s School of Nursing and a conductor of outreach clinics, education seminars and workshops, Doreen received the
Diabetes Educator of the Year Award of
Distinction in 1995 and has resumed her
research activity thanks to a $40,000 research grant from the Canadian Diabetes
Association.
We salute the School of Nursing in
its 80th year for turning out graduates
like Doreen. Nick Rafter and his parents
Don Wells
say thanks
too.
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“A great team.” Members of the Association’s
Board of Directors give their time and expertise to
help develop and execute alumni programs.
President
Treasurer
Don Wells, BA’89
Linda Thorstad, BSc(Hon)’77, MSc’84
R. Thomas Hasker, BA’86
Alumni Activities:
Alumni Activities:
University Activities:
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program
participant.
Member of
Community
Service:
of Distinction
Award for
management
and the professions.
Occupation:
Vice-president of corporate relations,
Viceroy Resources.
Senior Vice President
Gregory Clark, BCom‘86, LLB‘89
Alumni Activities:
Member-at-Large since 1996. Chair of the
Association’s Branches Committee.
Founding
member,
Director,
Midland
Walwyn
Charitable
Foundation;
director,
Richmond Chamber of Commerce;
member, Richmond School District,
Career Development Advisory Committee.
Occupation:
Financial Advisor, Midland Walwyn
Capital Inc.
Community Service:
Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union
Marketing Council (1994-96); Past
President, Association of Canadian
University Sports Information Directors.
Occupation:
Communications Consultant
Members-at-Large 1999-2001
Edward John, LLB‘79
University Activities:
Member of
the Dean’s
Placement
Advisory
Council,
Faculty of
Commerce
and Business
Administration, 199294. Member,
Academic Plan Advisory Committee 1998present.
Dinner Committee; member, Communications/Editorial Board 1993-present
(chair); contributing writer, UBC Alumni
Chronicle.
Professional Activities:
Founding editor
and publisher of
Business in
Vancouver, 1989.
Founding editor
and publisher of
Vancouver’s
Business Report,
1986. Editor,
Monday Magazine, 1982-86.
Served as an elected councillor of Tl’azt’en
Nation from 1974-1992 and as an elected
chief from
1990-92.
Former Tribal
Chief of the
Carrier Sekani
Tribal Council,
1984-88. Reelected to the
Task Group of
the First
Nations Summit
in 1993, 1996, and 1998.
Community Service:
Community Service:
Director, Downtown Vancouver Association; chair, Leadership Vancouver;
member, Vancouver City Planning
Commission, 1994-97.
Member of numerous First Nations and
non-aboriginal organizations and businesses. Former member of the tripartite
British Columbia Claims Task Force.
Occupation:
Occupation:
Occupation:
Lawyer, Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson.
Publisher, Business in Vancouver.
Grand Chief of Tl’azt’en Nation; lawyer.
Community Service:
Vice-president, St. George’s Old Boys
Association 1992-94; chair, St. George’s
Old Boy’s Association Advisory Board,
1998-present; member, Canada Japan
Society; member and director, Rotary
International (Tsawwassen)
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Peter Ladner, BA’70
Professional
Activities:
Members at Large 1998-2000
Jean Forrest, BPE'83
Alumni Activities:
Member-at-Large since 1996. Chair
Alumni Day Committee.
Community Service:
Director, North Shore Winter Club, 1998present; trustee, BC Sports Hall of Fame
and Museum
1995-97;
director, Sport
BC 1992-97;
commissioner,
Vancouver
Board of Parks
& Recreation
1990-93 (vice
chair 1991-93); member, RC Women's
Field Hockey Federation Exec. Committee
1987-90; member, Canadian National
Field Hockey Team 1978-81.
Occupation:
Consultant, Marketing clr Special Events
Thomas Hobley, MBA'83
Alumni Activities:
Member-at-Large since 1996. Chair of the
Association's Marketing Committee.
Occupation:
Director of Technical Kepair and Acting
General
Manager,
Rogers
Cablesystems
Inc. Managed coaxial
system
upgrades in
the Western
Region;
Constructed
the first CATV fiber ring in Western
Canada.
The Board of Directors
Elections for the Board are held each
Spring. All officers (except the Treasurer)
serve two-year terms. The Senior Vice
President automatically becomes President
after his or her two-year term. Three of the
six members-at-large are elected each year
Board of Directors, 1999
Honorary President,
Martha C. Piper
Chancellor
William Sauder,
BCam'48
LLD'SO
President
Linda Thorstad, BSe'77, MSc'84
Seniar VP
Greg
Clark,
BCom'86,
UP89
Treasurer
BA'86
Thomas
Hasker,
Administration Rep
Dr. Chuck Slonecker, UBC Vice President,
External Affairs (Acting)
AMS President
Vivian HoffmannlRyan Marshall
Awards
Tricia Smith
Branches
Greg Clark
Communications
Don Wells
Convocation Senator
Timothy P.T. Lo BSc'97, LLB'95
2000
Members at Large '98-'00
Jean Forrest, BPE'83
Thomas Hobley, MBA'83
Members a t Large '99-'0?
Peter Ladner, BA'70
Don Wells, BA'B9
Edward John, LLB'79
Executive Director (ex-officio)
Agnes Papke, BSc(Agrl'66
1, 1999)
(Board
takes
office
May
Board Appointments, 1998
Walter Gage
Jo Hinchliffe BA'74
Scholarships and Bursaries
Pamela Friedrich BA'67
Future Alumni
Jordan KO
Volunteer Day
Louanne Twaites BSC(Pharm)'53
N
-
1999
AlumniDinner
Brenda Brown BSW'65
Alumni Day
John Banfield BCom'56
Cheryl Banfield BA'60
AMS Liaison
Russell Mark BCom'76
Divisions Committee
Sharmen Vigouret BMLSc'92, MHA'94
Faculty Rep
William Webber MD'58
Marketing
Thomas Hobley
Nominating, Recruitment and
Membership
Linda Thorstad
Student Relations
Jean Forrest
Young Alumni
Laurie Baggio BA'94
THE UNIVERSITY OF BFUTISH COLUMBIA
Registrar's Office
20164874 E&'M&
Vancouver, BC, Canada
V6T IZ1
E l d m ReSuDts
Convocation Senators
The folio&ng candidates have been elected to serve on
the Senate as convocaton representatives for a three-year
term commencing September I, I999
Bob Affleck
Patrickl: Brady
Edward Greathed
Stanley B, Knight
Bikkar S. hili
Tim Lo
Robert W. Lowe
Bill B. McNulty
Gerry Podenky-Cannon
Des Verma
Ronafd Yawonky
to provide continuity on the Board.
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Belkin Art Gallery
upcoming
exhibitions and events
*Walter Marchetti, Feb. 5-Mar. 21
Marchetti is an Italian visual composer associated with the Spanish
1960s avant-garde
movement,
zai
Top: The Eric Metcalfe Fonds consis& of the
papers of the Canadian artist known as Dr. Brute,
associated with Leopard Reality. The fond
contains multiple media material largely from
1968-72.Part of Belkin Art Gallery‘s archives.
Left: Animals, by Ruth Annaqtuusi Tulurialik.
Fibre and wool. Part of MOA’S March Exhibition
of Inuit art. Photo by Bill McLennan.
The Chan Centre for
the Performing Arts
Mar. 10-20
The Bacchae
Mar. 14
The Chan Centre
Chamber Players
May 16
May 23
Choir
Elektra
Women’s
Choir
Benefit Concert for
Children with AIDS
Call 822-2697 for tickets ST info.
White Stone: The
Alice Poems bv
Stephanie Bolster
BFA'91, MFA'94.
VehiculePress,
$12
The poems move
from the icon of
Alice in Wonderland
to the imagined figure of Alice on a West
Coast beach, underground with
Persephone, in Memphis with Elvis. They
also explore the life of the real Alice
Liddell, who sat for Charles Dodgson's
camera and inspired the Alice books
which prompted his rise to fame as Lewis
Carroll. The author won the Governor
General's Award for Poetry for 1998.
Making Your
Second Marriage
a First-class
Successby Doug
MA'83 & Naomi
Moseley. Prima
Publishing,
521 -95
Husband and wife therapists show you
how to get past the disappointment of a
broken marriage and take positive control
of your romantic life. You'll learn to
identify what went wrongthe first time
and embrace the joys and rewards that
only a successful marriage can offer.
Guiding Lights by Lynn Tanod
BEd'98, Photography by Chris Jaksa.
A Fight to the
Finishby
BEd'98.
Vantage Press,
Inc. $13.95
coast captures the romance and beauty of
BC's lighthouses. It is a moving tribute to
the people who have lived and worked on
the BC lights and a valuable portrait of
what continues to be a proud maritime
heritage.
On Laughter
Silvered Wings
by Thomas P.
Millar BA'47.
Palmer Press.
Leslie Leong Ent. Ltd. $29.95
For six years in Canada's magnificent
subarctic, Leong used her camera and pen
to share this intimate relationship with
others, successfully recreating the wild
beauty and profound emotion of this
remote land. It is a reflection of this
personal journey and an appeal for
humanity to recognize the great spiritual
importance of the natural world.
BSN'58.Harcourt
Brace
This book examines
the essential
elements of written
communication
with the needs of
nurses and nursing
students in mind. Applications to various
forms of written communication such as
essays, letters, memos, resumes, reports
and research appears are discussed.
Inward to the
Bones:Georgia
O'Keeffe's Journey
with Emily Carr by
Kate Braid MFA'92.
Polestar Book
Publishers, $16.95
Elaine
Podovinikoff
Gradually lifting
her own curtain
of silence, the author reveals a panoramic
view of her life through poetry. Here are
offerings of a versatile and highly original
poet who provides personal perspectives
in universal experiences.
The SMART Way
by Clennis Zilm
$24.95
This is a collection of the
author's nervy
humour, For those particularly interested
in humour, stand up comics, creative
writing teachers, novelists and playwrights, this book has instructional value.
It examines what's funny about funny,
and why. Great entertainment value.
Inspired by the idea
of a bondbetween
these two powerful painters, the author
has expanded the momentary meeting
into a passionate, revolutionary friendship. Thus begins an extraordinary
journey through landscape, art and desire,
and inward to the bones.
FromKamenetsPodolsk to
Winnipeg by
Reuven Lexier
MD'79. Lexier
Editions. $39.95
The Lechtzier
family was among
the first group of 24 Russian-Jewish
immigrants to come to Winnipeg in 1882,
as part of the movement to settle what
was then known as Rupert's Land. They
survived the drought and depression of
the 1890s to establish themselves as small
businessmen in the developing cities of
the West. Shows family trees through four
generations as well as nearly 200 photographs.
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The Young Alumni group is
made up of recent grads who
want to stay in touch with each
other and theuniversity. We get
together for networking, skills
development, sports and just
plain fun. Join us and become
part of a dynamic group.
Investment Club
Now YA members can joinup
with others to learn about
investing in stocks, bonds,
money market funds or even
GICs. The club meets every
second Thursdayof the month
to analyze industries and select
stocks and mutual funds.
Contact Len Clarke
len@helikon.com or James
Dungate james.dungate@nbpcd.com for
more info.
A Cliffhanger Mystery
*>
One of the most popular alumni
activities is solving mysteries at Cecil
Green Park. More than 100 alumni
played detective on a creepy Friday,
Oct. 13 at the “houseon thecliff.” A
Cliffhanger Mystery was hosted by
Young Alumni, with Guy Fauchon
BFA’91 playing Shearluck Holmes and
the one-and-only Dr. Witless was
Gerald Vanderwoude MFA’95.
If you would like to organize your
own murder, call Murder Unlimited at
649-GUNS.
For more information on YA, contact
our offices at 822-3313, or e-mail:
alumni@alumni.ubc.ca.Check out our
website: ~ . w w . h r l i n e t . c o m / ~ ~ ~ .
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Trek 2000 Shapes Alumni Priorities
had the pleasure of attending a UBC
Young Alumni dinner in the “Big Apple”
and witnessed first hand how energetic
young graduates from diverse fields can
help each other succeed in one of the
most competitive environments in the
world. A strong internet linked network
ofUBC grads will accomplish amazing
things.
Another priority will be to establish an
e-mail mentor program for students and
recent grads to help them deal with the
challenges of continuing education and
career opportunities.
I am personally hopeful that we will
develop our web site so that it can pron behalf of all us I would like to
vide live video and audio of important
acknowledge the incredible $50
UBC events to our grads around the
million gift of Stewart Blusson
world and give them the opportunity to
Bsc’60 in support of basic research at
communicate directly with the Alumni
UBC. This gift will allow researchers to
Association and the university.
study the fundamental issues in science,
I believe that one of the great chalmedicine and engineering to produce the
lenges UBC faces is to find ways to take
knowledge that will ultimately benefit
society in ways we can only dream about. advantage of the internet to develop a
truly global and virtual educational instiMr Blusson, your Alumni Association satution that will serve its students, gradulutes you for your visionary gift.
ates and society in the manner contemThe UBC Board of Governor’s has endorsed UBC President Martha Piper’s TREK plated by the vision ofTREK 2000. Universities in the next millennium will
2000 vision for UBC. Alumni have the
opportunity to play a powerful role in the have to adapt to the dramatic changes
brought upon us by the increasing imfuture development of the university and
pact of the internet and the ever expandwe are currently completing our own
strategy on your behalf to help make TREK ing ability to create and share knowledge
due to ever increasing bandwith. As al2000 a reality and a success. You will find
ways, “It is up to us.”
more details about TREK 2000 in a broI am most grateful for the opportunity
chure included in this issue, and in Dr.
to serve as the President of the Alumni
Piper’s column on page 7.
Association for the last 2 years. I wish my
Our priorities will include increasing
energetic and talented successor, Linda
our presence on the campus by developThorstad, every success and I thank our
ing an Alumni Centre in the heart of the
Board, our volunteers and Agnes Papke
campus where we can serve our present
and
her dedicated and hardworking staff
and future alumni more effectively. We
will also find ways to provide more access for all their support.
Haig Farris, President
to university facilities, such as the library,
for our graduates.
An important priority will be to forge a
strong branch system that will allow our
graduates to participate in the power of a
global UBC alumni network. Recently I
0
Visit our web site
www.aIumni.ubc.ca
Branch Events
Recent branch activities:
Upcomingevents:
During the first part of1999, we held
Annual All-Canadian Universities Event
branch events in Prince George,
Nanaimo, Calgary and Japan.
Student Send-offs
Student Send Offs took place in
Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Kelowna,
Kamloops and Hong Kong. We need
hosts and participants this summer for
Washington, DC. Apr. 16, 6 pm.
Ail-Canadian Universities Dinner,
Chicago, May 5.
Martha Piperwill visit branches around the
world in April and May: Beijing April 12,
Shanghai April 14, Singapore April 16,
Hong Kong April 20, Montreal April 27.
the above as well as Prince George,
Victoria,
Hong
ouroffices,toll
Kong, Singapore 8 Japan. Call
free, at 1-800-883-3088.Nanaimo:
Jakarta, Indonesia
New Reps 8 Contacts:
Toronto: Great Trekker Kathleen
Trent
Johanna Scott BSc'88 joinsJimSlatermeetsMartha
BA'28,
Piper atthe TorontoBranch recep-
PhD'71 as branch rep. (250)390-1085,
tion
on
Nov.
Grads
9.
turned out in record
num-
dscott@fairwinds.bc.ca.
bers, and can look forward to a return engage-
Malaysia: Zulkifli Ali BSc'73, MSc'75
ment in November, 1999.
(603) 408-5668, zulkif/i@publicbank.com.my.
Philippines: Bob Gothong BCom'77, new e-mail
1999 Reunions
is dg@wga.rnozcom.com
New York Salmon BBQ
Reunion Weekend,
October 2 & 3, 1999
The campus comes to life on Alumni Day,
October 2 with visitors from all over. If
you're planning to get together this year,
Alumni, friends and family met at theRegent
aim at Reunion Weekend. This year,
Hotel in Jakarta, Nov. 12, 1998. Pictured are
special reunions are planned for 1989,
(I-r): Yuyu 8 Marc Winfield, Chris Bendl, Brian
1974 and 1949. The following reunions
Cellars, Peyvand Bayzae, and Jaimie Willis.
are in the planning stages:
*Chemical Engineering '49 CGP, May 25.
For more info on Branches contact Catherine
*Chem Eng '59 CGP, June 12.
Newlands at 822-8917 or
newlands@alumni.ubc.ca
Alumni enjoya NY 584 Sept. 13 at ReifsTavern.
*Class of '49, UBC Campus, Oct. 2.
*Pharmacy '49, Oct. 2.
*Class o f '39 Reunion, CGP, Nov. 26; Applied
Science '39, reception prior to luncheon.
Nursing is planning its Alumni Dinner
and General Meeting for May, 1999. The
Contact Jane Merling at 822-8918 or
merling@alumni.ubc.ca
Young Alumni Award, the Alumni
Recognition Award and the Award of
Celebrating UBC's Pioneers
Distinction will be presented. For more
Great Trek Remembered Lunch, Oct. 16 at CGP.
info, please contact the UBC Nursing
1938 Diamond Anniversary Reunion
Information Line at 822-7468.
was held to coincide with Fall graduation Nov.
AOll had an eventful year with a
fashion show and sale, a Pottery-
selves at a CGP luncheon before proceeding to
27. 65 alumni and guests reaquainted them-
Painting Party, a performance of Swing,
the Chan Centre to cross the stage and join in
and Founders' day at CGP. If you would
the graduation ceremony.
like to be added to their cyber-list, email: stevema@oxionet.com
Acadia Camp Residence Reunion
Theatre, Film and Creative
Writing alumni interested developing a
A group of alumni who lived in a trailer park in
division for professional and social activities
year on Aug. 29. (I-r) Holly Holiday, Dennis
should contact Jane Merling at 822-8918 or at
Patrick BASc'55, George Tolhurst BA'52 and
merling@alumni.ubc.ca.
Judge John Davis.
the 50s get together for annual reunions.,this
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Don’t miss the 5th Annual Alumni Achievement and Sports Hall of Fame Dinner, Oct. 14, 1999
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4th Annual Dinner Brings Out the Best
A
s parties go, it was a good one.
The 4th Annual Alumni Recognition and Sports Hall of Fame
Dinner might have changed its name
(‘Recognition’ used to be ‘Achievement’),
but it didn’tappear to make a difference.
The evening was full of short, spirited
speeches, lots of laughs and plenty of
time to talk with old friends and tablemates. The dinner raised a good deal of
money for student scholarships and sent
more than a few people home with some
great door prizes and some great memories. The pics, opposite page, show some
of the goings on.
1) Students Megan Stubbs and Tim
Peterson, winners of scholarships generated by proceeds of the evening showed
everyone why supporting students is so
important. 2) Everyone’s favourite librarian, Catherine Quinlan hob nobs with
fundraiser Ron Burke and Kelly Chen
from International Relatons. 3) Big cheeses: UBC president Martha Piper, Alumni
Association president Haig Farris, Lyall
Knott (who single-handedly brought all
our sponsors on board) and Bob Philip,
Athletics head. 4) Two Murder Mystery
entertainers made unsuspecting patrons
don tutus, dance, sing, and ... well, you
had to be there. 5) Hall of Fame inductee
Nora McDermot, a top athlete from the
1940s. 6) Smiling hosts Jack Lee and
Dheena George took on the near-impossible job of keeping the noise downwhile
people talked and had fun. 7) Bob Philip
with Frances Owen and her children Fern
and Allan. The late JohnOwen was inducted into the Hall of Fame for his work
as a builder of UBC athletics. 8 ) Perennial
party-goer Buzz Moore tells Stan Knight
and his unidentified friend to take a hike.
9 ) Every party needs music, and Mr.
Flood’s Party did the trick. 10) Norm
Watt, who can talk faster than anyone on
the planet, scooped up the dough at the
end-of-evening auction. A very classy
Maria Klawe watercolour went for a couple of hun. 11) The lineup of some of the
Alumni Award Winners: Milton Wong,
Jennifer Roosma (accepting for her brother, Peter Dolman), Allison Dunnet, Lica
Chui, Andrew Booth, Paul Stanwood, Carol Herbert and JimStich. 12) Tara O’Hare,
standingin for brother Turlough, a top
swimmer, who was inducted in to the
Hall of Fame. 13) Author, teacher, doctor
Imagine ‘98 ...
Your First Day
Bill Gibson, gets his Lifetime Achieveo there you are, 18 years old,
ment award from Haig Farris. 14) The entire 1977-78 women’s volleyball team
plopped
down
in
the middle of a
poses withMartha Piper. Theteam was
campus asbigas
the small town
YOU came from, with 35,000 other
one of the winningest in UBC’s history.
people. Do you remember the “what the
heck do I do NOW?” feeling you had on
that first day at UBC?
Sure, a week or two passes and
you’re cool: you know where your classes
are, where to find the library and where
to buya hamburger. But that first day is a
shocker.
Now, that’s all changed. Imagine
UBC is a day devoted entirely to orienting the new person on campus.
Above, students teem in front of
lumni Day started off with torrential
Main Library where booths from AMs,
rain and ended up in bright sunshine.
the Alumni Association, clubs and faculThat didn’t stop grads from taking in
ties helped newbies find their way
the exhibits, sights and sounds of the day.
around. Free popcorn and drinks didn’t
Above, Kitty’s Kombo wailed dance tunes from
hurt either.
the Big Band era while, left, Haig Farris keeps
Below, student alumni coordinator
his eyes open and hishead up for falling balls.
Kristin Smith gets ready to pass out UBC
Next year’s Alumni Day will be held on Octohot drink mugs.
ber 2, 1999.
S
Alumni Day, Oct.17, 1998
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c l a s s acts1
20s
Stanley Carver BASc'29 IS living in Capetown. South
Africa He retired from the British Colonial Service in
1960 after 23 years of service ... the late Harry Warren
BA26, BASc'27,DSc'78.was inducted, posthumously,
into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in January.
E.G. Edgar BA'34, MA'39, BEd'53 took his first UBC
lecture in the summer of 1926 and dld all of his studies
by summer session. He took evening and afternoon
courses whlle carrying a full teaching load in West
Vancouver.
40s
Cora-May (Stafford) Jensen BASc'48 received the
Amerlcan Red Cross Clara Barton Award, a volunteer
leadership honour award for Hawaii. She's been wlth
the Red Cross for 44 years ... Philip A. Jones BScA'49
is an entomologlst with agriculture, forestry and
envlronmental issues ... Samuel Aubrey Kerr BA40,
MA'42, a member of the Canadian Society of
Petroleum Ceologlsts since 1945, was awarded
honorary membership in April 1998. He was also
inducted into the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame this
fall In recognition of hls historical research ...
Jacquelyn Stephenson Olmstead BSA47 and
Grant Larkin BSA'47 were married at Redflsh Lake,
Stanley, Idaho on June 28, 1998 ... Bill Paterson
BA'49, BSW'50, MSc'53 has been very busy since
December, 1997 as a first time grandfather.
50s
U of Toronto Professor of Zoology David G. Butler
BSc'59, MSc'67 was recently appointed Professor of
Physlology in the Faculty of Medicine. He spent the
past year on research leave in the Department of
Physlology. Cambridge Unlverslty, where he was a
Member of King's College . Anita (Jay)Dadson
BA'52 IS a recipient of the YWCA Woman of Distinction
Award, selected in the category of Voluntary.
Community and Humanitarian Servlce. She volunteers
wlth people with disabilltles ... Douglas Henderson
BA'56. PhD'67 has just completed a year as a John
Simon Cuggenheim Memorlal Foundation Fellow.He
WIII receive the American Chemlcal Society Joel Henry
Hlldebrand Award for hls research achievements
Merill Leckie BCorn'57, LLB'58 was named the first
BC reaplent of the Canadian Bar Association Louis St.
Laurent Award of Excellence, In recognition of his
outstandmg service to the association ... Siegfried W.
Pape BA57, MA'59 worked in the planning departments of Bonn and Dusseldorf. Germany from 195966, at Bad Codesberg and Cologne from 1966-68, and
as head of a deptartment of statistics, development
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planning and public relations in Wltten from 1969-94.
He retired in 1994 and Joined the Senior Experts
Service,seated in Bonn . Robert E.Pedersen
BASc'59 recently retired after serving 35 years with the
Canadian Diplomatic Service. He's had postings from
Tel Aviv to Washington, but for now he and wife Tern
will make Richmond, BC, thelr home ... Elizabeth
Anne (Acheson) Viau BA'56, BEd'67 is a tenured full
professor in the Charter School of Education at
Cahfornia State University, Los Angeles. She is the
author of World Builders. a science and technology
web-based course: http://curriculum.caIstatela.edu/
courses/budders/. ... Carl Ian Walker BA54, LLB'55,
MA73 retired after a 38 year stint as a part-time
magistrate/full time provincial court judge in Squamish.
Mary Fall I S
60s
John Blom BA68 has taught in secondary schools in
Holland since 1969, and retired last year. He married in
1972 and has three boys . Dennis W. Bumham
BASc'63 IS now president and CEO of Dominion
Construction & DevelopmentInc. . BarryBuzan
BA'68 IS research professor of International Studles at
the University of Westmlnster in London, and project
director at the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute.
He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in
1998, and celebrated the silver anniversary of his
marriage to Deborah Skinner in March, 1998 ... W.
John Dawson BCorn'64 has been elected as the first
chair of the Councll of Presidents, an advlsory group to
the Board of Directors of the Canadian Institute of
Chartered Accountants. He IS the 1998/99 president of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC and was
named a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants ... Judith Grossman Felix BA62 and husband
Robert Louis FelixMA62 live In South Carolina ,
where Judith has retlred from teaching at Cardinal
Middle School in Columbla so she can spend more time
with her nine grandchildren ... Grant Frame BASc'67
established hlmself In the Republic of Cuba as an
assessor to the Minister of Industry and as a university
level educator at the Unlverslly of Las Villas. He then
worked for more than 20 years In Canada as an
environmental engineer with government, private
industry ... Ann (Craig) Turner BMus'66, MBA'85 and
Thomas F. Petrowitz BMus'66, MMus'77 were married
in Victorla on Aug. 15, 1998. They dlvide their time
between Vancouver, where Ann is financial and budget
manager for the UBC Library and Ucluelet, BC where
Tom's forest services and timber valuation companies
are based.
70s
After five years in Indonesia as assistant director general
of the Center for International Forestry Research, Neil
Byron MA'76, PhD'76 was appointed by the Australian
Padlament as the environmental commissioner of the
Productivity Commission ... After many years workmg
in Ilbraries, Kathleen Mae Ellis MLS'78 expanded
her experiences to management posltlons in the nonprofit sector. She is now executive dlrector of the
One-time vice-president of the UBC
Alumni Association, Mary Fallis
BA'32, DEd'34 was also chair of theAlumni
Committee on Women's Residences, and early
Women's Editor of the Chronicle.
She was an elected member o f Senate
from 1951-60. She was also instrumental in
the establishment of two regional colleges,
Vancouver (Langara) and the College of New
Caledonia in Prince George. Mary's honours
include an Honorary Life Member, BC English
Teachers, and the Canada 125 Medal.
After retiring, Mary spent time as a
nature photographer. Her pictures have been
published in Professor Brough's Wild Trees of
British Columbia andin Ocean to Alpine, a
British Columbia nature guide.
Southwestern Ontario Chapter of the Make-A-Wish
Foundatlon ... Larry G. Epstein PhD'77 has been
appointed professor of economics at the University of
Rochester. Most recently, he was visiting professor at
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ...
LCol Bruce Gemmill BSc'77 has been elected
presldent of the Winnipeg Chapter of the Armed
Forces Communications and Electronlcs Association
He is currently deputy chlef of staff for Telecornmunications and Information Management Services at 1
Canadian Alr Dlvlsion Headquarters In Winnipeg ...
Donna Hayward BScA78 and husband Brett
Hayward BScA'79, BSc'84 have moved to Minnesota
for three years where Brett is studying veterinary
oncology at the Universlty of Minnesota in St. Paul.
Donna is temporarlly working in the vetermary
teaching hospltal's pharmacy ... Blair Hewitt BA76 is
a facilitator for 'The Orphanage', a computerlzed hotel
for children, deslgned to provide the hlghest quality of
care possible for a reasonable cost. He Invites input
from posltlve and concerned alumni: (604) 826-7608
... Richard J. Kachur BA'76 recently signed a book
contract wlth a major publishlng house His data
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escorting groups to Europe since 1981 ... Bjarni
Tryggvason EASc'72 received an honorary degree
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Bjarni is being honoured for his achievements as a
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born in Vancouver. After graduating
from UBC. he was called to the BC Bar in
1973. He served as an executive of the
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was elected to two terms as member for
Vancouver County of the BC Branch Provinical
Council from 1992-94, serving on the Branch
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elected Secretatyjlreasurer of the BC Branch
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BC and National Membership Committees. He
is also a director of the BC Law Institute and
serves on the steering committee of the
Coalition for Access to Justice.
Doug is director on the board of several
private companies and is a past director of
Foundation Inc. He is also active in a variety of
community groups, clubs and organizations.
bookstores by now . Kirk Lambrecht EA75, LLE'83
has assumed the office of president of the Canadian Bar
Association, Alberta branch, for a one-year term. His
book, The Admfnfstratfon of Domfnfon Lands 78707930 was published by the University of Saskatchewan
in 1991 ... Gabriel Niccoli EA'70, MA'73, PhD'83
received the University of Waterloo 1998 Distinguished
Teacher Award. He recently attended the Toronto
alumni reception ... Thomas Quigley EMus'76,
MLS'78 was appointed by the Canadian Library
Association to represent them on the Board of Directors
for the National Adult Literacy Database. He spoke on
Brahms Bibliography at the International Brahms
Congress in Gmunden. Austria ... Malcolm R.
O'Neill-Fischer MEd'76 is teaching Native Literature,
communications, and ethics at Confederation College
of Applied Arts and Technology in Fort Frances, Ont.
His grandson, Gregory R. Shepherd, graduated last year
with a BSc in Pharmacy ... Maurice Prevost ESc'72
has been with Northern Telecom for 25 years doing
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lecturer at the University of Utah ... Ian Bakshi
EASc'87 and wife Margaret Mumford had a second
daughter, Sarah, born August 15, 1998.They have
lived in Chicago for five years ... Brian Beach
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EASc'86, Rhonda (Sampson) Beach EPE'86 and
their two sons moved to Kelowna last July. Brian is QCheque Expiry:
working for Reid Crowther & Partners and Rhonda will
join School District #23 ... Sean Donald Blackburn
EN89 completed the certificate of business administraSignature
tion at the University of Ottawa and received his CMA.
He is taxation manager at Met Life in Ottawa. He and
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Alumni Association and return to:
10, 1997 ... Wah Ken Chew ESc'88 married Monica
Doughtery last July, and is now pharmacy manager of
6251 Cecil Green Park Rd.,
Save on Foods in Victoria ... Terence David MEA'88
currently lives in Vancouver and is a pilot with Air
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1
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EEd'92 taught for one year in Surrey, and then for two
EA'87, MA'85 is the outreach coordinator for the
years in Japan. He is teaching physics/junior science at
National Broadcast Reading Service ... Doug Ford
Enver Creek Secondary in Surrey while completing a
BA86 married Alyson McPhee in October 1996. Their
M A in EDST at UBC. He and wife Emmy are proud to
daughter, Hayley Anne Ford (class of 2020), was born
announce the birth of their first child, James Hiroki,
May 23, 1998 ... Henry M. Fowlds EA'89 is a
born Nov. 6, 1998 ... Dieter W. Jentsch EScA'87,
commercial trade officer for the Australian Consulate.
MEA'83 is now senior vice president Toronto region, of
He is responsible for marketing Australian food and
Scotiabank. He is responsible for retail and Commercial
beverage products to firms across Canada and NW
Banking within the greater Toronto area ... Vicki KerrUnited States ... Sylvia Gajdics EPE'85 had her second
Wilson ESR'84 and Greg Kerr-Wilson EASc'85 and
child Jessica, on December 3 1 , 1997. Sylvia has been a
their three children moved from Toronto to Edmonton,
business manager for BCTEL for ten years ... Marlen
where Greg is now dean and rector of All Saint's
Haley MEd'87 is a career counsellor and owner of
Cathedral ... Connie (Kilian) Klimek ESN'87,
Conscious Career Choices in Vancouver. Her company
MSN'95 and husband Bob Klimek ECom'89, CA92
recently celebrated its tenth year in business. You can
are pleased to announce the birth of their third son,
contact her at 737-3955 ... Anita Hildebrandt
Ryan Robert, born March 22, 1998. Bob IS the senior
EHK'87 spent the past 10 years in San Francisco, where
internal auditor for the C~ty ofBurnaby. and Connie
she studied chiropractic medicine.She is now back in
works casually as a community health nurse in home
Vancouver in her new practice, Crossroads Chiropractic,
care with the Vancouver-Richmond Health Board while
872-4476. Her emphasis is on sports care and wellness
lookingafterthe kids . RobertKomlos ECom'87
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Annette Behan
Tolcher MD'86 joined the "Brain Drain" and left
Vancouver wlth wife Marilyn and thelr children. They
went to San Antonio, Texas, where Anthony works at
the Institute for Drug Development, Cancer Therapy
and Research Center. Y'all can reach him at:
atolcber@saci.org... Denise Tupman BEd'85 has
returned to teaching after a nine year absence during
which she raised her three children. She is teaching
music in a primary school In Terrace, BC ... Mike
Vanchu BCom'83, MBA'87 left his position as director
of Client Services wlth Phonettix lntelecom to become
vice president, Marketing and Product Development
for ICs Couriers, a division of Amtelecom Ltd ...
Valerie Young EA87 and Phil Young BA83 are
living in North Vancouver where Valerie is still working
for BC Hydro and Phil is a manager for Fisheries
Renewal BC. They have two children, Jacqueline and
Scott.
After receiving her UBC degree in South East
Asian politics, Annette Behan BA'88 earned her
chartered accountant designation from the
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in
Toronto in 1993.
She was manager in the Telecommunications 8 Media practice with Deloitte 8 Touche
Consulting Group before joining The North
Highland Company, a Management and
Technology Consulting Services company
located in Atlanta, Georgia. There she was
recently promoted to a manager, and specializes in helping young companies build their
financial infrastructure.
Annette is a member of BETA and the
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants,
and was a volunteer for the Georgia Technology Forum in 1998.
and his wlfe Jill (Kempton) Komlos BCom'89
welcomed their first chlld, Alexa Rose, on August 13,
1 9 9 8 , , Dean Neumann BCom'82, LL6'83 and his
wife Julle are pleased to announce the birth of Raquel
Kay Neumann, born on Nov. 6 , 1998, a sister for Ellis
Daniel ... Paul Pigeon 6 x 8 7 was recently appointed
vice-president at ClBC Wood Gundy in Vancouver ...
Gail (Purdy) Puentes BSN'81 is a clinical research
associate for Bristol-Myers Squibb, monitoring phase 2
and 3 cllnical trails in Southern California ... Guy
Roberts BASc'82 is a project engineer at the CVRD.
He and his wife Jane have three boys, Joseph, Geoffrey
and David .. Back in BC is llloana Smith BCom'80
who has relocated her business from London, Ont. It
provldes energizing marketing and sales keynotes,
workshops and talks for corporations. Husband Steve
Blair is worklng for Ledcor ... Natalie Mary (Bland)
Spearing BSN'88 has been living in Australia with
husband Ceoff for four years. She is currently working
as a clmical nurse specialist in Infection control at the
Mater Hospital in Brisbane. Queensland ... Anthony
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Two colleagues and Anjili Bahadoorsingh BCom'90,
LL6'94 recently left a local downtown law firm to form
the Financial Service Group at Heenan Blaikie, a
national law firm. Her practise emphasizes corporate
financmg, commercial banking, entertainment financing
and secured transactions ... Tanis Bestland MA96
and husband Johannes Malminen MA'97 are living
in Sweden where Johannes is a defence analyst with the
Swedish Defence Research Establishment. Tanis is
project manager for Tomorrow Essent~als,a newsletter
from Tomorrow Global Business Environment Magazine
for environmental managers ... Correction from last
issue: Andrea L. Brawner got her BEd in 1991, not
1997 .... Danielle Bretton BA90, LLB'94 has joined
the Richmond law firm Altman, Kahn, Zack. and is a
prosecutor for the Department of Justice ... Laura Lee
(Hart) Farnham BA'95 and husband Andy had a
daughter, Michaela Jade, born March 19, 1997,and
most recently a son, Kadin Andrew, born April 15, 1998
.. Cheryl Fieguth BA'91 has returned to Canada after
three years of nursing on Apache and Navajo
reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. She IS writing
a collection of nurse stories, three of which have been
published ... Elizabeth Keller MA96 has been a
research associate for Environics Research In Toronto for
the past two years. She married Rob Huot In August
and they spent their honeymoon in Thailand trekking
and scuba diving. She would like to hear from you.
e / i z a b e t h ~ & e / / e ~ e n v i r o n i c.,.
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a Kozoris BA'96
went to Western and received his Master of Library and
Information Science this past June. He is now a
consultanthternet specialist at the Natlonal Library of
Canada in Ottawa ... Garett Kutcher BSc'97 works In
Japan as an English teacher while writing SpecFic. He
made his first fiction sale last August ... Serguey
Makarinov MA92 is working in Sofia, Bulgarla at the
European Union office as its press and information
person ... Murray McCutcheon BSc'97 won this
year's Rhodes Scholarship for BC. He IS currently
completing his masters in physics at UBC ... After seven
years in Montreal and Victoria, Torsten Nielsen
BSc'91 returned to Vancouver as a resident in
Anatomical Pathology. He recently won the KJR
Wightman Award for Research in Biomedical Ethics
senior positions in,the pulp,andpaper ind6tjy
C?n&a and other muntfiez before joiriini the
&"ry
departmerii ofv"&!torid Cbllegr i!
1961. Donald retired from the University of
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from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Canada for his paper Guidelines for Legahzed
Euthanasia in Canada: A Proposal . Chris Pincott
BSWPO is working for the Ministry for Children and
Families in Kamloops. He is married and has two
children, 3 and 5 ... Christine G. (Nunweiler) Shuen
BSc PT'93 and Patrick B. Shuen BfE'93 were married
on September 2 , 1995. Patrick graduated from Western
States Chiropractic College in December 1997 with a
Doctor of Chiropractlc degree. Christine is studying
medicine at the U of A ... Murali Srinivasan PhD'96
and wtfe Elisa Ulrika Stabell Srinivasan MSc'95 live
in Norway ... Noah Third MASc'96 works in Portland,
Oregon, as part engineer with PCC Structurals Inc. He
says that Portland is nice but not nearly as nice as
Vancouver ,.. Karen Wilkinson MBA'93, former
president of the Commerce Graduate Society, is an
international offlcer with Hongkong Bank of Canada.
She has been posted all over the world, most recently In
Hong Kong. She welcomes any correspondence from
fellow alumni: weston@bom5,vsn/.1n ... Jana (Chu)
Wong BSW'97 and husband Edward are pleased to
announce the birth of their son, Andrew Bill Wong,
born December 8 . 1997.
Henry M. Rosenthal
1920-1998
Henry Rosenthal, Prof Emeriti, graduated from
the U of T, where he was a brilliant student,
majoring in sociology. There he did graduate
studies, and then directed youth activitiesat
both the Winnipeg and the Montreal YMHA. He
was an active member of theCanadian
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. In 1962, he
Winston A. Shilvock
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Winston Shilvock BA'31, BCom'32 enlisted in the
RCAF in 1941, retiring in 1945 as a Squadron
Leader. One of the highlights of
his military career
was meeting and talking with Winston Churchill,
after whom he had been named.
He served as president of theAlumni
was appointed director o f social studies at UBC's
Centre of Continuing Education. Here he
pioneered educational travel, an innovation that
has since become widespread.
W. Harry Hickman
1909-1997
Harry Hickman. BA'30 was a distinguished
Association in 1948-49, and was a charter
graduate, having earned the Governor General's
member of theKelowna Shrine Club in 1953,
Gold Medal in 1930. He had a long career as a
serving as president in 1956, and a member of the
French scholar and teacher, and a mentor o f
Gizeh Temple o f BC. He was also a member o f the
many UBC, Victoria High School, Victoria
Kelowna Club, serving as president in 1965. From
College, and UVic students. He served as first
1969-1998 he researched the history of the
Acting President of UVic from 1963-64, and
Okanagan, publishing 254 articles.
was former principal of Victoria College from
Winston was chosen as one of 75 UBC
1952-63. He married his top student, the late
graduates t o be given a special award o f merit to
Grace (Parkinson) Hickman BA'33. After he
acknowledge his high level o f personal and
retired, Harry was named honorary consul of
professional success.
France in Victoria.
scar Sziklai was born in Repashuta,
Egypt and China. As a professor and as an
Hungary. He was educated in Egar,
innovator in forest management, he was in
a town close by, and entered the
great demand around the world will into
Sopron Forestry School after graduation. In
his retirement. He was the first Westerner
1951 he joined the faculty of the school,
to be admitted to the Chinese Society of
and taught there until the Communist
Forestry. While at UBC, he pioneered the
invasion in 1956. He left Hungary at that
field o f forest tree breeding and helped
time and settled in Vancouver and, along
develop the nursery silvaculture program.
with other Sopron foresters, became part
Oscar was also active with the
o f UBC's forestry faculty. He maintained a
Professors Emeriti division of the Alumni
lifelong connection with the Sopron
Association, and visited our offices often.
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He was an immensely friendly man, with a
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share research and promote UBC. It was on
quick wit and a sparkle in his eye. He was
such a trip that he died.
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gentleman, and he will be missed by all
who knew him.
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Andy McConkey
Frank Eastham
Rejean W. Racine
1942-1998
1944-1998
1924-1998
Andy McConkey BCom'67,llB'68 was born in
Exeter, England, and moved to Vancouver in
T945. He was called to the BC Bar in 1969. Andy
practised motor vehicle personal injury at the
firm of G. Roy Long and then in 1973 he began
his partnership with Thompson 8 McConnell,
practising in Vancouver and White Rock until
1991.
Andy was an ardent basketball fan and
announced the Thunderbirdgames at UBC in the
1960's and '70s. His contributions to basketball
in BC were recognized by his appointment as a
director of Sport BC.
He is survived by his wife Marie and
daughter Claire.
In Memoriam
Hans Allgaier BA'63, M A 6 6 of Prince George, BC,
April 16, 1998 ... Thomas A. Blackwood BSW'53 of
Victoria, BC. Mar. 31, 1998 ... Donald Edmund
Blister LLB'52 of North Vancouver, July 17, 1998 ...
Robert S. Brown BASc'48 of Modesto, CA, August
30, 1998 ... Mildred Grace (leeple) Caple BA'24 of
Vancouver, Aug. 20, 1998 .. Mary Elizabeth
Richenda Crawford Clinical Associate Professor
Emerita, Dept. of Family Practice, Dec. 17, 1998 ... Dr.
Robert John Gregg Prof Emeritus, Llnguisltlcs, Nov.
15,1998 ... Cy Groves BA'49 of Calgary, AB, June 17,
1998 ... John (Jack) Hamilton BCom'55 of
Vancouver, June 14, 1998 ... John lnge Hansen
BCom'55 of Surrey, July 1 , 1998 ... Rizwanul Haque
PhD'66 of McLean, Virginia, Sept. 27, 1998 ... James
F. Helme BASc'59 of Vlctoria, BC, Nov. 10, 1998 ...
Dr. John L. Kask BA28 of San Diego, CA, Aug. 8,
1998 ,.. Wilfrid E. Kenny BASc'46 of Duncan, BC,
Dec. 4 , 1998 ... Mary MacKay Lawrence BA26 of
Vancouver, April 1 2 , 1998 ... Peggy Leckie BHE'52 of
Vancouver ... Susan Elizabeth Le Neve BHE'56 of
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Frank Eastham, Associate Vice-president, Human
Resources, passed away Nov.11, 1998.
Frank joined UBC in April 1991, and provided
distinctive leadership in theareas of human
resources and labour relations. His intelligence,
dedication, infectious sense of humour, and
special ability to turn a phrase made him a delight
to work with for many.
Frank was a recipient of the 1996 Award of
Distinction from the BC Human Resources
Management Association. He demonstrated the
highest degree of professional practice. His
contribution to UBC's students, faculty and staff
will be missed by all.
Sechelt. BC. July 2 , 1998 .. William Lindsay BASc'41
Oct. 2 , 1998 ... John (Jack) McAllister BA57,
BEd'58 of Richmond, BC, Sept. 1 1 . 1998 ... Jessica
Louise McArthur BA'86 of North Vancouver, August
15, 1998 ... Gerald McLaren BA75, LLB'80 of
Yellowknife, NWT, Jan. 1997 ... Hugh McPherson
BA45. BSW'46. MSW'62 of Vancouver, SC, June 27,
1998 ... David M.A. Macaree MA60 Assoc. Prof.
English, Dec. 9 , 1998 ...Donald 1. MacLaurin
BASc'32 of Vlctoria. April 23.1998 ... Edward
Geoffrey Marples BA47, BSf'46 of Prlnce George,
Sept. 26, 1998 ... Dr. Dennis C. Martin BASc'73,
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences,
Aug. 30, 1998 ... Eldred A. Murphy BA19 one of
the original Great Trekkers, died Jan. 4 , 1999 at the age
of 99. He was one of UBC's first graduates and studied
at the university's old location at Fairview slopes. After
graduating, he taught for a year and then worked at
Empire Shipping for 44 years, eventually becoming their
treasurer. He retired in 1966. Eldred was a long-term
member of M t . Hermon Masonic Lodge in Vancouver,
and was awarded the 50 year medal before he went
into hospital ... Bruce C. Petersen BSc'68, BEd'69,
MEd'72, of Mill Bay,BC, May 24, 1998 ... F. Tony
Pletcher BSc'58. MSc'63, MEd'70 of Delta, BC ...
Rejean Wilfrid Racine passed away June 29, 1998.
Reg was a registered professional engineer. He
worked as an apprentice for Jarvis Electric,
supervisor of Technical Services, and manager of
Electric Use Engineering for the BC Electric/
BCHydro Electric and Gas Utility, and did some
engineering consulting after retirement.
Reg served on many industry committees
including chairmanship of two Engineering
Society BC Chapters. He was president of the
Vancouver Electric Club and vice-chairman of the
Canadian Standards Association Steering
Committee on the Performance of Electrical
Products. He is survived by his wife of 48 years,
Delores, and their four children.
Steven Rettig, PhD'74 Manager, Structural Chem
Facility, Oct. 27, 1998 ... Gordon E. Rogers BA37,
BEd'50 of Vancouver, April, 1998 ... Dr. Jack
Shadbolt OC, OBC, LLD(Hon)'78 of Vancouver, Nov.
23, 1998 ... Casey Smith BPE'88, MPE'92, coach of
the T-Birds football team, Nov. 24, 1998 ... Ray E.
Signorello BCom'88 of San Francisco, Nov. 1998 ...
Arthur Leslie Sutton BASc'39 of Guelph, Ont., Feb.
21, 1998 ... Rick Thompson BASc'74 of Kamloops,
July 10, 1998 ... Clyde Underwood Lt. Colonel,
Retired, BASc'48 Nov. 15, 1998 ... John Walsh
BMus'74 of Vancouver, Feb. 15. 1997 ... Elizabeth
Wellburn BEd'60, MEd76 of Vancouver, Jan. 21,
1998 ... Donald Williamson BA'49, LLB'SO of
Victoria, BC ... Jack (John 1.)Young BA31, MA32,
DEd'34, BEd'56, Prof Emeritus, Sept. 21, 1998 ...
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